1. RESPONDING TO AN ESSAY PROMPT

2. The Prompt Write an essay describing how technology affects people’s lives.

3. QUESTION Turn the prompt into a question – How does technology affect people’s lives ?

4. Answer the question airplanes computers satellites Safety equipment surveillance Home security Health care

5. Pick one answer Health care

6. MAIN IDEA Health care is your main idea.

7. SUPPORTS Come up with three ways in which technology has affected Health Care. – Better drugs – Better equipment – Better information

8. THESIS Write a thesis: – Today, technology has improved health care for everyone by creating better drugs, better equipment and better access to information.

9. TOPIC SENTENCES Write a topic sentence (TS) for each support: – Technology has improved drugs available today. – Better technology has also resulted in better health care equipment. – Finally, technology today allows one to have better access to information on health care concerns.

10. Writing Blocks Now you can create two writing blocks for each TS A writing block consists of a Claim, a Warrant, and an IMpact

11. CLAIM These are supporting sentences that tell why or how the TS is true

12. WARRANT This is a supporting sentence that explains why or how the CLAIM is true. It may contain facts and/or examples

13. IMPACT This is your opinion about WHY this Claim matters