Planning out pre-writing activities

This article tackles a very important stage of the process of writing, namely pre-writing. This stage helps students find ideas and arrange them properly. A framework is suggested that divides the pre-writing stage into two sections: invention and arrangement. The former deals with coming up with ideas whether they are relevant to the topic of writing or not. The latter has to do with organizing the ideas in a meaningful way to write a well-developed composition. There are some activities accompanying each section. The article takes a closer look the previous studies that focused on mainly on the pre-writing stage. Pre-writing activities need much practice for students to be good at writing. Actually, mastering pre-writing facilitates the later stages of writing, such as drafting and revising, and encourages students to write more and more.   Key words: Writing, pre-writing, writing activities.