Essay writing summary

Welcome!

1 / 17

Slide 1: Slide

EngelsMiddelbare schoolvwoLeerjaar 6

This lesson contains 17 slides, with text slides.

Items in this lesson

Welcome!

Slide 1 - Slide

Road map

BBC One Minute World News
Reading list
Essay writing

Slide 2 - Slide

BBC One minute world news

Watch the clip
What are the two/three topics that are being discussed?
What is your idea/opinion about .....be prepared to talk about them!

Slide 3 - Slide

www.bbc.com

Slide 4 - Link

Reading list

Melissa, Jesse, Lévi, Hassan, Herman, Tim and Veerle: hand in your reading lists!!!

Slide 5 - Slide

How?

Planning
Shaping
Drafting
Revising
Editing/proofreading
Hand in

Slide 6 - Slide

Planning

purpose, audience, tone
choose your topic that you care about/know about/like
develop a thesis statement
think! / gather information

Slide 7 - Slide

Thesis statement

'It tells your readers what your essay's topic is and indicates what you will say about this topic', 'direct and straightforward'.

The Wadsworth Handbook, p. 43.

Slide 8 - Slide

Examples

In this essay, I will discuss the impact of the environmental movement on college campuses.
The use of ethanol should be discontinued because it has caused worldwide food shortages.
Despite its limitations, Wikipedia can be a valuable tool for locating reliable sources.
First-year students are not required to purchase a meal plan from the university.

Slide 9 - Slide

Thesis statement

Can people reasonably disagree?
Can you formulate an antithesis?
Can you support your TS by evidence?
Does your TS make your position clear to your readers?

Slide 10 - Slide

Framework

Introduction with your thesis statement

anecdote, reason you chose the topic

Body: your actual argument

one topic per paragraph
background
argument in support
argument in support
refutation of opposing argument

conclusion

Slide 11 - Slide

Framework

Introduction with thesis statement: 40

Body:

background: 75
argument in support: 75
argument in support: 75
refutation of opposing argument 75

Conclusion: 40

Total: 380 words

Slide 12 - Slide

www.student.unsw.edu.au

Slide 13 - Link

Drafting

Take your framework
Focus on the top sentences
Write your paragraphs
Add an introduction with your TS
Add a conclusion

Slide 14 - Slide

Coherence

A paragraph and its larger entity, the essay, are coherent when all its sentences/ paragraphs clearly relate to one another.

Slide 15 - Slide

Coherence

arranging details
transitional words/phrases/sentences
parallel structures
repeating key words and phrases

Slide 16 - Slide

Questions?

Slide 17 - Slide