1.    Journal- 

When you sit down to write an essay, what’s your plan?  What are the steps you follow?  What is an essay? 

2.    Writing Process and Notes-  Groups or me or Paul?

Invent-      Create ideas, real life, experience, online, radio, tv, talk to  

                    Friends, journal,

Organize-   Make a plan that is logical-  it makes sense

Draft-          GO FAST!  Plan your work, work your plan. No grammar.

Revise-        Fix mistakes I see-  Sentences, ideas, org,

Edit-             Focused on grammar.

Publish-       Perfect.

6-Traits-

Voice-              Personality.  Interesting. Fun, care about, words…

Ideas-               Interesting to others- we don’t brag

Sent Fluency-  Flow-  cruise.  No getting stuck.  Some long, some short.

Word choice-  Choosing the absolute best word.

Conventions-   Grammar.

Organization-  Logical shape.

TAP

Topic-  What it’s about.  Interesting to others.

Audience- Who it’s for

Purpose- Why you’re doing it:  to entertain, to inform, to persuade, to explain, to compare, to narrate, to teach,….

Reading:  41-54

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