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2. Which prewriting technique involves asking ąuestions about your topie?

3. Which prewriting techniąue involves writing quickly about your topie without being concemed about grammar and spelling?

4. Which prewriting techniąue is almost always part of doing a paper?

5. Which techniques are the ones that will work best for you?

Activity 2

Given below are examples of the four prewriting techniąues used to develop the topie “How to Make Five Dollars Last a Week.” Put a B before the brainstorming selection, an F before the freewriting, an L before the list, and an SO before the scratch outline.

Avoid toll roads

Eat all the old food in the refrigerator

Eat things like pancakes, potato cakes, oatmeal

Don't use much gas

Mail overdue bills with postdated checks Ride bike

Drive slowly to stretch gas

Hide when paperboy comes

Look for change in chairs, car, pockets

Break into penny jar

Make kids' school lunches with jelly sandwiches Mail bills at midnight of deadline

Sometimes I find that it's Friday and I have only five dollars to last until the next Friday. The five dollars must last the entire week. This happens when it‘s the end of the month usually. And my paycheck will be coming on the last Friday of the month. There are ways to get around this. But it's not a very pleasant experience. Makes you realize what it‘s like to watch every single cent. I never drive on the parkway or any toll road or toll bridge. I nurse the gas in the car. I can usually take a bike to the shopping mail. I save the car for getting back and forth from work. Food is necessary. I use

what I have. Things like pancake flour, cereals, potatoes and onions stored in the drawer. Pancakes can be filling and are madę with only flour, egg, and milk. Use any leftovers in the refrigerator. Whatever is on hand. Sometimes bills are overdue. I'll mail the checks as late as possible. I postdate the checks. And hope that they don't arrive too fast. Bounced the fuel oil check last winter. I ignore the paperboy at the door. 1’m always searching for change in my pockets and under the car seat and the couch cushions in living room. Pennies can add up and help.

What do I do when I have only five    I have to avoid buying food, gas; I

dollars to last for a week?    have to put off paying bills; I keep looking for extra money.

When does this happen?

Why does it happen?

Whom do I avoid?

The last week of the month before I receive my monthly paycheck. Sometimes an unexpected bill will come up during the month or my check will be delayed.

Anybody collecting money, like the paperboy, the Avon lady, the volun-teer fire fighters, the Girl Scout cookie sellers.

This is how I make five dollars last for a week.

1.    Food

a.    Use up old food in refrigerator, like eggs, old vegfetables

b.    Give the kids jelly sandwiches for school lunch

c.    Serve pancakes, oatmeal, potato cakes for dinner

2.    Transportation

a.    Use bike or walk when possible

b.    Stretch gas mileage in car by driving slowly

c.    Avoid toll roads

3.    Paying bills

a.    Mail overdue bills with postdated checks

b.    Avoid paperboy

4.    Locating extra money

a.    Search chairs, car, pockets, bottom of washing machinę for change

b.    Break into penny jar and take rolls to bank