Writing Process Vocabulary
Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction, paragraph, sequence, and detail — and understand that these words describe distinct steps and decisions that all writers make, not just tasks to tick off
What a learner can do afterwards
- Use 'compose', 'revise', and 'edit' correctly when describing the stages of writing
- Explain who the 'audience' is for a piece of writing and how that changes what they write
- Describe the purpose of a piece of writing (to persuade, inform, entertain, or instruct) and match their language to it
1 · Read
Writers use steps to help readers understand their words. Compose means turn ideas into words. Plan what to say. Draft an early copy. Revise by adding, moving, or cutting ideas. Edit small mistakes, like a missing word ending. Proofread for spelling and punctuation near the end. You can return to a step when you need it.
Ben writes a narrative, a story with characters and events. He drafts a paragraph, a group of sentences about one idea. He checks the sequence, or order, of events. He adds details, like the colour of a ball. Then he revises his ideas and checks small mistakes.
Your audience is who reads or hears your writing. Choose words they understand. Your purpose is why you write: entertain for fun, inform with facts, persuade to change a mind, or instruct with steps. A recount tells real events. Instructions explain how to do something. Stories, recounts, and instructions are genres, or kinds of writing.
Think about your reader and purpose as you write. They help you choose words and a genre.
Writers plan, draft, revise, edit, and proofread for their reader and purpose.
The rewritten readings were written for this dataset.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
This opens up
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.