We will start by brainstorming a list of causes of childhood obesity. You may want to take a look at the following PICTURE to help generate ideas. Think hard and write fast!
You will share your ideas with the class and I will make a list of 10 or so on the board.
During the pre-writing stage, coming up with many ideas helps you later on because you have more to work with, but in order to use your ideas effectively in your writing you will have to sort through all of your ideas to find out which ones are too similar and can be lumped into one category. We will work as a class to find some ideas that were brainstormed and categorize them into the same group.
After you see how it's done, work with a partner or two to reorganize the rest of the ideas into several groups.
The categories you have come up with can very easily be used as the main causes you discuss in a cause/effect essay. Each of the causes could function as the idea around which a body paragraph would revolve.
Review this OUTLINE STRUCTURE again. You will work in pairs to create a thesis statement and outline for the causes of childhood obesity in the United States.
After you have developed your outline, work on this WORKSHEET with your partner. We will discuss the worksheet as a class, and your group will be assigned a cause or effect word. You must create a sentence related to childhood obesity in the United States using that cause or effect word
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Day 6: Prewriting - Invention Techniques
We will be exploring invention techniques during this class period.
These are techniques that will help you create and organize your ideas before you put them down on paper. This will allow you to more clearly focus your writing. There are many different kinds of invention techniques, so try to find one or two that work best for you. We will be exploring several different types today.
Listing: Think of your hometown and write as many ideas, words, and phrases connected to it as you can. Put them in a list form.
Free-writing: Think about your high school. Now write as much as you can about it. Keep writing without stopping. Don't worry about grammar or punctuation errors. The focus of this activity is for you to keep writing. If you run out of ideas, write, "I don't know what else to say."
Clustering: Imagine you have to write an essay about the advantages of living in a big city. Write your topic in the middle of a piece of notebook paper. You should then write words or phrases connected with this topic around it. If you have trouble envisioning this exercise, take a look at this EXAMPLE.
Talking: Sometimes talking with someone about a topic can help you organize your thoughts better. Discuss the advantages of living in a big city with the person sitting next to you.
Questions: Choose a topic of your choice. It can be something you are interested in or something related to your field of study. Write that topic at the top of your paper. Now list the following questions and answer them in relation to your topic: What? Where? When? Why? How? So what?
Discuss with the person sitting next to you how each invention technique made you feel. Which was your favorite? Which generated the most ideas?
These are techniques that will help you create and organize your ideas before you put them down on paper. This will allow you to more clearly focus your writing. There are many different kinds of invention techniques, so try to find one or two that work best for you. We will be exploring several different types today.
Listing: Think of your hometown and write as many ideas, words, and phrases connected to it as you can. Put them in a list form.
Free-writing: Think about your high school. Now write as much as you can about it. Keep writing without stopping. Don't worry about grammar or punctuation errors. The focus of this activity is for you to keep writing. If you run out of ideas, write, "I don't know what else to say."
Clustering: Imagine you have to write an essay about the advantages of living in a big city. Write your topic in the middle of a piece of notebook paper. You should then write words or phrases connected with this topic around it. If you have trouble envisioning this exercise, take a look at this EXAMPLE.
Talking: Sometimes talking with someone about a topic can help you organize your thoughts better. Discuss the advantages of living in a big city with the person sitting next to you.
Questions: Choose a topic of your choice. It can be something you are interested in or something related to your field of study. Write that topic at the top of your paper. Now list the following questions and answer them in relation to your topic: What? Where? When? Why? How? So what?
Discuss with the person sitting next to you how each invention technique made you feel. Which was your favorite? Which generated the most ideas?
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