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Prewriting

Prewriting. Using a Gathering Grid. Gathering Grid. Filling in a gathering grid is one way to collect and organize information for a report. Look at the details gathered from three sources on the next slide. Create a gathering grid.

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Prewriting

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  1. Prewriting Using a Gathering Grid

  2. Gathering Grid • Filling in a gathering grid is one way to collect and organize information for a report. • Look at the details gathered from three sources on the next slide.

  3. Create a gathering grid. • Using the back of your 5 W’s sheet in your packet, list your research questions on the left. • Across the top, list your sources. • Fill in the blocks with answers to your questions.

  4. How to Turn Note Cards into a Report From note cards to the report

  5. Note cards • We are going to use highlighters to help keep our information organized. • 1 – Yellow (introductory paragraph) • 2 – Orange • 3 – Green • 4 – Pink

  6. Note cards Sources Timothy R. Gaffney. Edmund Hillary. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1990. • Who first successfully climbed Everest? • 11:30 in the morning, Hillary looked over into Tibet. • Ridge led to snow- covered crest. • Hillary and Tenzing climbed to top. • Shook hands and hugged • E. Hillary, Gaffney, p.50

  7. Helpful Hint: • Use note cards of the same color for facts that answer the same question. • -OR- • Highlight note cards the same color for facts that answer the same question.

  8. At 11:30 A.M., Hillary rounded a cornice and found himself looking into Tibet. The ridge they had been climbing now feel steeply away to the North Col and Rongbuk Glacier. To his right was a narrow ridge that led to a snow- covered crest. After chipping steps in the slope, the two climbed to the top. Now, the world fell away from them on all sides. They were on the summit of Everest- the roof of the world. They shook hands, then hugged.

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