Keeping Track of the Writing Process

Here is my writing process number wall:

These posters and numbers are hung near my writing center (pens, pencils, dictionaries, prompts, six traits posters, etc.) so everything is all in one area.  This wall allows me to visually keep track of where each student is in the writing process.  The numbers are held on with sticky tak.  As students move through the process, they move their number to the appropriate section.

Students move from the initial planning process to draft writing at the beginning of the writing process.

Then, as students are working on their drafts, they move their numbers to the revising/proofreading/editing section.  I put these process steps together because, let's be honest, we often do all three simultaneously as we are working.

The final writing process steps are publishing and sharing.  I remind students that we don't always have the time or capacity to share every piece of writing, especially short assignments.  So, sometimes students move from publishing back to the planning step without sharing.  

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