purdue university writing lab where will you be in 5 years five years have passed, and sellwood...
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Where Will You Be in 5 Years
Five years have passed, and Sellwood Middle School has invited you to be the keynote speaker at your graduation ceremony. Write a speech in which you give advice to the students and discuss what your own life has been like in the years since you’ve graduated.
Read the prompt below and respond in your spiral notebook.
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Schedule for Monday, Oct. 26
5 Years writing warm-up Mission Statement Weekly Assignment Sheet Rough Draft - Narrative Writing Piece Break, if earned Writing Process
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Finding Your Focus:The Writing Process
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Everyone has a writing process.What is yours?
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Why do you need a writing process?
It can help writers to organize their thoughts.
It can help writers to avoid frustration and procrastination.
It can help writers to use their time productively and efficiently.
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Writing process
Invention Collection Organization Drafting Revising Proofreading
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Invention: coming up with your topic
Brainstorming:Getting your ideas on
paper so you can give yourself the widest range of topics possible
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Brainstorming: coming up with ideas that interest you
Listing:Political apathyAnimal abuseNFL instant replayAir pollutionTelemarketing scamsInternet censorshipNBA salary caps
Paper Topics
Brainstorming
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Organizing: putting information in an outline
OUTLINE
I. IntroductionA. Grab attentionB. State thesis
II. BodyA. Build pointsB. Develop ideasC. Support main claim
III. ConclusionA. Reemphasize main idea
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Drafting
Give yourself ample time to work on your project.
Find a comfortable place to do your writing.
Avoid distractions. Take breaks.
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Revising: reviewing ideas
Review higher-order concerns:Clear communication of
ideas Organization of paperParagraph structureStrong introduction and
conclusion
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Proofreading
Review later-order concerns:SpellingPunctuationSentence
structureDocumentation
style
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Proofreading tips
Slowly read your paper aloud.
Read your paper backwards.
Exchange papers with a friend.
NOTE: Spell check will not catch everything, and grammar checks are often wrong!
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The Writing Process: Find Your Focus
• Invention• Collection• Organization• Drafting• Revising• Proofreading
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Where can you go for additional help with assignments for any class?
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(765) 494-3723 Check our web site:
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