Lesson 11 — Activity 1: Planning Ideas
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Lesson 11 — Activity 1: Planning Ideas
Now that you have considered some genres and techniques for reading and writing, you will look at the format we often use for writing about nonfiction ideas: the essay.
As you know, there are many things to think about when you plan to write. You must:
After you have a topic in mind for your writing, you can get started working on developing ideas related to that topic.
As you know, there are many things to think about when you plan to write. You must:
- identify your purpose
- determine your audience
- state the occasion for writing
- choose a suitable format
After you have a topic in mind for your writing, you can get started working on developing ideas related to that topic.
When writing a paragraph or essay, you need to do some careful planning first. For our writing to be interesting to us and our readers, we need to think about the topic and come up with some good ideas about the topic.
There are several ways to do this:
There are several ways to do this:
- Talk about the topic. Discuss ideas with others and take notes about the suggestions that come up. (The graphic organizers in Lesson 8 — Activity 3 are handy as you organize your thoughts and ideas!)
- Brainstorm. Think of every possible thing that relates to the topic and write down all the ideas that come to mind.
- Use a journal and write. With the topic in mind, begin writing and let ideas flow.
