TAK

Read and Analyze Prompt

When student are presented with writing prompt or assignment, their first task is to read the prompt carefully.

After reading through the prompt the first time, they should ask themselves this question:

What am I being asked to write about?

This is referred to as the TOPIC, often indicated with the letter T=________________. We then ask students to reread the prompt. With the second reading, they should highlight or circle the key words or phrases from the prompt.

We ask student to complete a TAK chart to analyze their prompt. If no audience is specifically indicate in the prompt, we encourage student to list adults. Adults may include teachers, parents, and test graders, and also implies the use of formal, standard English in students' writing.

T = stands for TOPIC (What is the main topic of your writing?)

A = stands for AUDIENCE (Who will be reading the writing?)

K = stands for KEY WORDS (Highlighted or circled words not already listed)

• Flip the TAK prompt over to the backside

• Draw a line down the middle from top to bottom

• left hand side, create your brainstorm

• right hand side complete a T-Chart