Table of Contents
à
Introduction ……………………………………………….… 3
à A
first time writing………………………………………….. 4
à
Brainstorming…………………………………………..…. 4
à Selectivity
for strong supporting details………………….....
5
à Unity
of the Topic………………………………………. 6
à Concluding
move……………………………………..… 6
à Reinforcing
supporting details……………………………. 6
à The
layout of the writing ……………………………...…. 8
à From
amateurism to professionalism…………………..
10
à Elaborating
the basic systemic writing………….………. 10
à Final
Work ………………………………………...… 11
à Conclusion
………………………………………...… 13
Key words
Writing, brainstorming,
paragraph, essay, descriptive, topic sentence, thesis statement, supporting
details, concluding move, Unity of the Topic
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Introduction
The writing skill is never acquired without courage, motivation and a little
more audacity at the beginning. Determination and intensive practice are the
fuel which keeps the spark of this skill ignited. Writing is generally prompted
by a vague inspiration which could be about anything. This is the precious
opportunity that the students should seize, but unfortunately the majority of the
students never bother to jot the first little droplet of ink which will start
the downpour. Once they have missed the first shot, the beginning of the fatal
fall of no reverse is activated. Their disinterest or hesitation is what to
blame, not the toughness of the skill. After that, all that they generally do
is keep complaining about the complexity of writing assignments. And complaint
never mends the crack which will get deeper and wider with time.
To bar the road for this situation from the beginning, the teachers
have to provide their students with the opportunity to take the first step and
incite then encourage them to set free the first magic drip of ink. It is only
very late that they get aware of the enormity of that first tiny droplet of ink
they miss. It will become harder to find when they dearly need it. They begin
to pay off for their carelessness and indifference vis-à-vis the opportunity
they have underestimated and rejected. When they ignore to take the first move,
the opportunity will never be presented again. They won’t have enough courage
to take any further moves even when they are obliged to.
When they finally look like writing, and they are able to scribble
their first basic subject-verb-object meaningful sentence, they should grasp
the opportunity. Later, they can go on writing as many others as they wish
provided that they know what meaning they want to convey and through which
appropriate structure that meaning would be better expressed. Afterwards, they
can use the suitable linking words; in addition, of course, to solid
subject-related vocabulary. And this is basically why the writing skill is
described as a long process.
In this paper, I will show how to prevent the students from
underestimating and ignoring the crucial first move which will push them to
take more steps to produce sentences requiring much more ink to pour later on.
Writing is a gradual movement from one simple sentence to a five paragraph
essay. This is because many students have a false conviction about writing.
They say either you know how to do it, or you don’t; which is a totally
erroneous belief about writing. In everything people do, they have surely
started small and inexperienced. A first time production is always full of mistakes
and errors before it becomes good enough and shortly after that it becomes
perfect. Mastery is never achieved overnight. It is the outcome of hard work
and perseverance.
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