Pre-Writing

Answer the following questions in your notebook while watching the Pre Writing Video and be prepared to submit your answers to your instructor.

1. Understand the Assignment: Making a Plan 

Now that you know the scope of the assignment, what elements should you include in each of your body paragraphs?

2. Generate Ideas: Freewrite 

For this exercise you will write for five minutes, creating a list of as many of your choices and their effects on the environment as you can. If you can't think of the effects, just start listing activities that you do every day, and you can come back and explore their impact on the environment later. Once the timer stops, you can always click on "My Journal" to make any changes.

3. Develop a Thesis Statement: Causal Statement 

Write a working thesis statement of one or two sentences that explains the causal relationship between at least two of your personal choices and their effects on the environment. The personal choices you identified during the prior exercise are listed here for your reference.

4. Organize Ideas: Gathering Information 

Fill in the information about the body of your essay. For each of your personal choices (you will have two or three), list your:

* Main Point (description and effect)

* Evidence proving existence of effect

* Analysis (what this proves; why it matters)