UIL Ready Writing Workshop

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UIL Ready Writing Workshop

• Workshops for Student Writers
• Tutors Tiffany Portewig, Lori Hughes,
• and Loretto Jones

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Overview

• Ready...
• Set...
• Go...
• Prompt An Athenian citizen does not put his
  private affairs before the affairs of the state
  even our merchants and businessmen know something
  about politics. We alone believe that a man who
  takes no interest in public affairs is more than
  harmlesshe is useless. Pericles Funeral
  Oration Athens, 5th century BC

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Brainstorming a Writing Prompt

• Ready
• The prompt is read
• All the meanings of the words in the prompt are
  clear to you
• The subject is clear

20 minutes to go over the points 20 minutes to
write
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Brainstorming a Writing Prompt

• Set
• The path is clear
• The steps are clear
• The examples are ready

15 minutes to go over the points 25 minutes to
write
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Brainstorming a Writing Prompt

• Go
• The bumper sticker is clear
• The hook is ready

15 minutes to go over the points 25 minutes to
write
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Organizing an Essay

• Check for a clear thesis statement
• Check paragraph topic sentences
• Check for transitions
• Check for thesis support (echo words)
• Check for clarity (adherence to the theme/bumper
  sticker)
• Check for a conclusion that circles back

15 minutes to go over the points 25 minutes to
write
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How to Make Essays Interesting

• Use metaphors and analogies
• Use a kicker
• Show instead of tell
• Write with attitude

15 minutes to go over the points 25 minutes to
write