2. Step One
Spend a little time
brainstorming, generating
ideas related to your topic,
before beginning your rough
daft.
Write these ideas on a sheet
of paper.
3. Step Two
Organize your ideas by
clustering them.
Write each idea in the
center of a page and circle
it. Then go to step three.
4. Step Three
Arrange related ideas around each
idea, trying to place ever-more-
detailed pieces of information close o
one another on the paper.
This will give you some idea of how to
structure your paper; if you find you
have many ideas clustered in one
area, you may want to focus there.
5. Step Four
Make an informal paper
outline to provide guidelines for 1. Red is …….
the format and flow of you paper. 2. Rose about …..
3. Lamp can be ….
At first, you can just list points in
order. 1. Green …. , …… and ....
Later, you may want to arrange 2. Lamp …
your information in standard 3. Rose ….
outline form. 1. Color
Yellow ?!!
2. Lamp
3. Idea ←
6. Step Five
Do some brief, preliminary research.
Consider which authors, books or
quotations might offer you good
supporting evidence.
7. Step Six
Write your thesis statement
and a summary of your Thesis statement
paper's objective at the top of ----------------
a clean sheet of paper. ----------------
----------------
This will become your topic ----------------
paragraph after revision. ----------------
Summary
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8. Step Seven
Approach your rough -------------------------
draft in sections. ---------------------.
Each section will be -----------------
-----------------
a paragraph in your -----------------.
final draft.
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9. Step Eight
Start with the first item
TITLE 1
on your paper outline.
1. Red is …….
Write the title of this item 2.
3.
Rose about …..
Lamp can be ….
on a sheet of paper and
•Idea 1
write all relevant ideas
beneath it. •Idea 2
•Idea 3
10. Step Nine
Write the title of the next
TITLE 2
item of your outline on a
separate sheet of paper 1. Green …. , …… and ....
with all its relevant ideas 2.
3.
Lamp …
Rose ….
beneath it.
•Idea 1
•Idea 2
•Idea 3
12. Step Eleven
Tie together each item on your outline
in a brief conclusion at the end of the
daft. This will become the concluding
paragraph after revision.
13. Step Twelve
After completing your draft,
wait a while before returning
to revise it.
This will give you a fresh
approach to the paper.
