Essay Writing 23 Oct 24

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This lesson contains 19 slides, with text slides.

Items in this lesson

Welcome!

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Road map
Book of the Week

Writing skills 


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Book of the week
The Hunter - Tana French 

The Searcher - part I

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Focus 
You can
  • extract information from a text and 
  • creat a complete thesis statement with it


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Text
Research question

Thesis statement

Arguments 

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Thesis statement
  • clearly stated: what do you intend to discuss and direction your argument will take.  

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Read for information
EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

Research question?



 

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Question: Why should under 11s not be given a smartphone?

Read the text.

Find to arguments to answer your question.


timer
4:00

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Question: Why should under 11s not be given a smartphone?

Thesis statement: Under 11s should not be given a smartphone because 
1. they can get into contact with 'unsuitable adults' and
2. it will be beneficial to their mental health. 

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Read for information
Teenagers will always get drunk ....

- research question
- thesis statement
- one argument


 

timer
7:00

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Question: Why should teenagers under 18 not be served alcohol in pubs?

Thesis statement: Under 18s should be served alcohol in pubs because
it will provide them with a suitable environment to experiment with it. 

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Read for information
Christmas Caracas: early festivities are no joke as Maduro tightens grip

- research question
- thesis statement
- two arguments


 

timer
10:00

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Question: Why should Christmas celebrations begin in October?

Thesis statement: Christmas celebrations should start in October because 
1. it boosts the economy and
2. it has a beneficial effect on people's sense of hapiness

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Draw up a framework
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7:00

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Framework - Introduction

In Venezuela .... blablabla.... .  So, because it boosts the economy and has a beneficial effect on people's sense of hapiness, Christmas celebrations should start in October. 

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Framework - Body paragraphs
First of all, Christmas celebrations should start in October, because  it boosts the economy. For example......

Secondly, Christmas celebrations should start in October, because it increases people's sense of hapiness. For example ....

However, some might argue that October is too early to start Christmas celebrations and that it is merely a decoy to blur people's sense of reality. 

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Framework- Conclusion
In conclusion/All in all/To conclude



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Look ahead
- How to use Word

- Writing skills 

- Hand in your video!


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