Questions For Students to Ask Themselves When

                                    Writing First Drafts

 

 

 1. What is my purpose for writing this piece?

 

 2. What will my audience want to know about my topic?

 

 3. How can I best arrange my information?

 

 4.  What are the main ideas I want to present?

 

  5.  What details can I add to support my main ideas?

 

  6.   What will make a good lead to catch the reader's attention?

 

   7. How can I end the piece effectively?

 

 

Peer Conference Questions

 

Directions:  As you listen to the writer's piece, ask yourself the following questions.  You may write notes at the bottom of the page.

 

  1. What things do I like about this piece?

 

 2. What do I want to know more about?

 

  3. What is the writer's main point?

 

   4. What are some details?

 

   5. What are suggestions I can offer?

 

   6. Is any part of this piece confusing?

 

    7. What can be eliminated without losing the author's 

        intention? (words, phrases, sentence, paragraphs)  

 

 

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