SKILLS: WRITING PROJECTS
While
writing projects in THE WORLD GAME you will be asked to organize facts in
writing about a specific topic (e.g., your country’s history, government,
culture)* To make sure that you receive the most points possible for your work,
be sure each writing project includes 1) title, 2) project number, 3)
organization (paragraph organization — each paragraph to have a GS and SD
—see below; the whole project to have its ideas organized into a beginning, a
development, and a conclusion), 4) neatness and proper language, and 5) correct
spelling. Below you will find a list of possible ideas or general statements
that would begin paragraphs on Project #17*. Use this GS-SD format while writing
paragraphs about your country’s natural resources. Adapt it to all writing
projects.
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Project
#17*
Natural
resources are
very important to the
people of __________________
(You would then back up the above GS — general statement — with SDs — specific details. Note the dark, italicized words in the above GS and in the other GSs on this page. These are the words that have to be proven to make a good paragraph. (Strive to use vivid, concrete language that makes pictures in your reader’s mind as you write the SDs that back up these emphasized words.)
The people of __________________
have many natural resources, which are well-located for industry.
There are still some
problems in the development of natural resources in __________________.
__________________ is preparing for its future
needs.
*See the PROJECT POINTS ACTIVITIES, where the projects are described and where the project numbers are given.