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5. Now use this sentence frame to consider your goal for writing.
From the perspective of a(an) Sample responses: activist I am writing a(an) editorial Role Format
to convince my classmates that bullies in school are everyone’s problem, not just the individual being harassed.
Topic Audience Topic
Stage 2: Prewriting
“I suppose some writers begin with a phrase, an idea, or a concept. I always begin with an image.” —Gabriel García Márquez
1. How do you begin to explore a subject before writing? Consider what you currently know and need to know in order to guide the exploration of your selected topic.
2. Review the purpose of the prewriting strategies (e.g., free-writing and looping, mapping, outlining, sketching, or webbing) in the Resources section of your SpringBoard book. Select an appropriate strategy, and begin prewriting to generate ideas, explore connections among them, and organize information.
Introducing the Strategy: Free-Writing, Looping, and Adding
Free-writing consists of using a fluid brainstorming process to write without constraints in order to generate content and clarify and convey the writer’s purpose.
After free-writing, looping focuses on one section of a text which is identified to promote elaboration or the generation of new ideas for that section. This process is repeated to further develop ideas from the newly generated segments.
Adding consists of making conscious choices to enhance a text by adding additional words, phrases, sentences, or ideas.
Sample Looping and Adding to part of a free writing activity:
“Arriving in L.A., I was excited to see my mom and stepdad. It had been almost three months since my last visit. But it took a while to adjust. Each set of parents had different rules, values, and concerns.”
Material added as a result of looping: “But it took a while to adjust.”
With my father, I am an only child, and I have an active social life, but with my mom and step-dad, my time is spent entirely with my younger brothers.
3. Review your prewriting, and consider how the ideas generated fit your goals and purpose for writing. This might be an appropriate time to settle upon a preliminary position or controlling idea to shape your point of view or your underlying message.
4. Think about the format or mode you selected while completing the RAFT organizer, and consider the conventions of the format in preparation for a first draft. Consult resources as necessary to familiarize yourself with the organizational structure of your selected type of text.
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