Planning
Planning 1:
First, planning begins with prewriting, and there are a number of invention techniques or strategies for generating ideas.
The purpose of prewriting
Getting ideas down on paper
Choosing from among those ideas
Grouping by type or kind
Identifying relationships
Formulating a position or developing a concept
an approach: a position, angle, or perspective
Making choices: What stays? What goes?
The goal
generate a vast number of ideas from which to choose\
Planning 2:
Choose the best ideas and continue to develop those
After prewriting and making initial choices, the next step is to draft a working thesis that includes the main idea and the key points of support in the order they will be discussed.
Planning 3:
Thesis: What is the paper about? What conclusion have you reached?
Begin with a working thesis then revise after organizing, again after drafting.
Working Thesis: Include subject of paper, main topics used for support
Revising thesis?
May change thesis
Any time in the process
May change support
Any time in the process
Planning 4: Drafting
Body: Support for the Thesis
Topic sentences with support for each
Conclusion
So what? What value to the reader?
Return to the main idea, the thesis
Choose a strategy
Introduction
Choosing a strategy
See Rhetorical Situation for additional discussion.
Additional Resources for Pre-writing:
"English Prewriting Strategies." Writing Resources. English Department. Blackhills State University. 2011. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. Lists the types of prewriting options to use.
“Organizing and Prewriting.” Writing Series. Study Guides and Strategies. 2013. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. Addresses the “seven stages of writing assignments” with descriptions and exercises.
Link: http://www.studygs.net/writing/prewriting.htm