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CHAPTERS 1-2, WRITING FIRST
COMPONENTS OF WRITING
Sentences Subject Verb Complete Thought
Paragraphs Essays
PARAGRAPHS
3 components Topic Sentence Support Concluding Statement
Formatting Indent first line 1 block of text
A paragraph consists of a topic sentence and support. The topic sentence states the main idea of a paragraph. This idea unifies a paragraph. The other sentences in the paragraph provide support for the topic sentence. These sentences present details and examples to help readers understand the main idea. At the end of the paragraph is a concluding statement, a final sentence that sums up the…main idea. Many paragraphs follow this general structure.
KNOW YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Be a journalist What Why Who
Who is the audience for this class?
Examples Write a paragraph giving advice to a future
student about your educational experience Write a paragraph about how previous educational
experiences can influence a student’s performance in school
PREWRITING STRATEGIES
Freewriting Focused freewriting
Brainstorming Clustering Journals Venn Diagram
FREEWRITING
Man, I cannot believe Lost is over. I really need to get these notes typed up for English 90. I wonder what Crestor is. There are always advertisements for medications that I don’t know what is cured by using them. Music is an interesting thing. People like lots of different music. I’m not sure what my favorite song is—probably my wedding song. It’s always been my favorite. Red leather, yellow leather.
BRAINSTORMING (TOPIC: MUSIC)
Types of music•Country•Rap•Rock•Heavy metal
Favorite bands•Genesis•Queen•Nirvana
Instruments I would like to play•Violin•Drums•Guitar
Concerts•Genesis•Orchestral
Favorite Songs•Let My Love Open the Door•Falling Slowly•Smells Like Teen Spirit•Black Horse and a Cherry Tree
CLUSTERING
Music
Diff Genre
Fav Songs
Fav Bands
Concerts
Instruments
Falling Slowly
Let My Love Open the Door
Rock
Country
Violin
DrumsGenesi
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Pittsburgh
Aug 2008
VENN DIAGRAM (DOUBLE BUBBLE DIAGRAMS)
oShow possible similarities and differencesoMost helpful for Compare and ContrastoIntersect points show the most relationships
JOURNAL
Various types, purposes Handwritten Electronic In-class writings www.hotmail.com
FROM PREWRITING TO ORGANIZING
Divine main idea What do findings
support?
Organize support Time Spatial Logical
Outline ideas
TOPIC SENTENCE
First sentence Main idea Unifies paragraph
Characteristics Full thought Not an announcement
Avoid “In this paragraph, I will discuss…” or “Here is how you…” “Here is my story about…”
Not too narrow, not too broad…it’s just right!
SUPPORT
Proves main idea Organization depends on type of
assignment Process of elimination
WRITE
First draft Revise Edit/proofread
Don’t skip this step!
CHARACTERISTICS OF WELL-WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
Unification Development Coherency
UNIFICATION
Support sentences further main idea in a relevant fashion
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DEVELOPMENT
Well-developed assignments have enough support to prove main idea
Details and examples Be specific
Example: A lot of students pass nursing board exams. VERSUS Ninety-eight percent of students pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to become a registered nurse.
COHERENCY
Writing needs to make sense Organization
Time Spatial Logical
TYPES OF ORDER
Time Order Most common:
chronological Assignment types:
Narrative Process
Spatial Order Left to right, top to
bottom, inside to outside
Assignment types: Description
TYPES OF ORDER
Logical Most common: least to most important Assignment types:
Exemplification Compare/Contrast Cause/Effect Classification Argument
ORGANIZED WRITING
Transitions Time: first, second, next, then, finally Spatial: in front, behind, next to Logical: first, most importantly, then
Transitions move reader from point to point in a way that makes sense
OVERVIEW OF WRITING PROCESS
Start with an assignment Generate ideas for what you can write From your ideas, pick a focus and a
main idea Organize the points you want to discuss Write your first draft Revise Edit