1. “Writing is the Making of Reading” Donald Graves Getting ready to write…

2. Identifying an audience Establishing a purpose… Questions to ask: Who wants to know this information? What is its relevance today? Why is it still important today?

3. Angles and Titles… Some questions to think about: What’s an angle that can make my writing interesting? What’s my controlling idea? What might appeal to readers?

4. Narrowing the focus Establishing a purpose… Something to think about: A title helps identify the topic, narrow the focus, and reveal a writer’s purpose A picture is “worth a thousand words”

5. Time to Give a Hoot!

6. Some sample angles to help us brainstorm our own…

7. Burrowing Owls

8. “Bullying” Dozers

9. Burrowing Owls and “Bullying” Dozers: What’s the Connection? Here’s some information that might surprise you…

10. Tearing down the old

11. And building new…

12. Tearing Down the Old and Building New: But at What Cost? Here’s some environmental issues you may not be aware of…

13. Endangered Species

14. Being Informed

15. Endangered Species: Information Network Provides Reliable Updates The importance of staying informed…

16. Save the Tigers!

17. Save the Parrot!

18. Save the Tigers! Save the Parrots! Do we need to be concerned?

19. Tropical Rainforests

20. Some Shocking Facts

21. What is a Tropical Rainforest and Why are they important? Here’s some information you need to know…?

22. Rainforests

23. Why are we Destroying them?

24. Forests: the Lungs of our Planet Why are we cutting them down?

25. Destruction Of Forests

26. Destruction Of Habitats

27. Protection of Forests and their Inhabitants Here’s what we can do to help…

28. Purpose Statement: As a (personal connection to writing), I am writing a (letter, article, editorial) for (reader: school newspaper, etc.) to develop my idea that (main idea/angle/purpose for writing)

29. Remember… “Writing is the Making of Reading” and there’s someone waiting to read what you’ve written!