Ms. Cindy Bennett7th Grade

English Language Arts

What are the steps?

• Pre-Write• Draft• Revise• Edit• Publish

Step 1: Pre-Write

• Find your Inspiration!

• Determine your most useful form to Pre-Write (lists, mapping, webbing, graphic organizers, think maps, etc.)

Step 2: Draft

• Select your writing ideas from your Pre-Write Exercise.

• Write, Write, Write!• Sloppy Copy

Step 3: Revise

• C.R.A.M. Cut Rewrite Add Move

• Cut parts in which you might have repeated yourself, gone off-topic, or given irrelevant details.

• Rewrite some of the sentences that are unclear to your reader, or not convincing enough.

• Add more details, examples, and information to any of the paragraphs.

• Move any of the sentences or rearrange some sections to make the essay more reasonable.

Step 4: Edit

• Use the C.U.P.S. technique to see

if you need to make any changes.

• C= Capitalization• U= Usage (Sentence

Structure, Subject/Verb Agreement, Word choice

• P= Punctuation• S= Spelling

Self Edit or Peer Edit

Step 5: Publish

• Final copy in Black ink

• Neat- no scribbles or use of white-out.

• Do not write on back of paper

• Read aloud• Post for others to

see