What this lesson teaches
Essay structure and planning.
Create a mind map outline for a 5-paragraph essay!
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Essay structure and planning.
Writing quality is predicted more strongly by planning quality than by writing ability. Mind mapping externalises the pre-writing thought process, making it visible and editable — turning an invisible mental act into a manipulable artefact.
1. Write topic in center. 2. Branch for intro. 3. Branch for 3 points. 4. Branch for conclusion.