English 10A Honors
Mr. Ragasa
Example-Prewriting
Name of reader:
1. My peer reading group colleague has chosen as his/her topic:
2. The preliminary thesis statement is:
3. The thesis statement ___ does ___ does not make it clear what the topic is.
I think that the writer _____ should _____ should not rethink the thesis statement.
4. The writer has indicated that the essay will be using _____ several examples ___ one,
extended example.
Now that you have the input from your peer reading group colleague, it’s time to
get down to business at hand. Let’s begin to write the first draft. Remember, you are
writing an essay of between 500-800 words.
1. List the specific example or examples that you are planning to use in this essay.
2. If using several examples, how will you arrange your examples?
_____ chronological order
___ spatial order
____ most to least important
___ least to most important
_____ familiar to unfamiliar
_____ unfamiliar to familiar
3. If you are using one example, how are you planning to present this example?
_____ a narrative in chronological order
___ a narrative using spatial order
___ a discussion/explanation of this one example, using the following organization:
___ least important point to the most important point
___ most important point to the least important point
___ familiar to unfamiliar
___ unfamiliar to familiar
4. With the above information in mind, here is the general outline of my essay:
I. Introduction
A. Interest grabber
B. Thesis statement
II.
5. The following is the first draft of my introduction. (Please attach this page to your
first draft due tomorrow.)