4. My Saturday Walked the dog Cleaned the house Opened a large electric bill Found a great clearance rack full of clothes at Kohls Talk to my sister Answered several emails about the car I am selling SO WHAT?
10. Test Drive Select a prompt from Group 2 (pages 258-259) or Group 5 (page 251). Write a main idea statement that would anchor a paper well.
11. Example Group 5: Prompt 2 Should parents supervise what their children watch on television? Main idea statement: Parents should supervise what their children watch on TV because even cartoons now expose children to adult humor and themes that children are too immature to understand.
12. Test Drive Select a prompt from Group 2 (pages 258-259) or Group 5 (page 251). Write a main idea statement that would anchor a paper well.
Explain that I would want to use one of these categories to sift through the list I made about my Saturday to help me be more focused as I wrote my story
Point students to pages 221-222 in Easy Guide to Writing for an example to look at