Organize Information Before Writing

Learn to organize information before writing according to the type and purpose of writing.

Web
In my opinion, making a web is the best way to organize pre-writes. To make a web, all you have to do is:

A. Make a large 'bubble' in the middle of your paper, and then enter the main idea or concept into that 'bubble.'
B. Make several smaller 'bubbles' all over you paper and connect them to the large 'bubble' in the middle.
C. In these smaller 'bubbles', enter the main and supporting details.

Outline
Another way to organize is to make an outline. To make an outline you simply have to:

A. Make a list of the main titles.
B. Write the main details in lines connected to the main line, these areas are called subtitles.
C. The last Subtitle is your 'Conclusion.' This is where you write your closing thoughts.

Note-taking
Note-taking. One of the most simple, yet most useful ways to organize pre-writes. All that has to be done to take notes is:

A. Brainstorm
B. Write notes on all of the thoughts you decide to use in your writing.

That's it! See how simple it is to do note-taking?

Language Arts/Writing

Standard 1: The student uses the writing
process effectively. (LA.B.1.3).

Objective 1 : Organizes information before
writing according to the type and purpose of
writing.

Amusement Park Activity

Amusement Stories -

1. Instruct each child to make an organized
pre-write about a fantasy amusement park.

2. Tell them that they can make a web,
outline, or take notes.

3. The pre-write should include the theme
(if any), rides, and the mascots there.

Did you know... Shamu at Seaworld
(Tampa Bay, Florida) may seem like an
altoghether kind of guy, but he can be
three to five whales!!! The whales trade
off underwater, so you might see
Shamu#1 going down, but when he
comes up, he's Shamu#2, and that
Shamu who splashes you? He's
Shamu#3!!!

Vocabulary

Mascot - A person, animal, or
object believed to bring good luck,
especially one kept as the symbol
of an organization such as a theme
park.

Theme - A topic of discourse or
discussion. A subject of artistic
representation

Pre-write - The organization of
ideas that comes before writing a
rough draft in the writing cycle.

Brainstorm - A session used to think
of ideas for a specified subject.

Links

Study Paper- Pre-write -- this will
make it so that you never have to
stare at a blank piece of paper again
wondering how you should start.

The Write Connection - Pre-Writes -
A Variety of Writing Styles Across the
Curriculum The Pre-Writes provide the
teacher with a variety of writing selections
which compliment the Language Arts by the Topic pages.