Topic 2--Lesson II--5 W's

In this unit, we will focus on the writing process for creating a storyboard. Asking questions is a good way to go about starting a piece of writing. The five W’s (Who? What? Where? When? Why?) have been effectively used as a prewriting task for writers at many levels. A writer may create a more specific, topic-related set of questions, depending on what is being asked of the assignment.

Writing about a topic that is well versed, the writer may imagine the reader as a beginner and may jot down questions he envisions the reader asking. For example, if the writer has spent some time at a park and the writing assignment permits to communicate knowledge, students may imagine another student in class as asking, Did you see many trees? What activities can you do at the park? Was there a pool? Did you happen to see someone you knew?

When a student is assigned a project on a topic that interests him but one with which they might not be very familiar with, students are allowed to use questions to use as a reference and later to begin writing. Students might ask if they were given a topic on dinosaurs, When did dinosaurs live? What did they eat? Did they hunt humans? As students find their answers to the questions, it may lead into asking even more questions in the research. Eventually, they might be able to use the answers to their questions as a foundation for an outline and an introduction.

Topic 2 Assignment2

Create a topic that you are interested in creating a storyboard on. Create a list of questions that you think will help you answer the information that you will need for your project.

Look at the following examples of the storyboards that focus on the 5 W's,

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/richard-cleggett/5-w's-of-the-declaration-of-independence,

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/richard-cleggett/emancipation-proclamation-document-analysis--the-5-w's,

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/richard-cleggett/declaration-of-independence-primary-source-analysis--5-w's,

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/richard-cleggett/5-w's--the-korean-war--1950-1953,

http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/matt-campbell/common-sense
Using [Todays Meet] discussion answer the following questions after viewing the storyboards on the 5 W's, Were the 5 W's accounted for? Do the storyboards make sense? Were to storyboards easy to understand? .
Help your classmates with answering their questions and when finished, click the "Topic 2--The Writing Process" link. Then from the Topic 2 main page, click Lesson II to return to this page.

Then continue to the next lesson.

Continue to Topic 2--Lesson III--Picking a Topic.