Essay Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Students often learn how to budget their time in order to complete important tasks and still have time for themselves. Think about what works for you when you plan your day. Explain how learning to budget time is an important skill for students. Use specific details and examples in your response.
What are the words that signal the topic of the essay?

Write down the ideas you
want to use for your essay

Write your choices on the Big idea lines from each section. 

Write fragments and phrases from the explanations and examples you will use to develop the big ideas.  

You will turn them into sentences later. 

Here’s one set of possible choices

Each big idea will be developed into a paragraph 

Decide in the order of your ideas.          You need to present information before analysing it. 

Explain the big ideas you’ve chosen with explanations and real life examples? 

 THIS LESSON 

You were given a prompt for an essay. The topic of the essay is found in the question, using key words in the prompt. 

You brainstormed and discussed ideas with your classmates.  

You used a writing structure to order your information. 

You focussed on the thinking strategies you could use to develop an idea in your essay. 

You completed a graphic organiser. 

Type in your opening HOOK