At-Home Preparation

Based on the News Report

• use the online tools to highlight important details while reading the article

• Consider: who, what, where, when, why, how & details

• read the prompt carefully - demonstrate understanding of the prompt and the text

• brainstorm by jotting down the most important points from the article

• paragraph format: topic sentence, detailed supporting evidence from the text, closing statement

• conventions: transition words, spelling, grammar, punctuation