One of the most common mistakes I see students make is skipping prewriting. Students will often claim that prewriting "takes too long" or "wastes time" because they don't truly understand its purpose or its value.
Yet, when done properly, prewriting can provide a substantial amount of ideas for a paper, including the structure and content needed for an effective draft. Many times this great information can be generated in as little as 10-15 minutes.
Furthermore, because there are so many techniques for prewriting and because there are no right or wrong answers at this stage of the process, prewriting can be tailored to an individual's learning style and preferences.
Based on these points and our class discussions, please respond to the following questions by posting a comment:
- Have you used prewriting before? If so, in what ways? If not, why haven't you?
- How did this week's classes add to your understanding of how prewriting can benefit a writing project? Be specific.
- What prewriting technique or techniques do you prefer? Why?
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ReplyDeleteThroughout my high school years I never once used prewriting. The school I went to was not a traditional high school, but rather a private Christian school. Whenever I had a paper to write, we would always be required to start with an outline and then a rough draft. Usually the limited topic was given to us, and we did not receive much writing creativity in that aspect.
ReplyDeleteThis Tuesday’s class was very helpful to me on the subject of prewriting because it made me realize what I have been missing. The different techniques we used helped me see how prewriting can make the writing process less complicated, and an easier task to complete. Also, Tuesday's class showed me that when you set your mind to completing a task, it does not take very long.
The prewriting techniques I prefer most would probably be freewriting and clustering. I like the idea of freewriting because I constantly have things running through my mind. When I am able to write my ideas down, I find that they are more organized and much easier to remember. Clustering is an awesome technique because it allows you to branch off of your limited topic in an organized way. I also enjoy clustering because you're able to jump to new ideas easily, but come back to your partially developed branches and add more to them. Some of the other techniques are not as easy for me to work with as freewriting and clustering.
In my high school, we had to write a research paper twice a year, and this is how I found a prewriting system that worked best for me. In writing these papers, we had to gather information and create an outline of how we wanted our paper to flow. For each paragraph we created a roman numeral with the main idea, numbers for details, and letters for support. This was an amazing organizational tool that allowed me to reconstruct my paper so that it moved logically, without an overneeded amount of work. After the outline was complete and I was happy with it, I began my rough draft. Between each written line I would leave a blank line for revisions and a place to write extra information. When I finished writing the first draft, I reread it about two or three times making the proper changes.
ReplyDeleteIn class I realized that in general, the opening sentence of each paragraph I've written is usually too broad. I need to narrow the subject, and relate the information that follows in the paragraph so that it directy links to the main idea. In doing this I will refrain from going off on tangents that are not completley relevent to the paragraph. However, if I reread my paragraph and find that the opening sentence doesn't neccesarily cover everything in my paragraph, I can revise it so that it can.
The prewriting technique that I prefer is the one with the most work. After gathering information, or jotting down my ideas I find it easiest to create an outline. Following the outline comes the first draft, of which I may change several times. When I am completley satisfied with the editing, I can begin my final draft.
No, I have never used pre-writing before (willingly). This is mainly due to the fact that I always found it as a waste of time. The only times I have done some sort of pre-writing was in high school when teachers would ask for an outline before we were able to write up our papers.
ReplyDeleteThis week's classes really helped me to understand pre-writing and it's benefits a lot clearer. I now understand that in the long run, pre-writing will in fact save be time rather than waste my time. Instead of sitting around trying to think of things to write about in my paper, I will have brainstormed plenty of ideas before hand which will help improve my writing and not run out of things to say.
I tend to prefer the clustering/mapping/webbing type of pre-writing the best. I have always been a visual type of learner and I find it the easiest when looking and observing something rather than writing it down, or re-reading it a hundred times. The spider web type of diagram that we did in class on the topic of Prom also is very helpful for me when it comes to pre-writing.
I have used pre-writing throughout high school, but only if it was required by the teacher. Otherwise I probably would never pre-write before writing a paper. I have used free writing, clustering, and webbing/mapping. I would try to avoid the pre-writing step as much as possible because I always thought it took too long and accomplished nothing.
ReplyDeleteI've realized that pre-writing is very easy and not as time consuming as I thought. It gives a lot of detailed content to write about. I would prefer to use mapping/webbing as a pre-writing strategy mainly because it can help me keep my paper organized. I learned that pre-writing is a quick way to produce a lot of information and help make your paper easier to write.
I have been prewriting for the last few years. In high school, we had to do some kind of prewriting, usually some kind of chart or something. I used to think that they were kind of pointless, but I realized that the way we did it in class was way easier. The spider map (or whatever its called) seems like its very effective, and is easier for me because Im a visual person. It makes it very easy to see what details and thoughts are there and how organized and easy it is. This will help me very much. I had heard of it before, but I never used it in high school because the teachers expect you to do it a certain way. I prefer the spider map that we went over in class for prewriting, simple because of the way its set up and mapped out.
ReplyDeleteI had used prewriting on several occasions throughout high school. However, unless it was worth a grade, I generally tended to veer away from it. Mostly because I saw it as a waste of both time and energy. When I did prewrite it was usually in the form of either a traditional outline that is common knowledge among most students, or the type of “bubble” diagram that we went over in class with “prom” being the main topic. I think this week’s classes made it clear to me that when the right prewriting technique is implemented, and a decent amount of time and effort is put into it, writing the paper itself becomes a much easier process. Personally, after the past two lessons this week, the next time I go to prewrite for a paper, I will most likely use the method that was used in class, because I think it makes clear any and all subtopics that need to be discussed within the paper, and what details are available to support those topics.
ReplyDeleteIn the past i rarely used prewriting. The only method I was taught in high school was the outline format. I felt that the outline method was pointless and didn't provide an effective way to portray my ideas. After the most recent class with Mr. Snow my view on prewriting has changed. The examples and activities we worked on in class clearly showed, that a brief 10-15 min can provide all the information needed to write a good paper. Along with being quick and to the point, prewriting like you said MR. Snow IS the writing if done right. Prewriting is meant to do three main things. 1 narrow the topic, 2 find the research topic and 3 generate possible paper content. Now that collegiate writing is so much more sophisticated, their will be times that i don't have a question or guideline to follow. Prewriting can help me fish for the right topic or question to go by. This can allow me to get write into the paper instead of spending so much downtime. I thought that the webbing technique we did in class was the most effective for my style learning. Visually the web allowed me to write down and branch off of my previous ideas. Webbing is similar to the listing technique but helps keep my thoughts concise and on topic. In a group activity the category game would be very successful.
ReplyDeleteI have used pre-writing before because it helps me get my ideas down on paper. Organization is the key for writing my essays. One of the ways I use pre-writing is to use the circle method and run my ideas off of the main idea. In high school I used pre-writing for most of my essays so I could figure out how the essay was going to flow. I used pre-writing to understand more of what I was going to write about in my essay.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks classes has taught me how to use my pre-writing in a more efficient way. The classes have taught me also how to use pre-writing to my advantage and what ways to use it in. If I were to write up an essay for a project I would use pre-writing by using the techniques I learned in class. All these techniques and examples I learned are the mapping, bubble, and the clustering of my ideas.
The technique I would use would be the bubble of ideas. This way I can get my ideas set to write my paper and make it a lot easier for me.
I have used pre-writting once before when I was attending alfred state. I was not good at pre-writting or even writting for that matter. I think my professor made it more complicated then it had to be. Because I was not good at pre-writting I generally skipped it and went right into writing my paper. Writing one paragraph took me 8 hours. so you can imagine how long it took me to write a one page paper.
ReplyDeleteThrough your class, I have found that pre-writing can be beneficial. I had to write my psychology paper over the weekend so I have had the chance to practice pre-writting and using the inside-out method of writing. writing my paper was so easy. It only took me 3 1/2 hours to write a two page paper. This is really good for me. I did not get writer's block and I was not stressed out. In fact, I enjoyed writing it.
I like to use listing and clustering. I use listing because it's easy for me to write down a bunch of ideas. Once my listing is done I then take those ideas and may a cluster diagram. I do this so I can visually see what ideas i have and where any additional ideas may be developed. with using these methods I think writing will be a lot easier for me. No more stressing over papers.
To write a paper i need to pre-write because it just makes everything easier. It's a lot easier to write a paper when you have all of your thoughts and ideas in front of you ready to be turned into something that makes sense. Trying to write a paper from scratch can just make it more difficult for you because you don't always know what you want your message to sound like. When done right pre-writing gets most of the work done for you.
ReplyDeleteWhen I pre-write for a paper I dont really have any technique or strategy. I like to just write down whatever idea comes into my head. Once I have a few ideas down on paper I start to put them in some sort of logical order. I like to get some good ideas for body paragraphs and then start filling in the blanks with supporting details. Sometimes I work on sections of a paper at a time but I usually start from top down and hit my key points along the way.
This week's class stressed the importance of pre-writing techniques.The one technique that I think is most effective is the "map" style with one central topic and several branches off of that. This style allows you to get ideas down on paper with out having to write more than a few words. This style also allows you to see your paper from the inside out and with this; it shows you that you have endless room to expand.
Throughout the course of my life I have used prewriting many times and in many different ways. In elementary school we first began to use writing webs and maps, such as a simple T-chart. This T-chart would then give a list of pros and cons of a certain topic, with which we could then turn into a small paper. As I moved on in my life to high school we learned more pre-writing techniques. We used brainstorming and mapping the most. However, this week's class furthered my thought process. In previous years I was always told what to use, instead of what I was more comfortable with. For example, I wrote a speech a few days ago, in which I used webbing. I was struggling with the speech at first so I threw it away and thought I would give pre-writing a chance. It cut the process of writing the speech down in terms of how long it took to write. I really like this technique of webbing. It was very useful when it came to writing the speech. Although it took time to make the web, I believe that it actually reduced the time it would have taken me to actually write the paper off the top of my head. I hope that pre-writing will continue to help me in upcoming projects.
ReplyDeleteI use some form of prewriting every time I write. However, when prewriting i dont use one technique at least not by itself. I use a combination of a few techniques to form one of my own. I will write down facts and sentences all over my paper. There will be arrows and side notes bringing things together and keeping things organized. Everytime i come up with a good sentence or phrase i jot it down with a star next to it so i will not forget to put them in. I dont stick to one technique however the one i dont use is the web. Its not that i think its a bad technique i just dont care for it. I like to have more detail and content in my prewriting. Instead of writing all my facts down in bubbles i would rather put them in sentences or phrases. This helps me to think about the idea in a sentence, which makes it easier to find its place in my wtiting.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks class did help me in a few ways. one of which i really liked hearing about was the intro and conclusion. In highschool I always questioned the theory of restating the thesis. I always thought they just didnt think kids would understand. The concept isnt that far off and i can see how it would be easier for them to grade. I just never thought it sounded correct. I am anxious to experiment in those areas where in highschool i was encouraged not to (not that i listened anyway). As to "How did this class help my understanding of prewriting?", I would have to say I already know how important it is. I do believe that sometimes with my techniques I do spend a little more time however, without prewriting first my paper wouldnt be as good, by far. The only exception to the rule in my eyes would probably be these blogs. I do jot a few ideas down that I want to work in, but I dont believe I would be doing the assignment if i teated this like a paper. To me, a blog shouldnt be a long thoughtout processlike a paper. By definition a blog is an online journal. Journals are thoughts and feelings in the moment. I believe a true blog comes off the top of your head.
Prewriting has never before been a prominent factor in my writing process. The only form of this I have ever been pushed to use with my academic work was outlining, which I hate. Never before have I even recognized that there was another method of writing papers other than the 'top-down' method. I am actually looking forward to using the inside-out method described in class. I am enlightened.
ReplyDeleteThis week's classes have been quite beneficial for me. I love using organized techniques to get my work done right the first time. From our class lectures I came into touch with several ways to do this that I have never before found very relevant to my work.
My favorite technique has to be 'asking questions'. This technique seems, to me, to be the most promising approach to writing a great paper. After all, all good papers answer a good question, so lets make sure we have great questions to choose from.
From experience I have found that prewriting can make or break a paper. Clustering has proved to be successful form of prewriting in past experiences. When I write a paper I find new ideas seem to pop up in the middle of a paper. If you do your prewriting first this problem will be less likely to accrue. While i was in high school I had to write a paper on whatever I wanted. I decided to choose the Beatles as my topic. When I used the prewriting process I was able to cut that topic into a smaller subject.
ReplyDeleteIn class we talked about how it is important to have an idea that is not to big or to small. Using the cluster form of prewriting the writer is able to see his or her choices and pick the most suitable subject. I knew I wanted to write about the Beatles but it is too large of a topic. Because of this I wrote down different ideas such as great songs, group history, and impact they had on the world. I decided to choose the topic impact. With the idea narrowed down I am able to write a paper that the reader does not get lost in.
In all honesty, I have never really given pre-writing very much thought. Throughout the years, if the need has arisen, I have dabbled with different pre-writing techniques, but I've never approached its importance with much care. However, after attending the last few classes where we discussed not only different techniques, but how they can be used for almost any style of writing, I have felt a bit more enlightened.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that not only can I use pre-writing to help narrow down my thoughts, but also to choose different paragraph topics, thesis statements and much more. By spending as little as 10 minutes organizing my thoughts, and asking myself questions about my writing, I can speed up my entire writing process.
My favorite technique discussed was "asking questions." I liked this technique because it allows you to creatively approach any writing assignment and get to know more about the topic before you write. When you start off asking yourself questions about a given topic, you can challenge yourself and your knowledge on what it is you are going to write. This helps me to become more concise with my wording, and to stay away from lengthy run on sentences.
Prewriting for me has never been a must do before i write a paper unless a teacher made me.When i did have to use prewriting i just had to write a rough draft, and go back through and edit what i had written.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks classes have helped me see how many benefits prewriting has to establishing a well paper. prewriting to me before class was just a way for teachers to try and get me to proof read a paper before handing it in.
The only form of prewriting i have ever used was to just write a paper then edit it. I'm not sure which type i will prefer to use. Before i can decide i will have to try some of them out during this semester.
I have never used prewriting before because i never saw the benifit of it. I got all of the ideas from my head and wrote them down as i wrote my paper.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks classes showed me how prewriting can benifit a paper in some ways that could be usefull to me. First off and most improtantly it gives any paper a cirtain organization. It lays out all the deatials that are needed for the paper. Prewriting can even be a step by step instruction for a paper if u do it correctly.
The prewriting technique that i find most usefull and I plan to use in the future is the inside out style. I think that this style of prewriting will be the most benifitial to me because of the one idea one page aspect, that i think will keep my focus and keep that task of writing a paper overwhelming. Futhermore i feel that it will keep me on track for answering the question that i am trying to answer in the paper by writing that question at the top of every page. Last I feel that this style of writing is not to much different than writing a rough draft and it is an easy way to write a quality paper.
I always remember the blank pages in my ELA or other various test booklets that were there for you to map out your first draft. I also remember that mine were always left blank. I have never been much of a planner when it comes to anything in my life. I just go with the flow and hope things end up working in my favor. I have looked at my writing the same way. My process for my final draft (can I even call it that due to the fact that it's my only draft?) has been just writing whatever comes to mind at that instant and it's almost always the night before. I've had it set in my mind that I work better under pressure. Sometimes I find this true, but it makes my life more hectic and I think you can see it in my scatter-brained papers.
ReplyDeleteFrom Tuesday's class I learned that prewriting doesn't have to be a structured bore. When we all worked together on how much money can be spent at prom, I saw how easy it was to get my facts straight and together. It's much simpler to have my main ideas before I start writing so that I can be checking them off as I write my actual paper. This is a huge answer to my issue of "my paper is a giant tornado of words"
I prefer free writing out of all the techniques because it will still allow me to spit out whatever is on my mind at the moment. I can do it without the pain of having to clean up messy sentences, because this isn't supposed to seem clean or structured. I had no idea that prewriting could fit my sporadic writing needs. Now I can finally stop thinking of New York State's scary testing booklets when I hear the words 'rough draft'
In the past I would frequently use prewriting. I would pre-write before I started an important paper just to get the thoughts out of my head. If I didn't do this I would regularly forget my ideas. I learned this week that there is a bad way of prewriting. When I used prewriting I would use top down prewriting. Rarely, would I use the inside out prewriting style. But now that I know that it is actually better to use the inside out technique, I will use it more often. I, personally prefer listing or the category game prewriting methods. Both of these methods involve getting out your major ideas first. Then from there you list things about your major topics. I like this because the most difficult part of a paper is to think of your main topic. Yet, in using these strategies you get that out of the way first, and then add more detail.
ReplyDeleteI always knew what prewriting was but I didn’t really ever use it. I procrastinate a lot so by the time it came down to writing the paper I would always just start writing it. If prewriting was required I would make an outline but only after the paper was already written.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks class really helped me understand the importance of prewriting. I am definitely going to try some of the new strategies you taught us in class. It will definitely make it a lot easier to write a paper. The clustering and mapping strategy is helpful because you write down so many ideas that form from one another. It makes writing extremely easy because all your ideas are already right in front of you. This would be very beneficial for a writing project because I wouldn’t have to stop after every sentence to think about what it is that I want to write next.
My favorite strategy would probably be listing. I like this strategy because I am so use to already doing this on a daily basis. I forget things so easily that I like to make lists to remind me what to do next.
All of high school I was taught to pre-write. It was almost always a part of our grade in the papers we wrote. My senior year we did just about the same things we have been talking about in class, so I have used all of the ways you showed us before.
ReplyDeleteBecause we did almost the same lessons at my high school as we were taught this last week in class I have really not learned anything new. Thats not to say that the refresher of some of the ways to pre write were not helpful.
Normaly when I am prewriting I make lists of points I want to make in my paper and under each point I make notes of how to show these points to the reader. I have always been taught when I write that for every point you make you need to back it up with some exapels and explainations. This always seems to make it easier for me to lay out my paper.
I pre-write extensively for certain things and not at all for others. I often use outlines (not anymore) in conjunction with free-writing to sort out my ideas before actually attempting to write them for someone else to read. The times I haven't used pre-writing I have not done so because I thought I was good enough to do without. I wasn't.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks class helped me understand that pre-writing is an essential part of writing anything. The amount of material the class was able to come up with for the prom exercise was pretty eye-opening to just how helpful pre-writing can be.
For a writer such as myself, pre-writing is easiest in the form of free-writing, lists, and webs or whatever you wish to call them. These methods help me by allowing me to get the ideas on paper without having to worry about sentence structure and impressive rhetoric. Once I have the ideas jotted down, and organized, it is quite easy for me to sit down and write a well thought-out and easy to read essay, paper, or story.
The main form of pre-writing I have used is drafting. I have never really used anything else. I always viewed it as a waste of time, not really something that could help me. I would just write my paper and then re-read and re-type until I thought it was a good paper. I never really thought pre-writing a paper would help me and I am a huge procrastinator. I normally was not writing a paper till the night before it was due and i just wanted to get it done.
ReplyDeleteI learned that pre-writing can help a person write a large paper by getting their thoughts in order. If you are trying to write a large paper you can lose track, repeat yourself, or run out of things to say. Pre-writing can also get your ideas in order and give a student time to get all their ideas formed insted of flyng by the seat of thier pants. I learned that it can actually help with writing a paper.
This weeks class helped me see that pre-writing can be a quick and easy process. If you know how to do it. I especially liked the web idea it had all your topics write there and then it was easy to write about them.
Prewriting, in my opinion, is the most important aspect of essay writing. I first learned how to prewrite in middle school. I continued to strengthen it thruought high school. I was tought bubble diagrams, snow men, hamburgers, and chars among other things. I also picked up some killer note taking skills along the way. All of these helped me to become a more organized writer. And becoming a more organized writer resulted in more organized papers.
ReplyDeleteThis week's classes helped to bump my skills to the next level. I learned how to take what I know and customize it to myself and what I'm writing. To cut the unwanted and unnceissary weight away. This simplifies the writing process for me.
I am a visual learner. I like it better when I can lay all of my thoughts and information out in front of me for me to see. Diagrams work best for me because they play to my strengths. Its like I have all the puzzle pieces in front of me and I use them to create an essay, piece by piece.
I do use prewriting, like you said it helps get all the ideas on paper, shortening the oraganizing process of the paper. I like using the bubble chart we did in class, I also occasionally use outline structures and I like to let my mind wander and freewrite.
ReplyDeleteThis week in class showed me how prewrting really works, before prewrtiting never really "wrote" my paper, but in class I see that it can. It will shorten the paper wrting process quite a bit, at least for me. It will shorten and simplify the writing of a paper.
Now that I have seen how a bubble chart can work, that will be my choice for prewriting, I like the many angles of ideas it presents, also the organization is built in. I will also use freewriting, because i believe some of my best ideas come when im not even thinking on a specific subject. I saw prewriting is a important step in writing, it saves heartache and makes my job easier.
in my high school days and in any aspects of my writing i have always used some sort of prewriting technique. the classes this week definately helped me to learn new ways on how to prewrite, i learned that there are more ways of prewriting then just writing down the basis of the essay as an outline which is the way i have been taught thus far
ReplyDeleteI never really used prewriting at all in high school because I usually waited until the last minute to write an essay. I figured that by typing the first draft as rigid as possible, I would just be able to easily sift through it and correct what needed to be corrected. In some cases such as MLA style papers, I would have quite a bit of prewriting accomplished prior to beginning the paper.
ReplyDeleteI have learned this week that prewriting can help organize any thoughts that will be put into a given project. By prewriting, an essay will follow a pre determined structure and flow of details. This keeps ones writing from drifting into other topics that don’t necessarily support or fit into the argument that is being made at that point in the essay.
When I do happen to prewrite, I like to separate my major supporting topics and follow them with securing general details. It’s best to wait until you are in the process of writing the essay before putting any specific details on paper. This prewritten piece can be used while writing the essay to keep track of the essays flow and structure. It especially helps with longer projects.
Ive used prewriting more or less as a brainstorm before writing a paper.Pretty muchwhat my thoughts were on the topic. it would be randon therefore i would have to go bakc and put everything together so it could make some typeof sense.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks class helped pretty much in giving me a better understanding and how easy it can be to get a paragraph in just a few senteces.
i prefer prewriting everything, then reviewing it to fix any mistakes becuase if i just type away and no rouph draft im sure to have either a paper too short or too long on anything but the topic.
Yes, I used prewriting while in highschool and found it to be a very useful tool. Prewriting helped me gather my ideas, generate others I had not thought of and narrow my topic. I mostly used listing, clustering and outlining to gather my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe examples provided in class helped me nderstand how usfull prewriting can be. The clustering method used with "The Prom" example helped me really see how many ideas could be quickly found based upon one topic. Not only did that prewriting technique prove helpfull with one research question(RQ) but could also prove helpful in answering many different research questions for different papers.
I am mostly a visual learner so I prefure the clustering or listing methon for prewriting. Never the less while I was in highschool I used outlining and modified the method to avoid top down writing. This cemester I will focus more on the prewriting techniques of clustering and listing to help with inside-out writing.
Does Sarah Jensen prewrite? That question seems funny to me since about seventy percent of my writing consists of pre writing. Its something that I have to do in order to write anything. Weather its a column in my blod spot or an insanly large essay for my final in college. The ways I was going about it was all wrong I found out. In class we talked about better ways to make your prewriting more efficiant. I learned how to utilize webbing and graphs to create a better cluster of information. The method that I prefured however was the idea of writing your body paragraphs before the introduction and conclusion. It is so simple but something I have never thought of before. Putting the body paragraphs onto paper before you write the introduction is the better thing to do. By doing this you are able to let the words come out and flow better without having to be limited by what you mentioned in the intro. Also by doing this it allows the conclusion to write itself. All in all the methos proves to work out very well. Doing a large writing projuect will come to be easier with time by doing all of these methods. In turn your paper will flow and become something that you are proud of rather than something that you whipped up in an hour to get the worst out of the way.
ReplyDeleteI have used prewriting before. I had to use it mostly in English papers for high school. In high school I usually used the the brainstorming technique, but after I was done with English class I became a little more lazy and just used what is called the top-down method. When you first think about the top-down method it seems like it would be the easiest way to write a paper. After hearing what you said in class it is obvious that it doesn't really work. Like you said you end up trying to jam ideas where they don't belong and or leaving thoughts out. From what we learned in class the other day I found that there are a lot of different and better techniques that make writing a paper really easy. I am a visual learner and like you said in class mapping it out is the easiest way for a visual learner to grasp all the ideas and put them together in a paper. So mapping it out will be the one I will use in writing my papers from now on because it is fast efficient and easier than all the other ways for me.
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ReplyDeleteYes I have done prewriting sometimes before I started an essay. Once, I had to read a whole book and shorten that in 5 paper essay. So I had to calmly decide the topic first and then divide them into categories by using the brainstorm technique. In the classes, I learned that by prewriting, I could quickly make my goal and divide them into subcategories simplifying what I am going to write. I’d like to use the clustering method. By clustering, I could first put them in categories. Then subcategorizing them let me know where to find the specific parts in the book.
I have never really used prewriting before. It was always, write the paper just once, top to bottom, and hand it in. Sure my teachers required we turn in a rough draft every so often, but it was rarely that I would edit it, for a final draft.
ReplyDeleteThe prewriting techniques we learned have really helped me, I officially have more then one copy of my paper on my computer before i turn it in. I also feel like my papers, and anything else i write, simply makes more sense now. I am not longer pulling random things out of thin air trying to make my paper longer.
I seem to use the web the most. I have learned over time that I am a very visual person, so the web seems to work best for me.
I have been using prewriting ever since I first started to write real research papers in high school. I was taught by my English teachers and it just stuck to me because it really helped me get my work done fast and efficiently. Before writing a paper I would always break the paper down first into paragraphs and topic sentences along with an introduction and a conclusion.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks class didn’t really add to my understanding of prewriting because I already knew mostly all the techniques but what I can say is I’m glad that I can at least stick to one thing that I did in high school and keep on practicing it without it being the wrong way of doing things.
The prewriting technique I use the most is I write out all my topic sentences first and I put supporting sentences along with it. I also start my introduction and conclusion and then when I’m done with all that the papers usually done I just have to fill in the blanks. I prefer this technique above any other because it gets the job done so quickly. I mean once I finish prewriting the paper is pretty much done and its so much easier to do things this way.
1)I have used prewriting throughout the majority of my academic career. I first began prewriting around the seventh grade and started to even rely upon the benefactors of prewriting all the way through high school. The most important type of schoolwork i have prewritten on has to be a number of term papers throughout my high-school career. Prewriting is the most effective technique if a student is trying to keep his paper orderly and flowing. 2)In the classes this week I have learned that prewriting makes my life so much easier. While i still have to put the effort in creating the papers after I have completed my outline it is very simple to just add the information and tweak it as needed. 3)I prefer an outline because it keeps my thoughts in order and organized in whatever way I would like. Everything just flows better in my opinion when an outline is used.
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