Think Before You Write: Pre-Writing Steps
After you write your name on your pre-planning sheet, the FIRST THING you should do is this.
Write down the Big Question.
Our guiding questions for the Background Essay are created by _____________.
You (Using the Historical Topic of the Big Question)
The three items we look for during pre-reading are the source, the note, and this.
The title.
Before you can start writing the essay, you must complete the third and final round of this to choose your claims.
(Final) Bucketing!
This is the tool used for every written document.
Every Text, Every Time
After writing down the question, this is the first step of prewriting.
Find any words in the question you aren't familiar with and use context to try to find their meaning.
As you read through the background essay, you should also be doing this.
Annotating (underlining answers to your context questions).
The first step of annotating all documents with ET, ET is this.
Preview (look at the background, title, source, etc).
When you use the chicken foot, this is what goes on the leg and these are what go on the toes.
Thesis/Claims
The second time we read a text using Every Text, Every Time, we are reading for this.
The answer to the Big Question (Bucketing)
The second step is to rewrite the Big Question in your own words. This is the reason we do this.
To make sure we understand what the question is asking.
When you answer your context questions using the Background Essay, you should make sure your answers are in this form (to make sure they are useful to you later).
Full Sentences.
If you are annotating a chart, this is the full name of the Document Analysis tool you use.
Every Text, Every Time.
Your intro paragraph should always start with this and end with this.
Context/Background info/Thesis statement and claims
The three things we analyze in the first step of Every Text, Every Time are these.
Source, Note, Title
This is the third step of prewriting (and also washing your car).
(Pre) Bucketing
The answers to your context questions will later be used for this purpose.
As the background info/context in the intro paragraph of your essay.
Only documents from the Document Set can be used as this in your essay.
Evidence.
2. 2 pieces of evidence
3. Explanations of the evidence
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What will the buckets created in the last step of Every Text, Every Time be used for?
They will become our claims.
The 4th and final step of prewriting is creating 4-5 context questions. This is where we get those questions from.
The historical topic of the Big Question.
While the Background Essay can be used for context in your essay, it cannot be used for this.
Evidence.
This is the last step of annotating every kind of document.
Bucketing!
The claims in the body paragraphs of your essay should always be in the same order as they appear here.
In your thesis.
To have completely analyzed a document (completed Every Text, Every Time), you should have done these three steps.
Pre-Read
Read for the Main Idea
Read to answer the Big Question (bucket)