Pre-Writing Activity Using Technolgy

A Traditional Cultural Event/Custom from Home

Part I
Pre-Writing Activity

You are to use Webspiration, a web mapping tool, to outline, organize, and structure your thoughts before you get into the actual writing assignment about A Traditional Cultural Event/Custom from Home. You are to think of one cultural event/custom from home that will help your classmates understand your culture better. However, before you start writing about it, you should take some time to put your thoughts in structure which will definitely facilitate your writing process.

You should have received the email of invitation to join Webspiration. Click on the link shown in the email, http://mywebspiration.com/in/20509e09ef71d4c16776a0f3e0d02f7c, you will be brought to a sign up page to create an account. Follow the instruction and finish signing up, you'll be able to view the sampel mind map of this pre-writing activity.

As you can see, the sample map is created based on the following elements, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY to guide you through organizing your thoughts. Feel free to use this sample and make modifications to suit your needs. Your assignment is to create your own mind map using your own account. Share your mind map with me (shujutai@gmail.com) using "sharing" function on the tool bar before deadline and that completes the submission.

Submission Deadline:
6:00 pm, February 17, 2009.

Grading Criteria (3 points)
Use Webspiration to diagram thoughts/organization/structure into a mind map.