development that contrast sharply with the acquisition of speech”. Therefore,
writing skill is inhibited and developed in a long term process.
2.2 Writing Process
Writing is never one step action. Producing a piece of writing is a process the writer may go through. Brannan 2010:4-20 pointed out the steps
in a standard writing process to carry out the writing project successfully: 1. Prewriting
It is the first step in writing process in which writer generates ideas. It is also a good opportunity to explore what heshe already knows about
a topic. It addresses to get a flexible feeling to loosen up the ideas. The more ideas generated, the more creative the writing.
2. Organizing Ideas In this step the writer should focuses in sorting ideas in a logical
manner and preparing to write a draft. It is a must to develop a good paragraph with well organized ideas, therefore the sentences flow
naturally in chronological order. 3. Drafting
This is the next step after having the ideas of the overall shape of the paper organized and determined. In this step, writer begins to write the
first draft. 4. Revising
When revising, writer requires looking closely to the work, looking opportunities to shift, add and cut materials. It is not an easy step of
writing process because it needs time and needs to work critically to improve the writing. In revising the focus is on content, organization
and style.
5. Editing In this step the focuses are on grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The
objective of doing editing is to make the writing more readable by controlling most of the errors.
6. Proofreading It is the last step of writing process after having closely edited last
draft and minimized the mechanical errors possible. White and Arndt 1991:17 convinced that generating ideas is
especially a crucial part of writing process. Moreover, Brannan 2010:4 said
that clustering is a one technique in prewriting activity. Thus, this research discussed mainly on prewriting activity by using clustering technique.
2.3 Competency of Writing in School Based Curriculum
