PreWriting & Writing

Understanding Proficiency/ELA literacy

Some of the following sites you might want to "bookmark" for later use!! Draggo is a great online Bookmark keeper.

1. Why should authors pre-write?

        Interactive:The Brainstormer

        ReadWriteThink: Circle Plot Diagram Interactive

        Print-out: Cube Creator (Pre-writing) 

        Easy Map: Map out your essay! 

2. What is the writing process?

            Interactive: Writing to argue, persuade and advise

            Organize: Free writing organizers 

            BrainPop: The Writing Process (Take the review quiz) (If your school does not subscribe to BrianPop try the free trial)

3. What is MLA style?

        MLA Citation Style Websites: Purdue's MLA

        Interactive: The Writing Process

        Writing Lab: Purdue OWL

4. What is plagiarism?

         BrainPop: Plagiarism (Take the Review Quiz when you are done) If your school does not subscribe to BrainPop, try the free trial.

       Checking: Check you paper for grammar and plagiarism

        Game: Plagiarism 

5. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.

    a. According to the movie what is plagiarism? 

    b. If you copy and paste is this plagiarism? 

    c. Is giving the information from a website or video in the exact same order and using the same arguments plagiarism?