Essay- Try
Writing Process-
Invent- Journal,
watch tv, read, talk, listen, surf web, surf.
Organize- Make a
logical plan to deliver info others will understand.
Draft- First
try- Don’t worry about anything except
for finishing.
Revise- Make sure
ideas are right, and make sense.
Edit- Grammar. Conventions…
Publish- Publish
means perfect.
6- Traits of okay writing.
Voice--- Unique Personality…
Yours is yours- not boring!
Ideas--- What it’s about. The content.
The stuff…. Needs to be
interesting TO OTHERS.
Learn/entertain/experience.
Conventions—grammar…
Organization—plan
your work, work your plan.
Sentence Fluency—flow….
Word Choice—Right word,
right time.
Topic- Ideas—what it’s
about.
Audience- who it’s
for—a professional audience
Purpose- Why you’re
writing….
Essay-
Introduction
Body paragraphs
Conclusion….
Narrative essay-- Telling
a story from our point of view. “I”
Most Likely Mistakes
Fragment- I
went to the store and I bought something that.
Comma splice- I went
to the store, I bought something.
Run on-
I went to the store I bought something.
Parallelism- I
love to walk, climb, and running.
Verb Tense Agreement-
She love to walk.
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement-- People are who and things are that. Ex-
Jon is someone that……
Tense shift-- I
love to go to the park and walked my dog.
