Unit Lesson Body
Prewriting for Essays
Prewriting is your first step in writing an essay. This prewriting activity will help you select a topic to write about and gather important details about the topic before you begin a first draft.
Prewriting to Plan Your Own Essay
Review the results.
Study the answers to another question. This will be the topic for your own essay.
Teaching Tip
You can also have students write an essay about the answers to another question from the "Thinking About Polls" warm-up activity.
Analyze the results.
Answer these questions to help you think about the results of the poll.
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What questions did the students answer?
- How many students answered these questions?
- What course was popular with the most students?
- What reasons did they give for this choice?
- What course came in second? Third?
- What, if anything, surprised you about the reasons for these choices?
- How would you answer this question?
Teaching Tip
Discuss the students’ answers to these questions to make sure that they understand the results of the poll question.