Drafting
For many students getting started is the hardest part of
composing.
First-Draft
Writing
"Down draft" (get it down)
Done to work out what one thinks or understands
Is tentative and exploratory in form
Done for self or trusted reader
Receives responses but not grade
Responses
Come From:
Self
Peers
Teachers
Parents
Friends
Second Draft
Writing
"Up draft" (fix it up)
Done to demonstrate "final" thinking on a topic
Done with careful attention to content and mechanics is
handed in with previous draft is often assessed/graded
From the work of: Bay
Area Writing Project, Mary K. Healy
Support
Handouts:
Examples of 1st Draft
Writing
Template for 1st Draft
Writing
Mr. Gallagher's 1st and 2nd
Drafts
Activity: Second Draft
Writing