Pre-Writing

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Pre-Writing
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Why do we need Pre-Writing?

• Pre-Writing is the second step of the writing
  process
• Once you have chosen your topic, it is important
  to do pre-writing activities
• It helps you to generate ideas for your paper
• Pre-writing allows us to stay organized once we
  begin writing

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Types of Pre-Writing Strategies

• Idea Web
• Brainstorming
• Clustering
• Free Writing
• Outlining
• Journalist Questions

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Idea Web

• a way of organizing your ideas- looks like a
  spider web- ideas branch from the center (topic)

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Brainstorming

• Why I love the Ocean
• Cool water
• Warm weather
• On vacation
• Relaxing
• With friends and family
• Sandy beaches

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Clustering/ Free Writing

• Clustering is a type of prewriting that allows
  you to explore many ideas as soon as they occur
  to you.
• When free writing, you jot down every thought
  about your main idea.
• Like brainstorming, free writing and clustering
  allows you to begin without clear ideas.
• Go back afterward and sort out the ideas that you
  want to focus on in your writing.

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Outlining
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Journalist Questions

• Answer these questions about your topic, main
  idea, or prompt.
• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• Why?
• How?

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Todays Assignment

• Choose a pre-writing strategy that you prefer
  and pre-write for this prompt
• If you could take 3 friends on vacation with you
  who would it be, and why?
• Remember! I need to see a detailed pre-write,
  with several reasons for each friend, give
  EXAMPLES and DETAILS.

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Writers Checklist

• Is the topic addressed in my writing?
• Are my ideas expressed in complete sentences?
• Are my ideas arranged in a clear order for the
  reader to follow?
• Do my paragraphs have topic sentences when
  appropriate?

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Checklist Continued

• Do I start each sentence with a capital letter
  and capitalize other appropriate words?
• Have I used correct punctuation at the end of
  each sentence and within each sentence?
• Is my spelling correct throughout my writing?
• Will the reader be able to read my handwriting?