Lead and Key Words

Tuesday, 9/23

Entry:
Reflection:
How did you help your partner with writing yesterday?
How is reading important to this project?

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Our Letters To The President template requires a headline, a lead, and key words. Today we will learn to write a good lead and how to choose key words.

Sources--
Key Words:
Ask -- What are the main ideas of your your issue? What are the main/key words? When people search google for ideas, google looks for the key words in the page. If people were to google for your letter, what words would they need to enter in the search bar?

Let's look at these lesson materials:

http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Choosing-Keywords-Help/Effective-Keyword-Choice-Strategy-and-Useful-Tools/

Topic for Site: How to choose key words --- note the table of contents to several pages of ideas

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Once you have chosen your key words, you can create a good lead.

Leads: How to write great leads
http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/10/31/the-seven-most-important-leads-types-for-bloggers/

How tos for writing great "leads"
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/organization/leads.html

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Use these pages in addition to our discussion to write in your notebook or on your wiki president page: 1) key words and 2) a good lead

Continue revising and editing your letter.

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Only 4 more days to publish. Tomorrow: Headlines