Prewrite

When you prewrite, you gather ideas and choose your topic. You also make a plan for what you will write. Follow these steps.

• 1 COLLECT IDEAS

  Think of a time when someone did something for you even though that person didn’t need to do it. Make a list.

• 2 CHOOSE A TOPIC

  Put your ideas in a web. Think about which idea is best. Remember why you are writing. Remember who will read your friendly letter. Now choose an idea.

  Study Sadaf’s web. She circled her topic.

  

• 3 ORGANIZE YOUR IDEAS

  Get your plan down on paper. You don’t need to write sentences. Think about the topic sentence. What did you do? How did you help? Then think about the details that tell about what you did.

  

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