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2.   Getting your ideas down  Comes in the form of:  Quick-write  Short answer  Graphic organizer  Image  Outline Pre-writing

3. PRE-WRITINGPRE-WRITING

4.   Organizing ideas into paragraphs  Generally should follow 5 paragraph set-up, however, depending on the density of the topic, body paragraph number may increase or decrease. Drafting (rough draft)

5.   Eye-catcher/ Attention-grabber sentence (1-2)  Explanation/ general information sentences (3-4)  THESIS statement sentence ( 1 -2) Introduction THESIS STATEMENT: Is a roadmap for the rest of the paper. It tells your audience where you are headed. Is an interpretation of the subject, not the subject itself. back-up your thesis It presents your argument to the reader, and the rest of your body paragraphs should follow and back-up your thesis.

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10.   1 st collect and gather evidence for back-up  MAIN POINTS  These turn into body paragraphs  2 nd develop a working thesis statement  Basically, this is a rough draft for your thesis  Respond to or answer the assignment prompt  3 rd Re-consider your working thesis  Do you answer the question?  Is your thesis specific enough?  Does it pass the so what? test?  Do my main points support my thesis specifically and without wandering? w & why? test?  Does my thesis pass the how & why? test? Developing a thesis statement

11. & how to turn a subject into a thesis