Essay Writing Skills TKAM

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Expectancies

-Make sure you bring your TKAM notes and notebook with your reading book to each and every lesson!

-Make notes as the lesson proceeds.

-All the information about essay writing can be used to help you write your essay

-Lesson preparing towards essay writing: Tue 11, Mon 17, Tue 18 and Thur 20 May

-Then we will spend 3-4 lessons on the actual essay writing which counts thrice( 3X)

-Make sure you bring your TKAM notes and notebook with your reading book to each and every lesson!

-Make notes as the lesson proceeds.

-All the information about essay writing can be used to help you write your essay

-Lessons preparing essay writing:  Mon 9- 19 Thur May

-Then we will spend 3 lessons on the actual essay writing, which counts 3X

Friday 20 , Monday 23 and Tue 24 May.

- All work must be written.

Essay Weeks: expectations

what is the thesis statement of an essay?

Essay Writing

Thesis Statement

Topic sentences

Vocabulary TKAM

gather all your vocabulary words from TKAM

In following slide:

Fill in at least 5 vocabulary words that you've gathered from the book To Kill A Mockingbird.

Vocabulary TKAM

“I’m simply defending a Negro- his name is Tom Robinson.” With these words Atticus informs Scout of his life-altering task of standing up to the prejudices and racism that pervades the sleepy southern town Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Discuss the effects of racism on Maycomb citizens such as Tom and Helen Robinson, Calpurnia, Scout, Jem, Dill or Meyella Ewell.

How does the pervading prejudice and racism effect the citizens of Maycomb and in what way does standing up against it change lives.

Brainstorm:How does the pervading prejudice and racism effect the citizens of Maycomb and in what way does standing up against it change lives.

How does the pervading prejudice and racism effect the citizens of Maycomb and in what way does standing up against it change lives. 

The effects of racism caused a division between those who believed that black people were less than white people and those who were willing to stand up against the injustice of inequality

Tom was racially discriminated for being black. He has no chance of winning against the word of a white man

Mayella was a victim to her father's racism

Atticus defends Tom Robinson and in so doing tries to fight the racial prejudice in Maycomb

Prejudice in Myacomb blinded people from seeing black people as equal

The racial prejudice from the time of slavery was still intact in Maycomb even though slavery had been abolished, people were still lynched for the colour of their skin

Mr Ewell was absorbed with racial hate to the point of murder

Racial prejudice was deeply rooted in Maycomb and some still carried their beliefs passed down from the time of slavery. It was like a disease in Maycomb, of which some citizens are more inflicted with than others..

The racial division caused by the defense of Tom Robinson in Maycombs court brought many of Maycombs racial prejudices to the surface revealing peoples true identities

Possible Thesis statements

Racial prejudice was deeply rooted in Maycomb and some still carried their beliefs passed down from the time of slavery.  It was like a disease in Maycomb, of which some citizens are more inflicted with than others.

Atticus is one of the few who fought against Maycomb's racism by defending the black man Tom Robinson.

The racial division caused by the defense of Tom Robinson in Maycombs court brought many of Maycombs racial prejudices to the surface revealing peoples true identities

The hate ingrained in racism must be confronted by those willing to fight for the cause of justice and equality which in turn reveals how divisive Maycomb's citizens are concerning their prejudices.

Through words and actions, a character can ‘come to life’ for the reader. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the author draws a vivid picture of the character of Atticus Finch as he responds to conflict.

 

In a well-developed, multi-paragraphed essay, discuss how the character of Atticus reveals lee’s ideas about social justice. Support your claim with specific evidence from the text.

We use linkers to make sure our ideas glue together and in so doing serve to answer the essay question

Furthermore, the study of history provides people with a sense of identity. This is why many nations continue to keep history as a core subject of study as it provides evidence and stories of how whole countries came to be what they are. For instance, the study of family history allows a family to understand their origins and how their lives and people they care about have interacted with larger historical events. In addition, it provides the narration that informs national and cultural values, therefore engendering a commitment to national loyalty by allowing a person to relate to a particular group, thus demonstrating the importance of learning history.

Organise this paragraph according to PEEL. 

Scan through the text and find which words/phrases are linkers and what kind of linkers they are

Emphasis

Addition

Contrast

Order

Result

Illustration

Comparison

summary

Reason

condition

concession

Generalisation

history serves as our laboratory and the data it provides allow us to understand.'

'...knowledge of history, so the reason for continuing to study....'

'  than those of science or languges but history is in fact very useful...'

 '....argued that history is irrelevant because the knowledge of it...'

'Whilste there are numerous reasons to study history, arguably the most.....'

'Furthermore, the study of history provides people with....'

 'However, this is a false argument as; one memorisation is just.....' 

'Even though some still believe that this knowledge is...'

'In conclusion, although the value of history is often untangible....'

Name some synonyms for
good/ bad that are more precise

re-write this sentence using more precise language:

The traffic light is a great invention. It has changed society for the better.