Purpose, Focus, and Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
Conventions
Essay Parts
Testing and Writing Mix
100
What kind of essay is this and what does it mean? Write an informative essay in which you explain the benefits of sports. Include the health and social benefits.
What is informative, which means that I am providing information (explaining).
100
Can you make up what you write about? Why or why not?
What is no because it is based upon the actual text provided with the prompt.
100
Fix the errors in this sentence: Physicians will tell there patients too exercise daily.
Physicians will tell their patients to exercise daily.
100
How should you start the introduction paragraph?
What is with a hook to grab the readers attention.
100
What is a counter argument and how/when do you use it?
What is the opposite of what you are focusing on and explaining why that view is wrong (so it ultimately supports your opinion) and you use it in an argumentative essay.
200
What do ALL essays have to have?
What is an introduction paragraph (that introduces the topic and sets up the organization of the essay), body paragraphs (that elaborate and explain ideas), a conclusion paragraph (restates main ideas and leaves an impact on the reader).
200
How is evidence different from elaboration?
What is evidence is pulled from the text. Elaboration is when you take the evidence and apply it in some way. It is also using creative ways to do it.
200
Fix the errors in this sentence: Wearing a uniform dosent stop a students creativity it encourages.
Wearing a uniform doesn't stop a student's creativity, it encourages.
200

What should be included in your thesis statement?

What is opinion/topic + your reasons/main ideas

200
What should you do the night before a big test?
What is try to go to bed on time and get good rest.
300

What kind of essay is this and what does that mean? Write an essay in which you give your opinion. Should students be required to wear uniforms to school? What are the social and educational effects of your choice?

What is opinion essay. I have to take a side about whether students should have to wear uniforms or not and explain how it affects them socially as well as educationally.

300

What is a citation, where should it be and what are several ways that you can do it and what should you NOT do?

Citation is telling the reader where you got your text evidence. You can use, "According to," "in the article," you can give the author, paragraph number or the title of the article. You should not just say, "According to the text," you should not put your citations at the end - it needs to be right before or right after the evidence.

300
Fix the errors in this sentence: Principal's belive that uniforms prevent student's from being distracted
Principals believe that uniforms prevent students from being distracted.
300

How should you start each of your body paragraphs?

What is with a transition word/phrase, topic sentence (baby thesis) using key words from the prompt, and introduce the main idea/reason you will focus on in that paragraph.

300

What are all of the things that you need to do before you can make a plan?

What is read the ENTIRE prompt and pick out key words and phrases to make sure you understand the topic. Then you need to actually read the text sets and gather evidence and ideas. Then use the strongest evidence in your essay.

400

What is the best way to decide which side to take on an opinion essay?

What is the side that has more text evidence to support the big ideas.

400
What do you need to do with your text evidence to show the reader that you understood it?
What is explain and elaborate on it.
400
What is wrong with this sentence? Children often report after exercising that their feeling better.
Children often report, after exercising, that they're feeling better.
400

What all should be included in each body paragraph?

What is transition, restate the topic using key words from the prompt and main idea of paragraph. Cite text evidence, elaboration, cite a 2nd piece of text evidence, elaboration, summary sentence to wrap up and move to next paragraph

400

How long should you spend PLANNING your essay? What should you include in your plan?

What is 10-15 minutes. At least the thesis, the order of the body paragraphs, and what evidence can be used to support them.

500

What must you have in your essay to clue the reader in on how your essay is going to be organized? Where in your essay should this be located?

What is a thesis statement and it should be the last sentence in your introduction paragraph.

500
Where does your evidence come from and how do you find it?
What is from ALL the texts provided with the prompt.
500
Fix the errors in this sentence: Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that to much t.v. is bad for you. The florida department of health says being a couch potato leds to obesity.
Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that too much T.V. is bad for you? The Florida Department of Health says, being a couch potato leads to obesity.
500

What should be included in your conclusion paragraph?

What is a restating the thesis statement, summarizing the main ideas in the body paragraphs, and leaving the reader with something to think about or a call to action.

500

How much time should you spend writing the essay? Why should you give yourself this much time?

What is an hour. To make sure you carefully explain all of your reasons and elaborate on all the text evidence used and have time to proofread/edit

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