1. Brainstorming This way is lead us to list some ideas in a blank of paper that related to the
topic we decided before. 2. Clustering
In clustering, we visualize the ideas through the line and the circles which are connected one to another. The topic is usually put on the center of the paper.
b. Writing
The next step is writing process. After we run out our ideas while doing brainstorming or clustering, then we start to write sentences into a paragraph. Use
the ideas that we had generated in the prewriting. Here some tips while we are on our writing process:
1. Begin with a topic sentence that states the main ideas, include several sentences that support the main idea.
2. Stick the topic does not include information that does not directly support the
main idea. 3. Arrange the sentences so that the other ideas make sense.
4. Use signal words to help the reader understand how the ideas in your paragraph are connected.
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c. Revising
The last step is revising. It is important to do in order to make our writing be better. In this step, we will analyze all of our writing, start from the ideas, the
connecting word, the coherence or cohesion, the grammar used and the accuracy of our sentence.
Some steps in revising are: 1. Add new ideas to support the topic.
2. Cross out sentences that do not support the topic. 3. Change the order of the sentences.
4. Using the following checklist to revise your paragraph.
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Karen Blanchard and Christine Root, Ready to Write, New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2003, 3
rd
Ed, p. 45.
a. Make sure you have a topic sentence. b. Cross out sentences that do not relate to the main idea.
c. Check to see if the sentences are in the right order d. Add new ideas if they support the topic sentences
e. Make sure you have included signal words to help guide the reader. f. Check the punctuations, spelling and grammar.
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4. Text Types of Writing
In education field, students are oftentimes asked to write a different topic or text for each occasion, it is because the teacher has a different objective in giving
the instruction. Traditionally, writing has been divided into four main patterns, its division based on the purpose,
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these are; a. Description
Description is a verbal picture of a person, place, or thing. When you describe someone or something, you give your readers a picture in words. The main
purpose of a descriptive is to make readers see – or hear, taste, smell, or fell— what you are writing about. Vivid details is the key of descriptive text, it will give
the readers can picture to what we describe. b. Narration
Narration is story of something that is happening in the past. Moreover, narration is termed by storytelling, whether it is relating to a single story or
several related ones. Through narration, the writer make a statement clear relates to the something that happened in the past.
The main purpose of narrative text is to make appoint to the readers about a story that the writer want to tell. Colorful details and interesting events that build
up to a point of some kind make narrative enjoyable for readers and writers alike. c. Exposition
Exposition provides information about and explains a particular subject. Patterns of development within exposition include giving examples, detailing a
process of doing or making something, analyzing causes and effects, comparing and contrasting, defining a term or concept, and dividing something into parts or
classifying it into categories.
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Ibid., p. 28.
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Langan, John., College Writing Skills; sixth edition, New York: McGrawHill, 2005, pp. 48—78.
