Organization

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Organization

• Trait 2

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Organization

• The writer must ask
• Where do I begin?
• What do I say next?
• And, after that?
• How do I wrap it all up?

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Organization

• Your paper should be as easy as a well laid out
  road map.

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Organization
All roads must lead you back home, to the main
idea!
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Organization

• If your directions are confusing, your reader
  will be confused and will give up!

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Organization

• Know where you are going and have a plan to get
  there!

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Journal Activity

• Get with a partner and brainstorm all the
  transition words you know.

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Journal Activity

• Create an invitation to a party at your house.
  Include the following
• Introduction with a Theme
• Directions from Birmingham to your house.
• Closing Statement

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Journal Activity

• Example
• Don your favorite chapeau! Wear your favorite
  fedora, your best bonnet, your top hat Mrs.
  Price is having a Crazy Hat Party! In order to
  get to her house follow these simple directions
• First, turn out of the parking lot right onto
  Brown St.
• Then, turn left onto Westgate Way.
• When you get to the stoplight at 544 turn right.
• Youll see Chilis Restaurant on the left.
• Travel about 20 miles and turn right on Sunshine
  Blvd., past the 7-Eleven.
• However, if you pass the McDonalds youve gone
  to far.
• Finally, turn left on Happy Lane. Our house is
  the 3rd on the right at 123 Happy Lane.
• We will top off our evening with a toast to the
  craziest cap! Dont be a party pooper! Show em
  your heinous head gear!