Pre-Write Strategies Quiz

What is the first stage of the writing process? (hint: It's in the title of your book)

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Where can you get ideas for your writing?

• By thinking about what you see, hear, and read every day

• By watching TV only

• By listening to music only

• By reading books only

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is a brainstorm?

• Writing a lot of ideas quickly

• Drawing a picture

• Reading a book

• Singing a song

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The main idea of your writing is connected to your _____________

• topic

• structure

• audience

• dictionary

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the first step in choosing a topic?

• Use the ideas you collected

• Write a conclusion

• Start with a summary

• Create a list of websites and books

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

If a topic is too big, we say it is too ______________.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What happens when your topic is too broad?

• You have so many ideas, you don’t know where to start

• You find it easy to write

• You finish quickly

• You have no ideas at all

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the key to making a topic easier to work with?

• Narrowing it

• Expanding it

• Ignoring it

• Complicating it

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the benefit of narrowing a topic?

• It becomes easier to work with

• It becomes more complex

• It takes longer to write

• It becomes less interesting

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

An ___________ is the people who will read your writing.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6