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Review Your Writing Diagnostic Essay and Writing Skills Diagnostic Test Crosswalk

Review Your Writing Diagnostic Essay and Writing Skills Diagnostic Test Crosswalk. How do you see yourself as a writer? What comments (if any) did you receive on your essay? How did you perform on the WST? What area(s) do you need to work on the most? . What is the writing process ?.

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Review Your Writing Diagnostic Essay and Writing Skills Diagnostic Test Crosswalk

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  1. Review Your Writing Diagnostic Essay and Writing Skills Diagnostic Test Crosswalk • How do you see yourself as a writer? • What comments (if any) did you receive on your essay? • How did you perform on the WST? • What area(s) do you need to work on the most?

  2. What is the writing process ? Writing an essay, award, recommendation, decision memorandum, or information paper takes time. That’s why writing is referred to as a process. There are five steps to go through before you have a final product. The steps are: • Research and Pre-Writing • Planning and Organizing • Drafting • Revising and Editing • Proofing and Final Product

  3. Research and Pre-Writing Step One All writing begins with research of a given topic. Organized and focused research provides material that improves the quality of a product. The tasking may come from a job requirement, professional development, or a college class. Before you actually begin writing you will need to: • choose a topic to write on • brainstorm or generate ideas for your topic • focus in on central ideas

  4. Clarify the Requirement • Confirm Purpose • Identify Assumptions • Specify the Audience • Organize Your Data

  5. CGSS Types of Essays • Argumentative • Expository • Compare and Contrast

  6. Planning and Organizing Step 2 Making an outline helps you organize what you want to write. This is a plan for your essay and gives you a start point for your writing. • Essay Outline • Introduction Thesis: _____________________ • Body 1. Topic Sentence: _____________ • - supporting idea • - supporting idea 2. Topic Sentence: ____________ • - supporting idea • - supporting idea • 3. Topic Sentence: ____________ • - supporting idea • - supporting idea • Conclusion

  7. Essay Outline • Introductiona. Attention Statement • b. Thesis statement • c. List of points • d. Transition to development • II. Major Point and Evidence • Identify Assumptions • Specify the Audience • Organize Your Data

  8. Drafting Step Three After you finish the outline, it is time to start writing the draft of your essay. Begin drafting and remember the following: • Do not worry about writing the “perfect” paper the first time. • Your goal in writing a draft is to develop and support the ideas listed in your outline. • Do not focus on spelling and grammar.

  9. Revising and Editing Step Four After writing your first draft, go back over it and look for ways to improve your essay. Revising examines your content and organization. Editing focuses on spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Revising Editing Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, etc. Content and Organization

  10. Proofing and Final Product Step Five • Proofreading is effective when you approach it systematically • Read your paper backwards • Use spell check • Perform a grammar check

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