What is drafting an essay?

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Lucy Cripps
What is drafting an essay?
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Writing skills: Planning
Resource type
Worksheet

A resource to help students with drafting their work. This resource provides a checklist for students to work with when they are writing an essay or article etc. Things to check include: 

  • word order
  • correct use of paragraphs
  • interesting use of vocabulary 
  • sentence variety 
  • spelling, punctuation and grammar. 

An extract from the lesson worksheet: 

So, what is ‘drafting’?

Is it…

  • an opportunity to get feedback on a piece of writing before producing a final version?
  • a chance to write freely without being overly worried about your work being assessed?
  • a rough version of a piece of writing?
  • looking critically at a piece of writing and making changes to improve it?

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