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Contemporary's GED Language Arts, Writing
Ellen Carley Frechette
Tim Collins

Gathering Your Ideas

Web Links

The following links will give you some extra practice gathering ideas for an essay. When you have finished all the activities in Chapter 9, go on to Chapter 10.
Learning Resources: Mind Mapping
(http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/index.html)

This site explains how to create an idea map for different academic purposes, including essay writing and classroom notetaking.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
(http://www.powa.org/)

This site includes information and activities related to steps in the writing process. Click on Discovering What to Write to review material presented in this chapter.
Prewriting—Hatching New Ideas!
(http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/prewriting.html)

This site contains information and strategies for prewriting (gathering ideas). It also includes several printable prewriting activities.