"To the melodious sounds of Baha Mar. It seems like a place I want to be. Every glimpse of this luxurious getaway has me tapping to the sounds of drums beating." (Drafting in motion).

A new lesson with so much more to learn. In this session, here is some information that I learnt about Drafting (The second stage of the writing process):

• A stage in which students now put all their thoughts on paper. (Getting your creative juices flowing!)
• Ideas are used from pre-writing in order to form sentences, then paragraphs, lines or stanzas.
•  In this stage, emphasis is not placed on structure, sequence, neither on writing conventions. 
• Teachers must use their own drafts to demonstrate, so that students can better understand how to start writing their piece. Students must be able to recognize and analyze how the teacher connects his or her ideas to form sentences.
• Multiple drafts ought to be used in this stage. The first draft should never be the final draft. 
• All ideas may or may not be used in this stage from the details in pre-writing. Do not worry! The students may develop ideas as they go along. 

These ideas learnt from class are very useful for students to become good writers as they follow certain processes.

As I reflected during this lesson on my past experiences as a teacher, I somehow realized that I have not showed students how to use their first drafts to make them better by writing multiple drafts. I sigh sorrowfully to know that these students have been short of their education. However, on the brighter side, now that I know better, I will definitely use the information learnt to help them become good writers. With the upcoming sessions, I hope that my lecturer will read student examples and show how students should go about expressing more ideas.  For the next session, I am so anxious to know how this story will unfold!! Let's keep on writing!

Draft about My Favourite Spot:  
                                    

Quote: "Drafts don't have to be perfect. They just have to be written."