Sunday, September 19, 2010

Steps I need to pass my CATW

There are several ways to write a CATW essay. Reading passages of the CATW reading sections are about 250-300 words and I need to write an essay gathering the information form that passage. I have a limited time of about 90 minutes to write the passage. So i will split my time in three sections. The first section will be reading the passage and getting the author's main idea, Pre-writing and summarise the passage in my own words to write the essay.

I will split my 90 minutes in three sections, I will read the passage for about 10 minutes and understand the passage and the author's main idea. after that I will pre-write my essay in my own words and spend about 20 minutes and finally write the essay and review in 50 minutes.

First, In my essay i will summarize the passage in my own words. I will state the author's most important ideas about the passage. Develop my essay by identifying atleast one idea in the passage in my own words that I feel especially significant. I will support my claims with examples drawn from what I have read and experienced in my life.

After, I will write my essay and after completing I will review my essay and make any changes or corrections, if needed,  that will help my reader to follow what I have written about and use appropriate vocabulary to make ideas more clear.

1 comment:

  1. I think it is smart to split the time wisely--these numbers should work well! :-)

    What I will do, then, when we take test exams, is call the time so the class can learn to pace themselves.

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