Providing preparatory exercises aimed at helping learners to create a text on their own (e.g. Put the parts of the text in the logical order // Identify thesis statement).
This is the longest and most important stage here: the more exercises that are given the better for learners.
Exercises at pre-writing stage should include:
– check whether learner understand when this/that text is written
– check whether learners understand the structure
– check whether learners understand how they can vary the language