Pre-Writing: Organization and Language/Style
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750/ LESSON 4.6 ACTIVITYPRE-WRITING: ORGANIZATIONAND LANGUAGE/STYLEUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Pre-Writing: Organizationand Language/Style,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposePractice how tosupport your analysis and establish clear, meaningful connections between ideas. This will help you develop a more convincing argument in your writing. You might do this to prepare for writing an essay, or simply to practice organizing your ideas.Process1.Review the Organizationportion of the OER Project Writing Rubric,below. Keep thesecriteria in mind as you complete the chart on the next page.Present ideas in a structure that supports reader understanding of your claim and reasoning:Order the source evidence and explanaFons in a way that reinforces your argument.Explain how the evidence and reasoning connects and supports the claim.CraH a strong introducFon and conclusion.Include clear transitions between each subtopic and section to show the connections among the ideas.2.Write the thesis/major claim you’ll be using in response to this prompt:How did industrialization impact society during the long nineteenth century?Then, follow each of the steps below to organize your essay.My thesis/major claim:
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750/ LESSON 4.6ACTIVITYPRE-WRITING: ORGANIZATIONAND LANGUAGE/STYLE2Step 1: Ordering of supporting claimsConsider three supporting claims that reinforce your thesis/major claim and write them in the first column. Then, in columns two and three, reorder your supporting claims. Read through each order and put a star next to the option you think is strongest. Remember, there are many ways to effectively organizesupporting claims.For example, you canorganize your ideas by category, specificity, or importance.Order op<on 1Order op<on 2Order op<on 3SupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claimSupporFng claim
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750/ LESSON 4.6ACTIVITYPRE-WRITING: ORGANIZATIONAND LANGUAGE/STYLE3Step 2: IntroductoryparagraphYour introparagraph lays out the structure of your argument. This means that the order you outlined above in step 1 will help you write your introduction and organize your body paragraphs. Using your selected ordering of supporting claims from step 1, add transition words and phrases to emphasize that order and show your critical thinking. Note that these transition words can be used in your introduction, but also in the body of the paper to help you transition between paragraphs.Example transi<ons:My suppor<ng claims with transi<ons:•For instance... In addi/on...Furthermore...•On one hand...(reasons against); However, on the other hand... and also...(reasons for)•First... Second... Finally...•In the beginning... Later... Eventually...•(First reason), because of that...Therefore...”•First of all... More important... Above all...•By comparison... S/ll... Ul/mately...Suppor<ng claim 1Suppor<ng claim 2
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750/ LESSON 4.6ACTIVITYPRE-WRITING: ORGANIZATIONAND LANGUAGE/STYLE4Suppor<ng claim 3Step 3: ConclusionFill out the table below to help you consider ways to write your conclusion and sketch out some closing thoughts. When you draft your conclusion later, you can incorporate these ideas into your essay’s concluding paragraph.Example conclusion transi<ons:My suppor<ng claims with transi<ons:•For all these reasons...•Taken together...•All of these events show...•In conclusion...•The logical conclusion of these...•Simply put...•In other words...List a transi<on statement you could use to open your concluding paragraph.Summarize the suppor<ng claims you presented and their significance.
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1750/ LESSON 4.6ACTIVITYPRE-WRITING: ORGANIZATIONAND LANGUAGE/STYLE5•In sum...•Altogether...•On the whole...Describe why your argument is important.Restate your thesis/major claim. You may choose to use another example transi<on here.