My Recursive Writing Process

Favorite Active Reading Strategies

• Annotating and summarizing text
• Forming self-to-text connections
• Glossing the text
• Marking or highlighting important quotes

Favorite Brainstorming Strategies

• Connecting sources to each other using lists
• Writing down important quotes to build claims off

Favorite Drafting Strategies

• Writing a basic draft or outline and then building off it
• Utilizing Barclay or TRIAC paragraph templates
• Using the quotes I chose and accompanying claims to build paragraphs

Favorite Revision Strategies

• Using my peers’ thoughts to further excel in my writing
• Shortening sentences
• Comparing final draft to first outline

Favorite Polishing Strategies

• Read final draft out loud
• Have someone else read final draft to get another’s opinion