Pre-Writing Strategies

Amal Al-HamidEng. 213

Pre-Writing Strategies

You should use prewriting to . . . think more clearly see a start of your paper keep track of your ideas practice expressing yourself in writing

Pre-Writing Strategies

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES Develop Questions like…What do I know? What do I need to find

out? What is the point of the paper?

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES Jot List Animals

-pet animals- Farm animals- Sheep- Wild animals- Lion- insects

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES Brainstorm

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES Free write

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES

Outline AnimalsI- Pet animals

a- domestic1- cat2- dog

b- farm1- sheep

II- Wild animalsIII- insects

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES

Mapping Animals

Pet Wild Insects

Jungle Desert

FoxMonkey

BASIC PREWRITING STRATEGIES

Tree Diagram

Structure of an Essay: Outline I.  Introduction Introductory statements Thesis statement Introduce supporting ideas (optional) II. Body First supporting idea                     Transition, topic sentence                     Discussion, examples, and analysis                     Conclusion (optional) Second supporting idea                     Transition, topic sentence                     Discussion, examples, and analysis                     Conclusion (optional) Third supporting idea                     Transition, topic sentence                     Discussion, examples, and analysis                     Conclusion (optional) III. Conclusion Transition, statement reflecting back on thesis Restate key points Ending statement that provokes thought (optional)

Outline for a Five-Paragraph Essay Title: ____________________ Introduction

Introductory statement Thesis statement: ____________________

  Body

First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

  Third Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________

____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Conclusion Closing statement Restate thesis: ____________________

Writing an introduction

One paragraph for the introduction.

Introduce the topic How the topic will be developed Contain thesis statement p.105-

106. Should be inviting.