Chapter 3: Planning

Planning entails careful thinking, when you plan an essay, you have 2 thinking objectives:1 establishing a thesis for your writing & 2 organizing the supporting information. To do these things you must re- examine you topic, ask yourself some questions about the subject, audience, and the purpose. Then form your thesis statement to do this you state your thesis in a sentence that is effective and expresses what you want to explore. Then you state your thesis this sets the tone and direction of your writing. An effective thesis will often suggest an organizing pattern. After you should be ready to organize the information you have collected.