5V:RecapLessonEssayWriting

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Take your Reader Essay Writing

Take your phone!

Be quiet and listen!

Plan 21/5

Lesson goals

Check homework > Essay writing assignment 1 + 2

In class + In Teams > revise/peer-feedback assignment 2

Exit ticket + check lesson goals

Homework: Reader Essay writing assignment 3 (p. 14) + assignment 4 (p. 15)

Lesson goals

What is a 5-paragraph argumentative essay?

What are the characteristics of a 5-paragraph argumentative essay?

Reviewing sample essays

Go to Magister open attachment files: 5VSampleEssay + 5VSampleEssay2

Scan the texts

Evaluate and be critical

Use your knowledge on what you know of argumentative essays

What is good about 5VSampleEssay? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

What is bad about 5VSampleEssay? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

How would you revise 5VSampleEssay? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

What is good about 5VSampleEssay2? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

What is bad about 5VSampleEssay2? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

How would you revise 5VSampleEssay2? Be mindful of the characteristics of an argumentative essay

Check homework Assignment 1 + 2

Assignment 1

Revision + peer-feedback

In class > give peer-feedback on each others introduction

In Teams > Use rubric page 51 t/m 54 to revise introduction

What have you learned from revision or peer-feedback?

Name some characteristics of a good thesis statement

Welcom 5A3

Take your Reader Essay Writing

Take your phone!

Be quiet and listen!

Plan 1/6

Lesson goals

Recap Body Paragraphs: Topic sentences, transition words & other phrases

Review: Idiom test

Check homework > Essay writing assignment 5 + 6

Exit ticket + check lesson goals

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson,

...you can use topic sentences in your essay

...you can use examples and explanations in your essay

...you can use a counter-argument in your essay

What is a topic sentence?

What is the function of a topic sentence?

Topic sentence

Every paragraph starts with a topic sentence. The topic sentences:

- Should correspond to the key points you mention in the thesis statement

- Use different words than in the thesis statement

- Be the main topic of your paragraph

Topic sentence: Example 1

Thesis statement (Claim + key point 1 + key point 2)

Phones should be banned in the classroom because the distraction is bad for learning and they negatively influence the relationship between teachers and pupils.

First body paragraph: 

First of all, it should be no surprise that children cannot learn effectively when they are distracted by their phones all the time.

Topic sentence: Example 2

Thesis statement (Claim + key point 1 + key point 2)

Phones should be banned in the classroom because the distraction is bad for learning and they negatively influence the relationship between teachers and pupils.

Start of the second body paragraph:

What is more, the fact that teachers spend valuable time managing phone use in class takes a severe toll on the classroom atmosphere.

Why do you need examples and explanations in your body paragraphs?

Examples and explanations

After the topic sentence you need to back up the argument of this paragraph with at least two examples and explanations:

• Every example needs to support the topic of this paragraph
• Stick to one topic per paragraph, don't get distracted
• It can be a statistic or a fact, or a real-life experience
• After the example you need to explain the relevance of the example in your own words. This step is often overlooked!

Body paragraph 1: example 1

First of all, it should be no surprise that children cannot learn effectively when they are distracted by their phones all the time. Research has shown that multi-tasking negatively influences the outcome of cognitive tasks. This means that pupils who are sharing their attention between the small screen in their hand and what the teacher is asking them to do will perform worse than students who can focus on just the teacher. What is more, pupils who multi-task perform at a much slower speed than they normally would. Using your phone in class can therefore increase the load of homework and consequently increase the chance that you will not complete all of the work needed to learn a skill well.

Topic sentence 1 - example - explanation

Body paragraph 2: example 2

What is more, the fact that teachers spend valuable time managing phone use in class takes a severe toll on the classroom atmosphere. First of all, students are very attached to their phones. So, when the teacher asks them to put their phones away, the temptation is often too great and they will try to keep using their phones in secret. The teacher then has to tell students off, or punish them, which leads to arguments and disgruntled students and teachers alike. Secondly, if the teacher has to tell students off all the time and monitor their behaviour, they cannot focus on their main task of teaching. The working environment suffers accordingly because it is no longer a given that students and teachers are focused and working towards the same goal of learning.

Topic sentence 2 - example - explanation

How can you use a counter-argument in your essay?

Counter-argument

Your third body paragraph can be

• A third argument in favor of your thesis statement that you haven't mentioned as a key point in the introduction
• A counter argument that you disprove in the same paragraph

If you choose to do a third argument in favor, just repeat the steps in the slides above:

Write a transition, a topic sentence and provide examples and explanations.

Counter- argument

The counter-argument paragraph should consist of

(Transition)

1. Topic sentence - the counter argument

2. First example and explanation to DISPROVE the counter argument 

3. Second example and explanation to DISPROVE the counter argument

(Transition)

Counter-argument: example

Some may say that phones can motivate students to learn when used in the classroom, and that they therefore should not be banned. It is true that students enjoy using their phones in class, and that they can be used in a way that makes didactic sense. However, that does not mean that phone use should be allowed in class in general. For example, teachers might decide to have designated parts of the lesson in which phones are used in a didactically sound activity. Furthermore, it is not necessary to allow phones in order to provide a motivational learning activity . A good teacher has a repertoire of activities and techniques to motivate students, and using an electronic device is only one of those. It is therefore not necessary to allow phones in class in order to motivate students.

Counter argument - conceding the point - example to disprove - explanation to disprove

Body paragraphs: checklist

Checklist for your body paragraph:

• Does it start OR end with a transition?
• Does it open with a clear topic sentence?
• Does the topic sentence reflect one of the key points from your thesis statement?
• Do you provide at least two examples and explanations?
• IF it is a counter-argument, do you disprove it?
• Do you stick to one topic per paragraph?

Check homework: assignment 5 + 6

Assignment 5

Passage A: 

My life may be a box full of frustrations, nut learning how to overcome them has given me the gift of patience. 

Passage B: 

My family is convinced that I inherited my imagination from Edgar Allen Poe. 

Passage C: 

I envy you terribly because at this very moment you’re doing what I have always loved doing more than anything else: you’re reading. 

Assignment 6

1 Zero-day vulnerability in software

2 Definition of a term ( origin is not from a dictionary)

3 No clear thesis statement (paragraph 2)

4 But, after all, the first, the second

5 *in class

6 1) Zero-day vulnerability, 2) Network holes, 3) Intelligence agencies & zero-day vulnerabilities 4) The importance of hacking

7 *Revise with a classmate

What were the lesson goals and how have we reached them today?

Homework

Write an essay (title, introduction, body paragraphs & conclusion): 

• Choose a topic from pages 55 to 57
• Max. words: 250
• Use an outline
• Hand in Wed, June 2nd in class (hand-written/print)

Make: assignments 7A + 7B