and inspire student learning. Therefore, many research studies conducted on how to improve the quality of writing. Many studies had been reviewed
and the findings show that grammar does not increase writing quality. Many skilled writers rather focus on the content and organization.
Grammar can be correted and changed during the editing or proof reading stage of the writing process.
b. The Process of Writing
Students are engaged to the process of writing when they learn how to write. The process of writing involves planning, drafting, revising,
editing, and making a final draft. Then the teacher should provide the students the instruction on how the complete each step of the process.
Futhermore, they are also taught how to work in groups or their peers in each of the steps as a way of integrating cooperative learning processes
with the writing process. Kamehameha schools : 2007.
1 Planning
Planning or pre-writing is the very essential step in the writing process and should account for 70 percent of the writing time Murray,
1982 in Kamehameha schools 2007. The teacher asked the students to determine what the topic of the writing would be. After that, the students
are engaged in brainstorming in which they discuss their topics in groups and plan on how to develop the topic in their writing. Then, students
should provide their group member feedback about what they liked and points they want to clarify.
2 Drafting
After planning, the students start to write their first draft of the composition. The goal of the first draft is to get the ideas on paper. The
students are taught to focus on their expression of ideas and present them in a coherence and cohesive sequence. In addition, they are also told not to
mind spelling and mehcanics at this step.
3 Revision
When the students have finished their draft, every group member reads the writing of other group member and gives feedback on the clarity
and organization of the ideas in the draft. The feedback given by students should be meaningful in terms of what they liked and what they want to
know more about. It is about how they respond to and understand what is written. The students then could use the feedback to revise the writing and
make it more easily understood.
4 Editing
After they have revised their content of writing, each group member gives the composition to other group members for editing. During
the editing, they focus on the mechanics and spelling. Students were given an editing checklist to help them focus on specific skills as they edited
another student’s work. The feedback given by the other member could be considered to correct errors and improve the quality composition of
hisher writing. The teacher also should read and check the students’ work before the final draft.
