how to write an essay/biography

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Goals:

At the end of class you...

... have thought of 3 supporting details to support your main topic

writing paragraphs

Topic: Let me tell you about my best friend.

Supporting detail 1: She lives next door to me.

Supporting detail 2: We always have fun together.

Supporting detail 3: Best of all, she’s on my soccer team.

Closing sentence: I think she is the greatest friend I’ve ever had.

Barbies

Topic: Barbies are the best toys in the whole wide world

Supporting detail 1: Barbie dolls come in all colors and shapes

Supporting detail 2: they are imagination

Supporting detail 3: they promote a sense of fashion

Closing sentence: That is why barbies are the best toys for young children 

Topic: My favorite toy.

Supporting detail 1: ___________________________________

Supporting detail 2: ___________________________________

Supporting detail 3: ___________________________________

Closing sentence: ___________________________________

Topic: What I know about bananas.

Supporting detail 1: ___________________________________

Supporting detail 2: ___________________________________

Supporting detail 3: 

___________________________________

Closing sentence: ___________________________________

write down your topic, supporting details and closing statement here

let's get to work

Goals:

At the end of class you...

... know how to write an introduction 

... know what is important when writing a paragraph 

... know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it 

paragraphs

As to paragraphs, keep the following rules in mind:

 1) Concentrate on one main point per paragraph;

2) Summarize this point in the first sentence;

3) All the sentences that follow support the main point or limit its scope;

4) Vary the lengths of your paragraphs, and avoid one-sentence paragraphs.

 

What is plagiarism? (plagiaat)

- copying text from the internet or another source

- copying text from someone else (a classmate, someone from another class, ..............)

- BUT ALSO: copying some words/sentences and writing the rest in your own words

--> EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN YOUR OWN  WORDS!

Any plagiarism will be seen and result in a 1 with fraud.

introduction 

• Attract the Reader's Attention. Begin your introduction with a "hook" that grabs your reader's attention and introduces the general topic. 
• thesis (soundbyte in a presentation) 

Welcome to my presentation. Today I will tell you a little more about bananas.

Did you know that a banana is actually a berry. Did you also know that a strawberry is actually not a berry?

At the end of this presentation you will hopefully know a lot more about bananas.

First, I will tell you a little bit about when we started eating bananas, then I will tell you more about the different health benefits and lastly, I will tell you why monkeys love bananas so much. Please hold all questions until the end of my presentation. I will be happy to answer them at that time.

let's get to work

write your own introduction 

finished:
MH2 Units 58 Prefixes + 59 Suffixes

HV2 Units 70 Prefixes + 71 Suffixes