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Writing Guidelines

Prewriting ■ Selecting a Topic

Use the Essentials of Life Checklist to choose a topic. Darrell reviewed this checklist and chose the category “science” to start his topic search. (See below.) Or review the ideas on page 169 for possible topics.

Essentials of Life Checklist

Gathering Details

Once you’ve chosen a topic that interests you, find out as much as you can about it. Darrell created a KWL chart listing what he knew, wondered about, and learned through research.

KWL Chart