https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd This padlet discusses the five stages of the writing process with examples from personal experiences and observations of children. en-us 2021-02-02 17:30:19 UTC 2021-02-02 18:32:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mrnewsom https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1154969730 Prewriting can be described as discovery and the preparation for writing stage. It encompasses choosing a topic, as well as gathering and organizing ideas. Prewriting also involves considering the purpose, audience, and form of the writing. 

Personal Experience: I remember frequently in school using pre printed graphic organizers to fill in thoughts about what I was going to be writing about. I remembering using them especially with informational essays to help organize my writing. Even now when I write papers I will first type out informal notes as I think about what I want to say and how I want to say it. I also research the topic and include some main points of my research in the notes.

Observation of Child: As a Pre-K teacher, most of my students are only able to write their name and some individual letters. However, very frequently they draw pictures as a means of telling a story. For example, I recently had one of my five year olds draw a picture of two people. It appeared there was some sort of structure that was drawn next to the two people and they were both smiling. The child excitedly told me that she and her mother went to check out a new playground that had recently opened. She said that it was so cool and went on to describe to me the different aspects of the playground structure that she had drawn. ]]> 2021-02-02 17:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1154969730 mrnewsom https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155061070 Drafting is when writers focus on writing their ideas down on paper. During this time they elaborate on ideas which were developed and organized during prewriting. At this stage of writing writers create a rough draft, craft leads, and have a focus on content, not grammatical conventions. 

Personal Experience: When I'm interested in what I'm writing, I enjoy the process of drafting and making all of the information or thoughts that I've gathered flow together and come alive. Even with prewriting, I still usually struggle with the introduction part of the writing the most. I want to rush right into what I want to write about. However, I've found if I'm not that interested in what I'm writing about or the actual assignment itself, the drafting stage or writing can seem more like a burden than anything else.

Observation of Child: Even with my Pre-K students, they will create "drafts" of their pictures/writing they are trying to convey. Many times they will trash something they've drawn and start again and it will have more details. They also will want me to label or write down what they say their drawing is about. One of my students, who is five, always wants me to write down what she says her drawing is on a separate piece of paper or spell it out to her. She has a very developed sense of letter recognition and is able to write bother uppercase and lowercase letters. She then will copy the words or write down the letters that she told me she wanted to say onto her drawing. ]]> 2021-02-02 17:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155061070 mrnewsom https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155061942 Revising is the stage in which writers refine their ideas in their drafts. Revising includes rereading and sharing the rough draft, as well as revising based on feedback. Revision includes adding, substituting, deleting, and rearranging material in the drafts. 

Personal Experience: Personally, I feel like I spend a good amount of time in the revising stage whenever I write. Almost, if not every, paper that I've had to write in this program I read aloud to my mom on the phone to get her opinion. Sometimes I will make immediate changes or deletions, but other times I will highlight paragraphs or sentences that I want to change to come back to later. My rough draft of papers that I've had to write and my revised copy look very different from one another. 

Observation of Child: When I interned in a third grade classroom while I was completing my undergrad, I observed writing workshop on numerous occasions. After students completed a rough draft, they would meet in pairs or groups of 3 to read each other their writing. They would also sometimes meet with the teacher to share their drafts. The students would then make revisions to their writing. I don't remember seeing different parts of sentences highlighted as the book describes, but I could be wrong. ]]> 2021-02-02 17:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155061942 mrnewsom https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155063483 Editing is the stage of writing in which the writing is put in its final form. In editing, the draft is set aside for several days. The draft is proofread and grammatical errors and conventions are corrected. 

Personal Experience: In a group paper for a class last semester, my group met via zoom and revised the paper together. A couple days later, we met again on zoom and/or facetime to edit our final draft. During the edit, we corrected any spelling or grammatical errors that we saw before our final submission. 

Observation of Child: 
The next writing workshop after the revising groups met (in the third grade classroom I interned in), they would edit their drafts. The teacher had special colored pens that they would get to use to make proofreaders' marks. I remember that the students got so excited to get to use the special colored pens at this point. ]]> 2021-02-02 17:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155063483 mrnewsom https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155064295 Publishing is the final stage of writing when the writing is complete and published in the appropriate form. The completed writing is then shared with the intended or appropriate audience. 

Personal Experience: Publishing, in the sense of hitting the submit button with my final writing attached, is a great feeling. Your writing is complete and there is a sense of accomplishment about that. When I was in elementary school, I remember how exciting I was to come home with the book that I wrote and illustrated about a dog that kept changing into crazy things it wanted to be. Looking back, I believe I based this book on Eric Carle's book 'A Mixed Up Chameleon'. My dad still has this bound book in a box of things that I gave him when I was a child. 

Observation of Child: When I interned in the third grade classroom, I remember the complete excitement when students' books were printed out and bound using a little machine press. Many times, the students had a designated time to share their book with the class and it would eventually be taken home.
 
There was also a time with my Pre-K students that they each drew their favorite part of a field trip that we took to Homeland Creamery. After their pictures were complete, names written, and any labeling done (on their part or mine), I compiled all of their work into a class book and put it in our library. They were so excited to have the book that they wrote together on our bookshelf!]]> 2021-02-02 17:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrnewsom/sac87mudwhsd59sd/wish/1155064295