Writing assignment

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Writing assignment

 Write a profile Essay

Today:

1) Read a profile pieces to get inspired
2) Make a checklist: what should be in a profile piece?
or:
1) Read a few persuasive essays to get inspired
2) Make a checklist: what makes a persuasive essay: what are the requirements? 

Profile piece

1) Stormzy: British rapper who paid for students to go to university 
2) Demi Lovato: singer who speaks up about mental health
3) Greta Thunberg: young climate activist
4) Pete Cashmore:                                                                                                                                                                          

Essay pieces: persuasive essays

1) Living more green

2) Get involved in politics as a teenager

Today:

1) Read a few profile pieces to get inspired
2) Make a checklist: what should be in a profile piece?

How to identify reliable sources:

“With the infinite amount of information online, it can be difficult to decipher what is true and accurate and what is not. Once you know the trick to identifying reliable information, you can quickly determine if what you’re reading is accurate or not.” 

(News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

Give an example of an unreliable source

How to identify reliable sources

What makes a source reliable? To determine whether a source is reliable or not you must look at certain criteria. 

(from: News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

That criteria are as follows:

Authority: 

Who is the author? 

What are their credentials? 

Do they have knowledgeable experience in the field they are writing about? 

What is their reputation?

(News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

Accuracy: 

Compare the author’s information to that which you already know is reliable. 

Are there proper citations? 

Is the information biased? 

If so, does it affect research conclusions

(News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

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Coverage:

Is the information relevant to your topic and does it meet your needs? 

Consider what you need such as statistics, charts, and graphs.

(News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

Currency:

Is your topic constantly evolving? 

Topics in technology and medical innovation require sources that are up to date.

(News - How to Identify Reliable Information, z.d.)

mission 18 training session 3

Where? page 122-123

What? Do exercise 1 & 2 (in book)
How? Whispers only
Help? Ask your neighbour or raise your hand

Finished?

- Read literary work

THE NEXT STEP!

writing assignment 2nd period. 

Profile piece

1) Stormzy: British rapper who paid for students to go to university 
2) Demi Lovato: singer who speaks up about mental health
3) Greta Thunberg: young climate activist
4) Pete Cashmore:                                                                                                                                                                          

Essay writing 

What is the correct structure of an essay?

1. statement - argument - example - conclusion
2. catching opening - argument - argument - statement
3. catching opening - statement - arguments - conclusion
4. statement - idea - question - opinion

ESSAY WRITING

QUESTIONS????

Write conclusion

Lesson 4: peer editing

So what is peer editing?

A peer is someone your own age.

Editing means making suggestions, comments, compliments, and changes to writing.

❖Peer editing means working with someone your own age – usually someone in your class– to help improve, revise, and edit his or her writing.

3 steps

•Step 1 – Compliments

•Step 2 – Suggestions

•Step 3 - Corrections

1) Compliments

Stay positive when you’re giving feedback.
Remember that you are trying to help your peer improve his/her work; you’re not trying to discourage them.

Step 2: suggestions

Making suggestions means giving the author some specificideas about how to make his or her writing better. Remember:
–  Stay positive and be specific!

–  Instead of, “It didn’t make sense,” say, “If you add more details after this sentence, it would be more clear.”

–Instead of, “Your word choice was boring,” say, “Instead of using the word good, maybe you can use the word exceptional.”

Step 3: corrections

Corrections means checking your peer’s paper for:

–Spelling  mistakes

–Grammarmistakes

–Missingpunctuation

–Incomplete or run-on sentences

Geen copy/paste: maak je eigen zinnen. 

Exercise: you will look at your classmates draft and you will peer edit them

Follow these 3 steps:
1. write down three compliments 
2. write down what can be improved upon

3. make corrections: spelling, grammar, etc.

Rewrite your own first draft

- Take out your first essay or profile piece
- Edit your own work. Use the feedback you have been given.
- Rewrite your essay
- Hand in BOTH VERSIONS to your teacher.