Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the minute paper strategy. In this approach, students are asked to submit their response to two brief questions regarding their knowledge of the module.
In this FLM, students are asked to complete a fill-in-the-blank outline which accompanies all three videos, describing the process of writing from prewriting to planning, revising and proofreading. The completed outline will enhance the students’ note-taking skills and will serve as a summary of the FLM that they may refer to in the future.
Key Terms
academic writing, academic reading, pre-writing, annotation, reading journal, outline, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading
Module Overview
- The Writing Process
- Introduction to the Writing Process
- Pre-writing and its Techniques
- Pre-Writing
- Annotated Note-Taking and How to Do It Effectively
- Reading Journal
- Planning: Writing the Outline
- Drafting, Revising, Editing and Proofreading
- Drafting your Paper
- Revising
- Tips on Revision
- Editing
- Proofreading
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Worksheet: The Writing Process Module Outline
Please fill out the following outline while you are watching the videos, and bring a copy to class.
- Academic Writing is a process of: __________________________________________________
- The first step in the writing process is called __________________________________________________
- Two of the most effective pre-writing exercises are:
- (Exercise 1) _________________________
- (Exercise 2) _________________________
- The role of writing an outline is to:
- (Role 1) _________________________
- (Role 2) _________________________
- (Role 3) _________________________
- The aim of writing a first draft of a paper is to: __________________________________________________
- Revising is the process in which you do the following:
- _________________________
- _________________________
- _________________________
- _________________________
- Editing a paper involves __________________________________________________
- Proofreading is the _________________________ stage of writing your paper, when you _________________________
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Video 1: The Writing Process
Video 2: Pre-Writing
The Writing Process Online Activity 1
Please write a short reading journal on a reading your instructor has assigned.
Submit your journal to your instructor.
Video 3: Planning: Writing the Outline
The Writing Process Online Activity 2
Please write a brief outline of a paper you are assigned based on the template shown. Submit the outline to your instructor, and have it with you in class for peer review.
Download Outline Template
Video 4: Drafting, Revising, Editing and Proofreading
The Writing Process Survey
Please answer the following two questions, and submit the responses to your instructor.
- What was the one most important thing you learned from this module?
- Do you have any unanswered questions for me?
The Writing Process In-Class Activity
References
Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers.
Rules for Writers. 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016.
Arp, Robert, and Mark White. “Should Batman Kill The Joker?” The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition, 8th ed., edited by Thomas Cooley, W.W. Norton & Company, 2013, pp. 545-547.
Behrens, Laurence, et al. A Sequence for Academic Writing. Longman, 2002.
Lunsford, Andrea, et al. Everyone’s an Author with Readings. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
