Relacionar Columnas A route for writing workVersión en línea A typical route for the development of writing skills. It may involve some or all of the following steps: por María Guadalupe Diez Sánchez 1 Prepare draft 2 Get feedback 3 Sort and order ideas 4 Edit 5 Prepare final text 6 Plan de text 7 Introduce the topic 8 Introduce & summarize the main writing task 9 Select and reject ideas 10 Brainstorm ideas 11 Fast-write 12 Focus on useful models Preparing a draft version before the final one gives them the chance to get the reader reactions. Whole class: use the board to collect as many ideas as possible. Small groups: speak and take notes. What is worth leaving out? Get students interested through an advert, article, picture, or discussing some key issues. Students carefully go through their own text, checking if it says what they want it to, if it is clear, if its language is correct, etc. Another student can read and make useful comments/suggestions on the content, the message, the organization, or the language. Based on feedback, students write a finished text. Make sure students know what they are expected to do, the genre (magazine article? letter? formal report? etc.), and the audience (who they are writing to and why). A very good way to overcome 'blank page' terror and get ideas flowing is to 'fast-write'. Start to plan structure of text by arranging ideas. Use notes to start shaping the text. The layout & order of paragraphs. Are there any special rules for the genre? Help students to study sample(s) of similar written texts, focusing on content, message, organization, grammar, phrases, etc.