WRITING
WORKSHOP
TCHR. GIOVANI S. MANGALE
NCLC Senior High School Department
Three-quarters of both 12th and 8th
graders lack proficiency in writing,
according to the most recent National
Assessment of Educational Progress.
“Why Kids Can’t Write,” The New York Times, April 2, 2017
WHY WRITE?
W-EAVES OUR HISTORY
We wouldn’t have our history without writing.
R-EVOLUTIONIZES GLOBAL COMPETENCY
If you can’t write in today’s global business economy, you cannot compete.
I-GNITES PERSONAL GROWTH
Writing is fulfilling and good for your personal growth.
T-RANSMITS PROFOUND INFLUENCE IN SOCIETY
Written word influences society.
E-LEVATES SPOKEN DISCOURSE
Written communication parallels spoken communication in importance.
Technical vs Academic vs Creative Writing
What is Technical Writing?
Technical writing is any writing designed to explain complex, technical, and
specialized information to audiences who may or may not be familiar with them.
It is typically used in technical and occupational fields like engineering, robotics,
computer hardware and software, medicine, finance, and consumer electronics.
◦Consumer-directed technical writing
◦Expert-to-expert technical writing
◦Technical marketing content
Technical vs Academic vs Creative Writing
What is Academic Writing?
Academic writing is the formal writing style used in colleges and
universities. It’s what students are expected to produce for classes
and what professors and academic researchers use to write
scholarly materials. High schools sometimes require academic
writing style in certain classes.
Technical vs Academic vs Creative Writing
What is Creative Writing?
Creative writing is written to entertain and educate. We enjoy reading
novels and stories, not because they are necessary to read or helpful
for us, just because we get a certain pleasure from reading them, the
pleasure which can’t be got from reading technical writing.
Creativity in writing involves the making of
something new or the reinventing of
something old.
Being creative means causing something unique to come into
existence and being original. It’s seeing something in a different way
and putting your own special stamp on it.
“I have nothing interesting to say.”
“I’m afraid of getting a desk reject.”
“I cringe to think of what the reviewers will say.”
“This isn’t new.”
All of those voices come from a place of fear.
YOU HAVE THE
P.O.W.E.R.
USE THAT P.O.W.E.R. IN WRITING!
P-LAN
USE THAT P.O.W.E.R. IN WRITING!
O-UTLINE
USE THAT P.O.W.E.R. IN WRITING!
W-RITE
USE THAT P.O.W.E.R. IN WRITING!
E-VALUATE
USE THAT P.O.W.E.R. IN WRITING!
R-EVISE
TCHR. GIOVANI S. MANGALE
NCLC Senior High School Department