Planning
This is the first step to answering a writing prompt.
What is brainstorming?
The use of this punctuation mark allows a writer to connect two clauses that are independent.
What is a semicolon?
This is the first component of the six writing plus one traits.
What are ideas?
This age-old form of an essay works well for most scholarly tasks.
What is the Five Paragraph Format?
A list with two columns is also known as
What is Cornell Note Taking?
Writing one of these can help students work more quickly and efficiently.
What is an outline?
To avoid plaigerism, teach students to
What is paraphrase?
In this component of Six Plus One, student work is shared in some way.
What is presentation?
In a good five paragraph essay, there should be an introduction, the body, and a ...
What is a conclusion?
Be sure to tell the students to stick to the prompt to avoid this.
What is digression?
It is best to use this voice in an essay. An example is: "I have a dream today." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is active voice?
This is the term for a writer's style.
What is voice?
We tell high school students that a paragraph should contain at least this many sentences
What is five?
Also remind them that every sentence has two parts which are...
What are the subject and the predicate?
The opposite of Active Voice is exemplified in this sentence: A dream is had by me today. (Not Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
What is passive voice?
In this step sentences and paragraphs transition seamlessly into each other.
What is Fluency?
Many students forget to do this to signal the beginning of a paragraph.
What is indent?
Instruct the students to begin their essay with an engaging sentence aka a....
What is a "hook?"
Winston Churchill said this in response to the usage error he of which he was accused: "This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put."
What is ending a sentence with a preposition?
The use of words is vital to this component of 6 + 1 writing.
What is Vocabulary?
This is one way to begin a five paragraph essay.
What is a rhetorical question?