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?
In the articles,
100
What is the first thing you should look at when the test begins?
What is read the prompt
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), 2 P.E.EL. 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 claim or controlling idea statement?
What is your opinion in an opinion essay, or the main topic of an informative essay.
200
What strategy do you use to unpack the prompt?
What is CUB+C
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 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 your point?
300
What do you write at the top of your T-Chart?
What is your claim or controlling idea
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 your point, evidence, and elaboration
400
How many points total can you get on the FSA Writing Test?
What is at least 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 informational or opinion 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 controlling idea for informational and claim for opinion. 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 claim or controlling idea, summary statement, and your points
500
What should you do when you finish writing your essay?
What is revise and edit
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