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Prewriting Organizing Your Information
Create a Writing Plan 🟪 A writing plan can help you stay organized as you write your research report. You can use the PAST strategy to form a writing plan.
Purpose: To report about a subject
Audience: Teacher and classmates
Subject: Stonefish
Type: Research report
Develop an Outline 🟪 To organize the details you have gathered, use an outline like the one below. Think about your beginning, middle, and ending, as well as how you will organize specific details.
I. Beginning
A. Stonefish ambushing another fish
B. Fisherman stepping on one
II. Middle
A. Appearance