visual writing visual writing Anne Hanson ® NEW YORK Copyright © 2002 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New Yo r k . Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Hanson, Anne, 1950- Visual writing / by Anne Hanson—1st ed. p.cm ISBN 1-57685-405-1 1. English language—Rhetoric. 2. Visual communications. 3. Visual perception. 4. Report writing. I. Title. PE1408 .H3295 2002 808’.042—dc21 2001038798 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition ISBN 1-57685-405-1 For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 900 Broadway Suite 604 New York, NY 10003 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com contents ➧ one Organization: It’s Everywhere! 1 ➧ two Graphic Organizers: The Writer’s Widgets 9 ➧ three Visual Writing and Cereal 19 ➧ four 1-2-3 Maps: Using Visual Maps to Write Essays 41 ➧ five The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Winning and Losing Essays 67 ➧ six Reading and Writing Practice Challenges 85 [...]... lists and other graphic organizers before writing paragraphs, connect more neural pathways and access more knowledge During brain-image testing, their writing processes register as energetic bursts of color There really is a storm brewing in our brains Let the fireworks begin! organization 5 and learn how to write, the better you become at writing 6 visual writing ... just any astronaut—but an astronaut lost in space—much like the Apollo 13 astronauts You will potentially suffocate in the capsule chamber of high stakes—timed essay tests—that are alien to a writing process that should allow the luxury of time If it seems like your chamber is getting crammed with more and more demands to write Visual Writing helps weak writers become betessays, you are not imagining ter...objective (filterbox) 1 supporting details (tubing) 2 3 conclusion (cylinder) 1 The box begins the objective 2 The middle—the hose—connects the beginning to the end of the objective with supporting details that you organize with graphic organizers 3 The cylinder, once connected, completes the objective 4 visual writing how to write an essay for just about anyone who... weak writers become betessays, you are not imagining ter writers and strong writers become even things Today’s teachers not only stronger, because it teaches them to harness test the writing skills they teach, the power of visual maps, the graphic organbut they prepare you for the chalizers that lead to effective communication lenge you are sure to face, if not Building stronger communication skills now . ed. p.cm ISBN 1- 57685-405 -1 1. English language—Rhetoric. 2. Visual communications. 3. Visual perception. 4. Report writing. I. Title. PE1408 .H3295 2002 808’.042—dc 21 20 010 38798 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First. one Organization: It’s Everywhere! 1 ➧ two Graphic Organizers: The Writer’s Widgets 9 ➧ three Visual Writing and Cereal 19 ➧ four 1- 2-3 Maps: Using Visual Maps to Write Essays 41 ➧ five The Good, the Bad,. visual writing visual writing Anne Hanson ® NEW YORK Copyright © 2002 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and