1. Elaboration:Development of IDEAS 2011 Compiled and Createdby Beverly Dunaway

2. WHEN YOU ARE WRITING, IDEAS COME TO YOUR MIND, BUT THEY ARE JUST IDEAS UNTIL THEY ARE DEVELOPED WITH DETAILS. FOREXAMPLE: THE IDEA OF AN UMBRELLA TO USE ON A RAINY DAY IS COOL, BUT WHEN IT IS NOT OPENED AND IT RAINS, THERE IS A PROBLEM. YOURIDEA OF USING AN UMBRELLA IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL WHEN IT IS FULLY OPENED ON A RAINY DAY! 3. Letthe world read about your ideas youdevelop with details, elaboration,anecdotes, examples, for instance! Dont be shy! 4. THINK OF FRESH IDEAS! TAKE YOUR IDEAS AND DEVELOP WITHDETAILS! BALANCE YOUR WRITING BY DEVELOPINGYOUR IDEAS EQUALLY IN YOUR PAPER! STAY ON YOUR IDEA MORE THAN ONESENTENCE! MAKE YOUR IDEA CLEAR TO THE READER! DEVELOP AND ELABORATE EACH IDEA!DONT MAKE A LIST OF IDEAS! 5. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: ELECTRICITY 6. EVEN THE CLAM OPENS UP HIS SHELL TO SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PEARL! 7. Examplesfrom unedited FCAT Writes Student Anchor Papers (2010) 8. Supporting ideas are offered with adequatedevelopment ELABORATION: (We take thepizza out of the oven and cut it in squarepieces. The knife was so fast that I was donein a minute. We served the pizza to thestudents. All of a sudden, we hear thestudents shouting,"This tastes awful! Whatdid you guys do? All we taste is tomato sauceand dough!"). 9. ELABORATION: SUPPORTING DETAILSCarefully selected details are provided assupport ([Drew], [Jenibelle] and I lookedat each other and groaned. The school bellrang and we dragged ourselves to thecafeteria. We got in our blue uniforms andgot to work. I served pepperoni pizza on atray. [Jenibelle] served mashed potatoesand gravy. [Drew] got the easiest job. Allshe did was hand Gatorades to students). 10. (Whenwe got into the lunchroom, it was all neat and tidy, no lunch ladies serving up mystery meat. This was going to be extraordinary. We followed and listened to the principal as she led and told us about the lunch room. Principal [Lodz] left us to do our easy job and told us to be ready for her when she checks on us every half-an-hour. We got our hands cleaned, and got comfortable before we even started cooking). 11. (I was putting pepperoni-flavored hotsauce on the pizza, and too much cameout. Then, this doesnt even sound like ithas a smidgen of an atom of a chance atall, the pizza started to grow, and grow,and grow, and grow! It kept growing untilit was a gigantic, fire-breathing,pepperoni pizza! We were all very, veryscared. Even [Cody] was scared, thebravest of us five. Excuse me, four,[David] had just run out of the room in afit of what looked like screaming terror). 12. (When we got into the lunchroom, it wasall neat and tidy, no lunch ladies servingup mystery meat. This was going to beextraordinary. We followed and listenedto the principal as she led and told usabout the lunch room. Principal [Lodz]left us to do our easy job and told us to beready for her when she checks on us everyhalf-an-hour. We got our hands cleaned,and got comfortable before we evenstarted cooking). 13. Supporting ideas are amply developedthrough the use of anecdotes and specificdetails: For instance, Im a safety patrol.As a safety patrol I have a giant job toenforce the rules. One time there was achild named [Jake]. He thought it was coolnot to follow the rules. I was on duty.[Jake] came speeding as quick as a cheetahand zipped past me. I told him to walk but,he didnt listen. Then he slipped andscrapped his knee. That is the first reasonit is extremely important to follow therules. 14. Inthe library all of the books are organized in to sections by number. You have to treat books with care by bringing them back on time and carefully turning the pages. That comes under the rule of be respectful. If the school did not respect the books the books would be every wear. They would be on the floor!! They would have ripped pages!! That rule also helps to keep a healthy school because you can be walking and then trip on a book. If you take care of books you can keep them for a long time. 15. Another reason why school rules areimportant is so you cant cheat, or havecalculators on a test. If you copy off someonesanswers on a worksheet, theyre not going tobe there for you to copy off when youretaking the test for it. Try your best. If you needhelp, ask for it. Or what if someone copies offyour test? Plus, what if when you copy offsomeones answers, they have the answerswrong? Would you be very happy? I know Iwouldnt! If you use a calculator for an answer,what if you lose the calculator? What then?You can learn better if you just try and dontcheat or use calculator. 16. My last reason why it is important to have rules is because you need to listen. If a teacher is talking and you are not listening you will not know what you are supposed to be doing. Normally if the teacher thinks you are not listening they will ask you what they said. Most of the time you will say what. Not often do you know what they were saying but sometimes you get lucky. You also need to listen if it is an emergency because a tornado could be coming towards you.