What are the steps? PreWriting Writing Revising Editing Final Copy Publishing Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

Step 1: PreWriting Find your Inspiration! Determine your most useful form to PreWrite (lists, mapping, webbing, graphic organizers, etc.) Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School Steps

Step 2: Writing Select your writing ideas from your PreWriting Exercise. Form a main idea Develop topic sentences Give details to support your main idea and topic sentences Use textual evidence Have you completed your thoughts through your writing? Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School Steps

Step 3: Revising Kristi Hartley A.R.M.S.  Adding  Remove  Move  Substitute Adding: Is there any other information that the reader needs to know? Removing: Are there any unnecessary details? Moving: Is the information presented in the most logical order? Substituting: Could I change anything to make my expressions stronger? Steps

Step 4: Editing Kristi Hartley Self Editing Peer Editing Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar Sentence Structure Subject/Verb Agreement Word Usage Steps

Step 5: Final Copy Blue or black ink or word processor. Name, class, and date in top right hand corner. Double spaced Neat- no scribbles or overuse of liquid paper. Staple in top left hand corner. Include a copy of rubric for grading. March 23, 2007 Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School Steps

Step 6: Publication  Share your work with others. March 23, 2007 Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

The writings of Mildred Taylor often are about the south during the period of segregation and focus on themes of race and inequality. After reading “The Gold Cadillac,” “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes, and researching the era of Jim Crow, identify the race issues that the characters in the story and in the poem face in life. How do the characters in “The Gold Cadillac” deal with the issues of discrimination that they face? How does the narrator in “I, Too, Sing America” deal with it? Both the poem and the story deal with issues of inequality and racism, but they are expressed differently. Compare and contrast the theme of racism as expressed in these two works. How do the characters show traits of perseverance and determination? Remember to cite evidence from your readings. March 23, 2007 Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School