PRE-WRITING: Getting Ready To Write

1. What is Pre-Writing ?

2. It is a process in which you plan and decide what you are going to write about.

3. How to choose a topic for a paragraph?

4. - Choose a topic that isn't too narrow (limited, brief). You can't write very much about it. - Choose a topic that isn't too broad(general). A broad topic will have too many ideas for just one paragraph.

5. How To Edit

6. After you have gathered plouty of ideas, you will need to go back and edit them.

7. You can add new ideas if there are more interesting and relevant about your topic

8. A paragraph is a group of five or ten sentences that give information about a topic.

9. Brainstorming

10. It is a way of gathering ideas about a topic.

11. There are three typs of brainstorming in this unit:

12. MAKING A LIST

13. FREEWRITING

14. MAPPING

15. Write simple words, phrases or sentences that are connected to your topic.

16. It helps you practice fluency(writing quickly and easily). When you freewrite, you do not need to worry about accuracy (having correct grammar and spelling)

17. To make a map, use a whole sheet of paper, and write your topic in the middle, with a circle around it.

18. Then, put the next idea in a circle above or below your topic, and connect the circles with lines. The lines show that the two ideas are related