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Pre-writing Pre-writing strategiesstrategies
Tips for writing on demand
Familiar Strategies
0Brainstorming0Try to capture all
thoughts, ideas, and fragments on paper.
0Make up questions and answers about the topic, no matter how strange.
0Clustering0Starting with an
idea in a middle circle, draw lines to other, smaller circles that contain issues related to the main idea.
Visual Organization: Relationships
Listing and outlining
Clustering and mapping
TopicI.Intro
A. Main idea/thesis
B. Examples
Some New Strategies
Journalistic Technique: Thinking like a Reporter
0Who, what, when, where, how, and why.
0Writers can use these questions when writing stories.
0This allows you to make certain you have provided all the important and specific details of a situation.
Tagmemics: looking at something from three different
perspectives0 As a particle (as a thing in itself)
0What are the characteristics of your topic? What are the particular elements of your subject?
0 As a wave (as a thing changing over time)0What differences are there between the past and
present of your topic?
0 As part of a field (as a thing in its context)0How does your topic relate to other topics?
Narrative PromptsA: Your school newspaper is
holding a contest for the best story
about
a disagreement between friends.
The winning story will be printed
for the enjoyment of high school
readers. For the contest, write a
narrative depicting a disagreement
between friends. Tell what the
disagreement was about and
where the conflict took place.
Develop your story with details.
B: Think about a time you or
someone you know was given
advice and then had to decide
whether to follow it. Write a story
of such a time. Make sure your
story includes details about the
situation, the decision, and the
consequences that followed.
Persuasive Prompts
A: Your mayor is considering a teen
curfew of 9:00 P.M. on weeknights
because of a problem with
vandalism. Write a letter to the
editor of your local newspaper in
which you convince readers to
accept your point of view on the
proposed curfew. Be specific in
developing your argument.
B: State legislators believe that students’
driving privileges should be directly
linked to their performance and
attendance in school. For example,
students should be required to maintain a
certain grade point average and
attendance record in order to drive. Or, if
students fail a class, they would not be
allowed to drive until their grade was
improved. State and defend your position
on this issue to an audience of state
legislators. Be sure to include specific
reasons to support your position.