Week 20 Essay Writing Lessons: How to start writing + An Essay Example

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Today's plan

1) At the end of this class, you will have started writing your essay on Brave New World. 

Herkansingen? 

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

Period 4 

order of things 

1 Choose your topic.

2. Collect information – from the book, our discussions.

3. Make a mind map – connect ideas, structure them

4. Make up your mind – what will be your point of view? What are the best arguments?

5. Write a plan/ outline

6. Write the actual essay.

The plan

May 11 & 12 : creating an essay question + an outline for Brave New World

May 15: checking outline + start writing 

May 16: continue writing, use peer feedback 

May 22nd: hand in your work for feedback from me 

After this, one essay where you compare both The Handmaid's Tale & Brave New World with a question given by us. 

How did writing a first draft of the essay question + 3 arguments go?

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Essay question and arguments: what are tips to keep in mind?

Guidelines arguments 

- Structure your arguments in a way that the final argument is the most important. Make sure that the two previous arguments lead up to this final argument. 

- Do your arguments provide an answer to your question? If not, you may have to be more specific, cut out the details and be more focussed. 

 peer feedback duos: 

1. Safae -   Sandy                   8. Soemaya - Joudi

2.Ebrar - Asma                       9. Wiktoria - Mariam

3.Bin - Yagmur                       10. Basem - Melyat

4.Jianhao - Tasnime            11. Dewi   - Nayab 

5.Selin - Sultan

6.Elif - Ebrar

7.Zahrah - Riem 

Checklist

- Check each other's essay question and arguments. 

- Use the essay outline to guide you and keep in mind that the arguments should give an answer to the question. Is the essay question clear and focussed enough for an essay of 600-800 words? Give 3 positive comments and 2 possible improvements. I expect you to help eachother and exchange thoughts. 

Writing the essay

- Start writing the essay by using the outline you were given and the outline you have made. The outline has to be right in order to write the essay. 

- Start with the introduction, you do not need to have the full intro done in order to write the body paragraphs. Make sure to mention what you will do in the essay + the essay question in the intro. Use linking words to link the paragraphs. 

Flashforward

Tomorrow: continue writing the first draft of your essay on Brave New World with peer feedback. 

If you want to check your essay question for the pto 4, I will provide you with feedback. You can do this up until the test. 

Peer feedback: mention 1 thing you take away about peer feedback today.

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Today's plan

1) At the end of this class, you will have started writing your essay on Brave New World and you know the key elements for this. 

Herkansingen? 

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

order of things 

1 Choose your topic.

2. Collect information – from the book, our discussions.

3. Make a mind map – connect ideas, structure them

4. Make up your mind – what will be your point of view? What are the best arguments?

5. Write a plan/ outline

6. Write the actual essay.

What did we do yesterday?

Writing the essay

What are some tips to keep in mind when doing this? 

Guidelines arguments 

- Structure your arguments in a way that the final argument is the most important. Make sure that the two previous arguments lead up to this final argument. 

- Do your arguments provide an answer to your question? If not, you may have to be more specific, cut out the details and be more focussed. 

Remember: 

30 % language

70 % content/structure

If you want feedback on your Testweek 4 essay question, I can provide this up until the testweek. 

Checklist

- Check each other's essay question and arguments. 

- Use the essay outline to guide you and keep in mind that the arguments should give an answer to the question. Is the essay question clear and focussed enough for an essay of 600-800 words? Give 3 positive comments and 2 possible improvements. I expect you to help eachother and exchange thoughts. 

Writing the essay

- Start writing the essay by using the outline you were given and the outline you have made. The outline has to be right in order to write the essay. 

- Start with the introduction, you do not need to have the full intro done in order to write the body paragraphs. Make sure to mention what you will do in the essay + the essay question in the intro. Use linking words to link the paragraphs. 

What did we do today?

Think of one thing you take away from today's lesson + 

1 thing you still do not fully understand. 

Flashforward

May 22: Hand in your essay for peer feedback. I will need your essay on paper. Feedback based on the rubric. 

For now: continue writing, rephrasing, editing and don't forget to ask feedback from your classmates!