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Writing Process Checklist

Help Ruben and Ana prepare a clear, lively museum exhibit label. Read the short draft, then practise planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. Use the final checklist for your own writing.

A museum label in progress

Ruben and Ana are writing a label for a history museum display about an old pocket watch. Their first draft says: “This watch is old. It is interesting. People used it.” Their audience is museum visitors, and their purpose is to explain why the watch matters.

1.Ruben starts by listing what he knows about the watch and what he wants to find out. Which writing-process stage is he using?
  • Planning
  • Drafting
  • Editing
  • Publishing
2.Ana writes a first version quickly, concentrating on getting her ideas down. What is the main aim of drafting?
3.The draft does not explain who used the watch or why it mattered. Suggest one useful detail the writers could add for museum visitors.
4.Which action is revising rather than editing?
  • Changing “This watch is old” to a more informative opening and putting ideas in a clearer order
  • Checking whether “interesting” is spelt correctly
  • Adding a full stop at the end of a sentence
  • Checking that the label has capital letters
5.Label each action with the best stage: planning, drafting, revising, editing or publishing. (a) Correct a misspelt word. (b) Decide who will read the label. (c) Share the finished label beside the display.
6.Read this sentence: “the watch belonged to a ship captain it helped him arrive on time”. Rewrite it with suitable capital letters and punctuation.
7.True or false: Editing mainly improves the ideas and order of a piece, while revising mainly checks spelling and punctuation.
TrueFalse
8.Put these stages in a sensible order by writing the numbers 1–5: editing, planning, publishing, drafting, revising.
9.Improve the museum label by writing two or three sentences. Include at least one specific detail and explain why the watch is worth seeing. You may invent reasonable details.
Use this checklist with your next piece of writing. Tick a box when you have done that step. You can return to revising or editing more than once.

PLAN — I know my purpose and audience. I have gathered and organised useful ideas.

DRAFT — I have written a first version and focused on getting my ideas down.

REVISE — I have checked my meaning, added helpful detail and improved the order or unclear sentences.

EDIT — I have checked spelling, grammar, capital letters and punctuation.

PUBLISH — My writing is ready to share with its audience.

10.Name one part of the writing process you want to get better at. Write one action you could take to improve it.

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