GED Essay: Prewriting Too…
I thought I’d take a practice question and show you how I try to prewrite about it… so here’s the question!
Sometimes, we don’t know in advance how we’ll react to a new situation.
Describe a time when you were faced with a new or difficult situation and explain your reaction. Do you wish you’d acted differently? Why or why not? Use your personal observations, experience, and knowledge to support your essay.
The first thing I did when prewriting was a list. I just jotted down stuff I thought of.
New/difficult situation:
- finding out I was pregnant
- being proposed to
- getting divorced
- son’s engagement
When I had a few ideas, I decided which one I wanted to talk about. I thought learning about my son’s engagement was the best one. Then, I tried to put together an outline about my son’s engagement:
Main idea: I reacted bad to my son’s engagement
Second paragraph: Story of my son telling me he’s engaged.
- I didn’t know the girl
- Thought he was too young
- Was upset
- He got angry
Third paragraph: what happened next
- Son wouldn’t talk to me
- Hard to get friendship/trust back
- Getting to know daughter-in-law
Conclusion
- Now, I love my daughter-in-law
- Nearly spoiled relationship with son
- Need to think before I react
I think I’m ready to write it with this outline… next time I’ll show you how I write my draft.
