Writing Process Vocabulary
English · Writing Composition · language
Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction, paragraph, sequence, and detail — and understand that these words describe distinct steps and decisions that all writers make, not just tasks to tick off
What mastery looks like
- Use 'compose', 'revise', and 'edit' correctly when describing the stages of writing
- Explain who the 'audience' is for a piece of writing and how that changes what they write
- Describe the purpose of a piece of writing (to persuade, inform, entertain, or instruct) and match their language to it
Check your understanding
If you asked Writing Process Vocabulary to explain what they're doing when they write a story at school, could they walk you through each step using words like 'plan', 'draft', and 'revise' — showing they understand it's a process, not just one sitting?
Prerequisites
None — this is a foundational concept.
Unlocks (8 directly)
- Shared Research Projects
- Writing opinions
- Planning Ideas Before Writing
- Organising Writing into Paragraphs
- Rehearsing and Varying Sentences
- Revising and editing
- Building Writing Stamina
- Writing to inform
- Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending
- Responding to Writing Feedback
- Saying Sentences Before Writing Them
- Writing Poetry