The content of the student's planning page shown below
illustrates how the student engaged in prewriting
activities by creating three lists: one of big inventions,
one of small inventions, and one of inventions followed
by ideas. For more information on this writing prompt and example student responses, see sample questions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.