Why Plan Your Writing?
Why plan your writing?
There are many benefits to planning your writing. It helps you: * Record your ideas * Come up with new ideas * Organise your thoughts * Check that you have all the information you need
What do I need to think about when planning?
When planning your writing you need to think about why you are writing, what situation you are in when writing and who you are writing to. Think of the three WWW's W - Why: Purpose | W - What: Context | W - Who: Audience |
How do I plan my writing?
There are many different methods you can use when planning your writing. One tool you use all the time when planning is your head! For example, when sending a text message you would first think it through in your head. …show more content…
It helps you to: * Concentrate on the content, the writing, rather than the punctuation, spelling or grammar. * Check that the writing flows well.
Do you need to move any ideas around? Have you included everything you wanted to say? * Look at the layout of your writing.
Is it too far up the page? If writing a letter, do you have the address in the correct place?
Once you've written a draft you can then go back and proofread your writing. This is the time to check your spelling, punctuation etc.
How many drafts should I write?
There is no correct answer for this! You can write as many drafts as you like. The amount of drafts you write depends on the situation and often how much time you have available. For example, how many drafts would you write for a:
letter? magazine article? report for work?
My idea: The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon).
Why: I think it is interesting and a very important historical event.
What: (purpose of my writing) To explain why it was such an historical event to the class and give some information about it.
Who: The audience are the lovely learners at Q’aalib.
Methods of planning: I choose bulleted …show more content…
* The journey lasted ten weeks. * The Portuguese, French and English courts rejected to sponsor his enterprise. * When he was a teenager he moved to Portugal and tried to gain royal patronage for a westward voyage to the Orient or “his enterprise to the Indies”. * He finally obtained sponsorship from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and he and his three ships set sail in August 1492. * Columbus dies in May 1506.
A draft: Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy but travelled extensively the seas as a teenager. When he was still very young, he setled in Portugal and tried to gain royal patronage for a westward voyage to the Orient or “his enterprise to the Indies”. Unfortunately, the portuguese, french and english courts refused to sponsor his project.
He finally obtained sponsorship from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and he and his three ships set sail in August 1492. The jurney lasted ten weecks, but instead finding a way to the Orient, he landed in the New World on 12th October 1492.
The discovery of America and posterior invasion by Europeans was devastating for the indigenous population. Christopher Columbus die in May
There are many benefits to planning your writing. It helps you: * Record your ideas * Come up with new ideas * Organise your thoughts * Check that you have all the information you need
What do I need to think about when planning?
When planning your writing you need to think about why you are writing, what situation you are in when writing and who you are writing to. Think of the three WWW's W - Why: Purpose | W - What: Context | W - Who: Audience |
How do I plan my writing?
There are many different methods you can use when planning your writing. One tool you use all the time when planning is your head! For example, when sending a text message you would first think it through in your head. …show more content…
It helps you to: * Concentrate on the content, the writing, rather than the punctuation, spelling or grammar. * Check that the writing flows well.
Do you need to move any ideas around? Have you included everything you wanted to say? * Look at the layout of your writing.
Is it too far up the page? If writing a letter, do you have the address in the correct place?
Once you've written a draft you can then go back and proofread your writing. This is the time to check your spelling, punctuation etc.
How many drafts should I write?
There is no correct answer for this! You can write as many drafts as you like. The amount of drafts you write depends on the situation and often how much time you have available. For example, how many drafts would you write for a:
letter? magazine article? report for work?
My idea: The discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon).
Why: I think it is interesting and a very important historical event.
What: (purpose of my writing) To explain why it was such an historical event to the class and give some information about it.
Who: The audience are the lovely learners at Q’aalib.
Methods of planning: I choose bulleted …show more content…
* The journey lasted ten weeks. * The Portuguese, French and English courts rejected to sponsor his enterprise. * When he was a teenager he moved to Portugal and tried to gain royal patronage for a westward voyage to the Orient or “his enterprise to the Indies”. * He finally obtained sponsorship from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and he and his three ships set sail in August 1492. * Columbus dies in May 1506.
A draft: Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy but travelled extensively the seas as a teenager. When he was still very young, he setled in Portugal and tried to gain royal patronage for a westward voyage to the Orient or “his enterprise to the Indies”. Unfortunately, the portuguese, french and english courts refused to sponsor his project.
He finally obtained sponsorship from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and he and his three ships set sail in August 1492. The jurney lasted ten weecks, but instead finding a way to the Orient, he landed in the New World on 12th October 1492.
The discovery of America and posterior invasion by Europeans was devastating for the indigenous population. Christopher Columbus die in May