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1 Do Now!  What should you look at when evaluating writing?

2 Prewriting 8 th Grade Language Arts

3 What is Prewriting?  First step of the writing process  Helps get ideas onto paper so you can organize them  A chance to explore ALL your ideas on a topic

4 Prewriting Strategies  Brainstorming  Listing  Freewriting  Clustering  Mapping  Drawing

5 Freewriting  Often a paragraph  Write everything that comes into your head about your topic, even if it doesn’t make sense  Write for a set amount of time  Don’t worry about spelling, grammar or punctuation

6 Freewriting Example I have to write about the common cold. I hate having a cold! Your nose runs, you get a fever and a cough, you ache all over. Sometimes you throw up. That’s the worst part, throwing up. It tastes bad and feels worse! No one wants to be around you because they don’t want to get sick. It’s lonely and not fun.

7 Mapping  Similar to a web  Way to organize ideas by importance or order  Shows main topic, sub topics, and support

8 Example of Mapping No School Uniforms Too Expensive No individuality for students Ugly Not allowed to show Creativity Have to have 2 wardrobes – School and non-school Clothing prices are up These are out of style Not attractive on some bodies would make students feel ugly Have to be like everyone else instead of like ME

9 Together…  Review the prompt/s for your upcoming essay.

10 On Your Own…  Free write on your prompt for 10 minutes.

11 On Your Own…  Create a map for the paper topic you selected.  Remember you should have four body paragraphs for this essay!


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