Tell’em in 10 PowerPoint Presentation – Teacher Script Slide 1 – Title slide Slide 2 – Ask the class, “What is a process?” (This should start a discussion about what a process is and what does a writing process mean to the students.) Slide 3 – Explain to the class that you would like them to know how to write for a specific audience, about the 5 steps in the writing process, prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, how to execute each step of the writing process, and why each step of the writing process is essential to skillful writing. Slide 4 – Explain to the class how to choose the best format for your audience. Give an example such as “If you are writing for your teacher on a figure in history you might choose a research paper. Then explain the difference between formal and informal language and suggest what audiences both are appropriate for, such as formal writing for your teacher when writing a research paper and informal for your friends when writing a letter. Explain how to choose a topic that your audience will appreciate such as for your teacher a paper on Abraham Lincoln or for your friend a letter about the new One Direction video. Lastly, explain to the class how to choose a medium in which you will deliver the information, such as email or Microsoft word. Slide 5 - State that prewriting is perhaps the most important step in the process and that with any process, the more prepared one is at the start the better the finished product will be.Go over each of the prewriting exercises and explain what each is, brainstorming, listing topics, free writing, graphic organizers, and clustering. Then explain that the figure on the right is a cluster on the writing process. Slide 6 – Go over each of the steps in writing a first draft with the class, getting an outsider’s perspective on topic, finding a quiet place to work, relaxing deciding what avenues you want to explore, and writing until you are finished. Explain why each is important to writing a quality first draft, such as limiting distractions by finding a quiet place to work. Explain what is happening in the cartoon to the right side. Slide 7 – Ask the students if there are any questions before we start the actual writing. (This should start some discussion on many topics in which I would suggest to find one question that will make an easy transition into drafting or the first draft. Slide 8 – Explain how each piece of advice listed is necessary in the revision step of the writing process, reading what you have written again thinking about what others said about it, rearranging words or sentences, taking out or adding parts, replacing overused or unclear words, and reading your writing aloud to be sure it flows smoothly, such as defining the phrase “overused or unclear words.” Slide 9 - Explain how each piece of advice listed is necessary in the revision step of the writing process, looking for grammatical errors, finding any errors in punctuation, spelling and capitalization, having a peer proofread when you believe you are finished, making a final copy that is correct and neat, such as explain the value of having somebody else proofreading your work by stating that somebody else may find errors that you somehow overlooked. Slide 10 – Explain that there are many ways to publish your final copy, by reading your writing aloud to a group, creating a book of your work, sending a copy to a friend or relative, putting your writing on display, illustrating, performing, or setting your creation to music. Lastly, tell the class to then congratulate themselves on a job well done. Give the class an assignment to publish a writing assignment, after the lecture, in one of the various ways mentioned. Slide 11 - Explain to the class what they should know now that the lecture is over, how to write for a specific audience, about the 5 steps in the writing process, prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, how to execute each step of the writing process, and why each step of the writing process is essential to skillful writing.
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