The Writing Process Worksheets

In this analysing essay questions worksheet, students learn instruction words and practice strategies for understanding and clarifying writing task requirements. Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet. Students begin by reading information about instruction words used in essay questions and writing assignments. The students then reorder letters to reveal common essay instruction words. Students then read ten definitions and match them to the correct instruction words in Exercise A. Next, students read about a three-step strategy for breaking down and analysing essay questions. The students then use this information to help them examine an essay question and develop a working outline for the essay.

In this free revising and editing worksheet, students learn the differences between revising and editing. The students then use revising and editing techniques to identify problems in the first draft of an essay. Give each student a copy of the three-page worksheet. Students begin by reading information about revising and editing. The students then use the reverse outlining technique to identify needed revisions in an essay first draft. After creating the reverse outline, students review it to make notes about necessary revisions. In the final exercise, students read another version of a body paragraph from the essay. The students scan it twice, once to identify errors with grammar and punctuation, and once for vocabulary use and spelling. The students then fix the errors by re-writing the paragraph.