RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT STUDENTS
WHO PLAN/PREWRITE ESSAYS SCORE HIGHER
THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT.
PREWRITING LEADS TO REVISIONS
WHICH HELP ELIMINATE LOSING POINTS
ON SILLY ERRORS
I.E. SPELLING/GRAMMAR/FLUENCY
IN THE THIRD QUARTER
ALONE ESSAYS
CAN COUNT FOR AS MUCH
AS 800-900 POINTS.
DO THEM WRITE NOW AND IT WILL
BENEFIT YOU IN THE LONG RUN.
WHEN YOU PROVE TO ME
YOU HAVE MASTERED ESSAYS –YOU ARE
DONE
MASTERY IS BASED ON
3 CRITERIA
TWO PICKED BY ME
ONE BY YOU
IDEAS AT A SCORE OF 5
ORGANIZATION AT A SCORE OF
5
NO SPELLING ERRORS
STEP ONE
WHAT IS THE QUESTION TO
BE ANSWERED
WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?
STEP TWO
UNDERLINE THE KEY WORDS
WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?
THESE ARE THE FOCUS OF THE QUESTION
-THEY MUST BE IN THE THESIS
-DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE
STEP THREE
OUTLINE
YOU CAN HAVE ANY
NUMBER OF IDEAS.
THESIS:
IDEA 1SUPPORT
THOSE WHO HAVE MORE
TROUBLE WRITING
SHOULD LIMIT TO ONE OR
TWO.
SUPPORT
IDEA 2-
SUPPORT
THOSE WHO ARE BETTER
WRITERS CAN HAVE UP
TO 5-6.
SUPPORT
I EXPECT YOU TO WRITE
AS PER YOUR ABILITIES.
STEP FOUR
THESIS
WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?
FOR NOW-SIMPLY TURN THE QUESTION INTO A STATEMENT.
ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE
REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES:
UNACCEPTABLE THESIS STATEMENTS:
IN THIS PAPER I WILL PROVE…
QUESTIONS
THE NATIVE TRADITION OF SELFLESSNESS IS REPRESENTED IN THE
STORIES
STEP FIVE
FIND SUPPORT
WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?
BRAINSTORM IDEAS:
STEP SIX
WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?
THESIS:ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN
THE STORIES:
IDEA 1SUPPORT
SUPPORT
IDEA 2SUPPORT
SUPPORT
THESIS:ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES:
IDEA 1SUPPORT
SUPPORT
IDEA 2SUPPORT
SUPPORT
WITH THE OUTLINE IN PLACE YOU CAN
START THE WRITING----BUT
THAT’S FOR ANOTHER DAY