Purpose, Focus, and Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
Conventions
Essay Parts
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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.
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.
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 argumentative and it means that I have to take a side about whether students should have to wear uniforms or not.
300
What is 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 topic sentence to introduce the reason you will focus on in that paragraph.
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 an introduction to the main idea of that body graph, text evidence supporting that idea, and a clear, well developed explanation of the idea.
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.
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