Before you Write!
This is the purpose of the prompt.
What is to tell you what you will be writing about? What type of essay opinion or informative?
Your introduction should have this amount of sentences.
What is 3 or more? A strong introduction has 5 or more sentences.
The amount of sentences you should have for your body paragraphs.
What is 5 or more?
You should do this at the beginning of each paragraph.
What is indent?
These are some Sentence Starters for Citing Text Evidence
What is.....
In the text... In paragraph... The author says... The author described... The author explains... The author mentions... As explained in the text...
This is the first thing you should so when you get you writing test.
What is read the prompt?
This should be in the beginning of your introduction.
What is a hook?
To begin writing your body paragraphs, you should include this word or statement.
What is a transition?
Every letter at the beginning of a sentence should be this.
What is capitalized?
Hooks to grab your readers attention
What is question, fact, direct statement
You should do this when you are reading the sources.
What is annotate, looking for information to include in your essay.
This sentence comes before you provide evidence from the sources.
What is the topic sentence?
This should be in your conclusion?
What is transition word or phrase
Restate the thesis statement
Restate main points
Bring closure to your essay
Transitions to start your first body paragraph
What is.....
To begin with, First, One important point to realize, One example, First and foremost
You should do this after you have read the sources but before you start writing your essay.
What is planning?
This comes at the end of your introduction and tells the reader what your essay will be about.
What is the thesis statement?
What you include in your topic sentences should come from this part of your introduction
What is the thesis statement?
You should re-read your writing this number of times when you are finished to look for errors.
What is two?
Transitions to start your other body paragraph
What is secondly, Additionally, Another key point, Another important fact to realize,
You should read the prompt _______ times.
What is 2 times?
A good introduction includes the following, in this order.
What is a hook, introduction of topic, and thesis Statement?
A good body paragraph includes the following, in this order.
What is the topic sentence, evidence, elaboration?
You have this amount of time to write your entire essay
What is 1 hour and 20 minutes
Transitions for conclusion paragraph
What is To sum up my thoughts, As shown above, To summarize, All things considered, All in all, In a nutshell