Instructor’s Notes on Pages 5-19 in Basic Writing Skills with Readings, by Smith, Langan, and Mohr.

· Writing is a skill that anyone can learn…

· A paragraph has a main idea, supporting details, and organized support…

· “Transitions” are words and phrases which connect ideas and paragraphs.

· You can begin writing through prewriting, freewriting, quwstioning, clustering, list-making, and other strategies

· Sometimes an outline can help.

· Use a first draft, do a rewrite, second draft, revise as necessary, third draft, and final proofreading.

Try taking the Chapter Review Test on Page 20… Here are the answers:

1. true

2. c

3. topic

4. d

5. true

6. scratch outline

7. d

8. time, listing,

9. transition words or transitions

10. d