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Name _______________________________________________ Date ______________________

Planning Chart
Circle or write your purpose for writing in the first column. Answer the questions in the
second column.

Topic

Purpose Audience

Circle one. Write answers to these questions.


● to tell a real story 1. Who will read this?

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● to tell a made-up story ______________________________
● to describe a person, place, or thing ______________________________
● to explain how to do something ______________________________
● to find something out 2. What do they already know about
● to give an opinion my topic?
● to ask something ______________________________
● other ______________________________
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______________________________ 3. What do I want them to know?
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4. What part of my topic would
interest them most?
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