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.
Don't forget this first step when you get your background essay or you won't know where to find your info.
Number the paragraphs.
What type of document it is.
Before you can start writing the essay, you must complete the third and final round of this to choose your claims.
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 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.
Full Sentences.
In order to know how to analyze the type of document you are looking at you need to know which of these to use.
Your intro paragraph should always start with this and end with this.
Context/Background info/Thesis statement and claims
The three things in a political cartoon or propaganda image that can be interpreted using SPAM are
Symbols, People, Actions
This is the third step of prewriting (and also washing your car).
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!!!
Identify what each part of SPRIntSTEP stands for
Subject
Parts
Relationship
Interpret
Social Issues
Time Period
Economic Issues
Political Issues
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 same order as they appear in your thesis.
Propaganda images have a clear message, paintings often do not.