Essay Writing and Memory Tools

Today, I sat around the dining room table with the older two kids, and we went over the basics involved in writing an essay. I had them do some copywork at the same time, dictating a few notes to them. The notes were supposed to look like this:

Topic: what to write about

WHY?
-to share facts
-not opinions
-not copying

TOOLS
-books, internet, people
-Fact Sheet

Here, however, is Spazzerific's version. I accepted this because I used to use the same technique of amusing myself (mainly with Tenille) to help me stay focussed during boring subjects.

Tipoc
what to write abuot [deliberately misspelled]

WHO&
gnat apinions
gnat copeein

COALS
pepoel, intergnat, boooooookssss, Fat Sheep

I typed out the original, along with a "how-to" list of steps to follow, so he has a set of notes he can actually read. ;~) Plus, that way, when he destroys or loses the notes he has, I can just print off another one.