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PRE-WRITING. WHY DO WE PRE-WRITE?. WHY DO WE PRE-WRITE?. Practice writing Come up with a topic Plan our story/essay Organize ideas Focus our writing Make things easier when we start to draft. PLETHORA OF PREWRITING. (PLETHORA means AN EXCESS OF) There are SO MANY types of prewriting
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WHY DO WE PRE-WRITE? • Practice writing • Come up with a topic • Plan our story/essay • Organize ideas • Focus our writing • Make things easier when we start to draft
PLETHORA OF PREWRITING • (PLETHORA means AN EXCESS OF) • There are SO MANY types of prewriting • You can even make up your own! • Usually I (Ms. Fey) create charts and graphic organizers for your pre-writing • However, certain types of pre-writing are better for different types of writing or different parts of the writing process
WHAT ARE THESE GOOD FOR? • BRAINSTORMING/LISTING • WORD ASSOCIATION • FREE WRITING
They Are Good For… • BRAINSTORMING/LISTING • WORD ASSOCIATION • FREE WRITING • COMING UP WITH A TOPIC • PRACTICING WRITING • SEEING WHERE YOU MIND TAKES YOU • These can be used for any type of writing – fiction or non-fiction (personal narrative, persuasive essay, etc.)
WARM UP #35 1/15 STEP 1: BRAINSTORM/LIST… PLACES YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
WARM UP #35 CONTINUED 1/15 • STEP 2: WRITE ONE OF THOSE PLACES ON A BLANK LINE. • LINE BY LINE WRITE WHATEVER WORDS POP INTO YOUR HEAD FROM THE WORD PREVIOUS. PIZZA CHEESE MOUSE COMPUTER FUTURE SPACESHIP
WARM UP #35 CONTINUED 1/15 • STEP 3: FREE WRITE A PARAGRAPH INSPIRED BY THE LAST WORD ON YOUR WORD ASSOCIATION LIST. The year was 2344 and our spaceship was hurtling away from a black hole that forming, swallowing our home planet for good…
What Is This Good For? • FLOW CHART
It Is Good For… • FLOW CHART • Sequence or Chronology – putting events in order • Beginning, Middle, End • Useful for Narratives (stories) both fiction and non-fiction
WARM UP #36 11/16 • Make a flow chart of everything you did this morning before you got to school.
What Are These Good For? • SENSORY DETAILS CHART • FIVE Ws CHART
They Are Good For… • SENSORY DETAIL CHART • FIVE Ws CHART • Adding detail • Showing vs. Telling • Being descriptive • Developing setting and character • Useful for narratives (both fiction and non-fiction)
WARM UP #37 11/17 • Part 1 • Make a sensory details chart describing the cafeteria • Part 2 • Make a Five Ws chart describing a birthday party Remember: touch, hearing, sight, smell, taste who, what, where, when, why
What Are These Good For? • WEB • OUTLINE
They Are Good For… • Organization • Main idea • Supporting details • Creating paragraphs • Transitions • Useful for expository writing (non-fiction essays, explaining, persuading, comparing)
WARM UP #38 11/18 • Make a web about one of the following topics. Just include whatever you know • weather • elephants • cell phones • Europe • your favorite band or TV show