PREWRITING LEADS TO REVISIONS WHICH HELP ELIMINATE LOSING POINTS ON SILLY ERRORS I.E. SPELLING/GRAMMAR/FLUENCY RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT STUDENTS WHO PLAN/PREWRITE ESSAYS SCORE HIGHER THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE ESSAYS CAN COUNT FOR AS MUCH AS POINTS. DO THEM WRITE NOW AND IT WILL BENEFIT YOU IN THE LONG RUN.

WHEN YOU PROVE TO ME YOU HAVE MASTERED ESSAYS –YOU ARE DONE MASTERY IS BASED ON 3 CRITERIA TWO PICKED BY ME ONE BY YOU

IDEAS AT A SCORE OF 5 ORGANIZATION AT A SCORE OF 5 NO SPELLING ERRORS

STEP ONE WHAT IS THE QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ?

STEP TWO UNDERLINE THE KEY WORDS WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ? THESE ARE THE FOCUS OF THE QUESTION -THEY MUST BE IN THE THESIS -DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE

STEP THREE OUTLINE THESIS: IDEA 1- SUPPORT IDEA 2- SUPPORT YOU CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER OF IDEAS. THOSE WHO HAVE MORE TROUBLE WRITING SHOULD LIMIT TO ONE OR TWO. THOSE WHO ARE BETTER WRITERS CAN HAVE UP TO 5-6. I EXPECT YOU TO WRITE AS PER YOUR ABILITIES.

STEP FOUR THESIS ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES: FOR NOW-SIMPLY TURN THE QUESTION INTO A STATEMENT. WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ? UNACCEPTABLE THESIS STATEMENTS: IN THIS PAPER I WILL PROVE… QUESTIONS

THE NATIVE TRADITION OF SELFLESSNESS IS REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES

STEP FIVE FIND SUPPORT WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ? BRAINSTORM IDEAS:

STEP SIX WHAT ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES READ? THESIS:ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES: IDEA 1- SUPPORT IDEA 2- SUPPORT

THESIS:ELEMENTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE STORIES: IDEA 1- SUPPORT IDEA 2- SUPPORT WITH THE OUTLINE IN PLACE YOU CAN START THE WRITING----BUT THAT’S FOR ANOTHER DAY