Why is planning the key to successful writing?
It helps you finish your work quicker
It helps you to select vocabulary and order your paragraphs
It helps you to write down everything you know about the topic first
Which different ways could you plan out your writing?
A mind map, bullet points or a table
Bullet points, draft paragraphs or a table
A mind map, bullet points or key sentences
How might a mind map be effective planning?
It means that you can tick your ideas off
It is a visual way of planning out your ideas
It is a pretty way of setting out your ideas
How might bullet pointing your ideas be a good way to plan?
It acts as a 'note to self' that you could use as a checklist when writing
It can be ordered into a table
How does a table help to plan a piece of writing?
It can be a good way of writing down everything you remember before writing
You could plan out each stage of the piece of writing and how long to dedicate to each part
What key things should you include in your plan?
Everything that you remember about the topic and then pick out the most important parts when writing
Add in the key information, include reminders of important things and allocate time for each stage of your writing
Vocabulary that you want to use and then decide the order as you write
What is proofreading?
Reading back over your work to amend mistakes and make improvements
Reading the best part of your work to check it will make an impact
Reading a task question correctly
What key things are you checking for?
Punctuation, spelling and a good ending paragraph
Capital letters, punctuation and the best words that you have included from your plan
Capital letters, omissions, punctuation and spelling
How can you improve your work?
By looking at it objectively and thinking what advice you would give to yourself
Making sure that the handwriting is neat enough to read
By getting a friend to look at your work
What is a really useful skill when drafting and writing?
To be able to use sentence structure within your writing
Using paragraphs to order your work
To be able to proofread, edit and improve your own work