Writing Process Story Board by Roopa Nagaraj https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl This Padlet is a storyboard of the writing process. Defining each step of the writing process, an example of my personal experience, and how I have observed a child in that stage of the writing process. en-us 2020-09-06 19:12:09 UTC 2025-10-06 12:50:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png Prewriting rnagara3 https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723577022 Writers first step to author their work begins with Prewriting. Prewriting is a discovery stage of writing where writers begin to wonder and explore what they know. It is a crucial step for writers which is often considered as a getting ready to write stage.
In this first stage of writing, writer chooses a topic and starts to gather ideas, inspirations and organize their thoughts. Writers begin to consider their potential audience before they start. Prewriting is the stage where the writer chooses genre of their work and identify their purpose of writing.  
My personal experience:
In his Kindergarten class, My son had a Writer's workshop during the last quarter. I remember him coming home with vivid ideas about what kind of book he wants to author. He  was clear that wanted to write about aliens, space invasion, battles, victory, friendship. He was unconsciously planning a science fiction!  
As a first grade Assistant Teacher, I get to see young budding writes in action! students do their preliminary research on topics they are interested in authoring. We can see their interests and personalities reflect in their choice of topics, genres and stories they wanted to share.. For this stage students should pick a topic, Think of a Title and outline their story. It marks the beginning of their journey as Writers.]]> 2020-09-06 19:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723577022 Drafting rnagara3 https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723940266 Drafting is the second stage of the writing process where writers focus on getting their ideas on paper. They begin with tentative ideas and elaborate on them as they work. This is the state where creativity is at its fullest potential. Writers are involved in writing a rough draft and Crafting leads. Leads are Opening sentences which grabs reader’s attention
My personal experience:
As a student, I remember writing a variety of drafts for various writing projects. Be it an essay, a writer’s workshop or a technical presentation. Drafting was the stage where in all the rough ideas were put on paper in written language. Though not in perfect shape, it was a starting point to pen down my thoughts onto paper.
I have watched my students doing their drafts for writing projects. It would start with a jot down key points or words on a Post It. Then writing 4-5 sentences roughly putting their ideas in their writing journal. I could see the joy and pride in their eyes as they would begin their draft with Title name on top! :)


]]> 2020-09-07 02:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723940266 Revising rnagara3 https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723940503 Revising is the clarifying stage of writing. Writers refine and clarify their ideas in their drafts during this stage. It is a naive idea to terminate the writing process at this stage assuming the work put together is the finished product. This is often the mistake of a novice writer.
One must always turn to others for reaction and opinion. Revision is not just polishing, but looking things in a fresher and better prospective and making the current work better.
My experience in revising:
The word revising brings back memories of the final year project report where we sat through days re-reading every page for content, context and syntax. A lot of academic progress from that point forward was at stake and that one final year project report carried a lot of weight!
I have seen first grade students revising their writing for their ‘Night of the Notable’ project. They had done weeks of research, prewriting and drafting. During the revising stage, I saw students working with peers, acknowledging and appreciating each other’s work and accepting and rectifying mistakes in heir work to make it better. I saw a lot of growth in personalities and as writers in each and every one of them.


]]> 2020-09-07 02:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723940503 Editing rnagara3 https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723941020 Putting together the piece of writing into its final form is Editing. Until this stage, all the focus was on developing the content of the composition. But now, Its the writing conventions, correcting spellings and other errors. The goal is to make writing “optimally readable”. A writer is an efficient editor if they set the composition aside for a few days before beginning to edit. If the work is too familiar, its hard to find errors. Proofreading helps locate and mark possible errors.
My personal experience:
As my son’s sci-fi story took shape ready to be published, I saw a focused editor in him determined to make a masterpiece out of his work. Those sweet keen eyes were busy re-reading the story, checking spellings and making sure every little detail was precise. It was probably in this stage his main character ‘Silver-dash’  got his ‘epic looking’ costume with a cool S on it!! :) 
I have seen first graders busy re-reading their work, spell checking their classmates work and giving positive inputs to make their work best. It is important for students to learn to have patience to make one more final effort to go through their writing before they call it their master piece.


]]> 2020-09-07 02:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723941020 Publishing rnagara3 https://padlet.com/rnagara3/b3fo9n82gkrhn9zl/wish/723941328 Publishing their writing is one the proudest moments in a writer’s life. Students publish their writing and share it with appropriate audiences in this stage. Publishing motivates them to improve their writing skills as they know that their work is being shared with real audience.
Students include an “All about the author” page with the photograph at the end of the book .Making a binding, or getting the book commercially printed often are very popular for students writing workshops. Students usually share their work in from of classmates and parents in the classroom during an “Author’s Chair”. 
My personal experience:
I distinctly remember sitting in the audience for the Kindergarteners Author’s Chair. My husband and I were beaming with pride as our son began reading his story. It started with “ In a far away realm….” :) There was an amazing sci-fi story weaved by his imagination. The characters were vivid, the story was action packed and there were elements of humor too! In his “All about the Author” page, my son wrote that he would like to develop this story into a video game someday!  I witness my budding writer growing and explore his world with new ideas and creativity every day.


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