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    HOW TO WRITE A WELLORGANIZED ESSAY/PARAGRAPH?

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    The Writing Process

    The Writing Process is a method thathelps you get started writing and helps

    you organize your ideas.

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    -THINKING

    Before you begin to write you need tothink about what you are going to write.Then you need to organize your ideas.

    When you have organized your ideas, youwrite your first draft. After that, you reviseand improve your writing. Finally, you edit

    your first draft and write the final draft.

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    The Four Steps in the

    Writing Process

    A. Pre-writing: Thinkof ideasB. Planning: Organize your ideasC. Drafting: Write the first draft

    D. Revising and Editing: Improve yourwriting

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    Pre-writing

    Before you begin to write, you need tothink of ideas to write about.

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    FOUR WAYS TO ORGANIZE

    Sometimes it is difficult to think of thingsto write about. There are four commonways to help you think of new ideas:

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    FOUR WAYS

    1. Brainstorming

    2. Clustering3. Making Lists

    4. Asking Yourself Questions

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    Brainstorming

    Brainstorming is a way to think of new ideas.Brainstorming means you write every idea thatis in your head (your brain). When you

    brainstorm, you write all your ideas and all thewords you can think of about a topic. Do not say"This idea is a bad idea." When you arebrainstorming, all ideas are good ideas.

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    WORDS OR PHRASES

    You do not write complete sentenceswhen you brainstorm. You just writewords or phrases. Write all the things that

    you think of.

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    BRAINSTORMING

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    Clustering

    Clustering is another way to think of newideas. The word "cluster" means a groupof similar things. Clustering means putting

    words into groups. Each group, or cluster,has a number of words that are related toeach other.

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    CLUSTERING-BRAINSTORMING

    Clustering is similar to brainstorming. Youtry to think of many words and phrases.When you make a cluster map, you write

    the words and phrases in groups.

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    EXAMPLE

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    Write the topic in the centre of your page, insidea circle.

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    Write general ideas about the topic around thecircle.

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    . Write more ideas about eachgeneral idea

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    Continue until you can think of nomore ideas.

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    Making Lists

    Making lists is a way to think of new ideas.When you make a list, try to think of ideasin an organized way. For example, you

    can make a list of actions, a list of places,a list of people.

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    EXAMPLE

    Here is an example of three lists aboutdaily routine:

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    Actions

    Wake up

    Get up

    Shower

    Get dressed Eat breakfast

    Brush teeth

    Take the bus

    Buy coffee

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    Places

    Bedroom

    Bathroom

    Kitchen Bus stop

    Coffee shop

    Office building

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    People

    Bus driver

    Waitress

    Co-worker Boss

    Customer

    Friend

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    Asking Yourself Questions

    Asking yourself questions is another wayto think of new ideas. When you answerthe questions, you think of ideas.

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    ????

    Here is an example of some questionsabout daily routine :

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    QUESTIONS:

    When do I get up?What do I do in the morning?When do I go to work?What do I do at work?When do I have lunch?Where do I have lunch?When do I go home from work?How do I get home from work?

    What do I do after work?What do I do in the evening?When do I go to bed?

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    THANKS FOR YOURATTENTION

    HAPPY END, THATS ALL FOR NOW!