HAVO 5 Writing an essay Class 7 (21-22)

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HAVO 5 Writing Class 7

Today

Class work

- review essay writing

- Cito listening

Leerdoelen

• Ik weet hoe ik een essay moet schrijven.
• Ik heb geoefend met het schrijven van een essay. 

I. Introduction   

          A. Hook

          B. Background information

          C. Thesis statement

II. Paragraph 1

          A. Topic sentence

          B. Evidence and/or examples

III. Paragraph 2 (same as paragraph 1)

IV. Paragraph 3 (same as paragraph 1) 

V. Conclusion

          A. Summary

          B. Significance

          C. Strong closing sentence 

Essay outline

Step 1: What is your point of view? Write a temporary thesis statement.

Step 2: Why is this your viewpoint and how are you going to persuade your readers? Brainstorm and think of arguments. Write down whatever you can think of.

Step 3: What is a natural order of presenting your arguments? Make an essay outline.

Step 4: Write your topic sentences.

Step 5: Write your introduction and body paragraphs. It doesn't matter in which order, you can start at any point.

Step 6: Re-write your thesis statement, including the arguments from your body paragraphs.

Step 7: Write your conclusion.

Step 8: Re-read your entire essay a couple of times. Make sure everything is tied together, makes sense, whether things are in the logical order, maybe add some linking words.

Roadmap

Checklist

• My essay follows the requirements of the assignment (topic and length).
  
• My introduction sparks the reader’s interest and provides any necessary background information on the topic.
  
• My introduction contains a thesis statement that states the focus and position of the essay.
  
• I use paragraphs to structure the essay.
  
• I use topic sentences to introduce each paragraph.
  
• Each paragraph has a single focus and a clear connection to the thesis statement.
  
• I make clear transitions between paragraphs and ideas.
  
• My conclusion doesn’t just repeat my points, but draws connections between arguments.
  
• I don’t introduce new arguments or evidence in the conclusion.
  
• My essay has an interesting and informative title.
  
• I have followed all formatting guidelines (e.g. font, page numbers, line spacing).

Checklist essay

Review essay writing

At the end of this Lesson Up presentation you can find videos reviewing everything we talked about in class.

Cito listening

Today

We have reviewed essay writing.

We practised Cito listening.