Writing practise 5.7 part 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Body essay

P1= introduction

P2= Arguments for (2/3)

P3= arguments against (2/3)

P4= conclusion (summarising statement + opinion)

Use linkers (-> to "link" your paragraphs/ sentences )

What is important when writing an introduction?

How to write an introduction?

• Know your goal and audience
•  Hook your reader (effective first 

sentence)

• Give background information
• Present your thesis statement

In Word

• Write down a catchy first sentence for your introduction.
  
• Continue writing an introduction to ex. 8-10 topic.

Work on ex. 8, 9

Done? Ex. 10:

What is your first sentence for the introduction?

Share your introduction

Reported speech

What is that?

Reported speech vs direct speech

Reported speech = to talk about (report) what someone has said.

Direct speech = quote what someone else has said

She said: "I am so happy you have done your homework."

She told us that she was so happy that we had done our homework.

How to use it

Present -> past

direct	➛	indirect
present simple	➛	past simple
present continuous	➛	past continuous
present perfect	➛	past perfect
past simple	➛	past perfect
past perfect	➛	past perfect
can/ can't	➛	could/ couldn't
will/ won't	➛	would/ wouldn't
am/is/are going to	➛	was/ were going to

You use reported verbs like: 

• add 
• claim
• explain
• point out
• reply
• suggest

There is more...

Turn these from direct to reported speech

ecocation.org states the following:

"Zoos are protecting endangered species"

"Zoos entertain humans at the expense of animals"

1. Which verbs can you find?
2. Which tense are those verbs?
3. Change them (<- timeline)

• are protecting (Pr. C) -> were protecting (Past C.)

• entertain (Pr. S.) -> entertained (Past S.)

• Ecocation.org points out in their article that Zoos entertained humans..