Essay Format
What is the minimum amount of paragraphs your essay should have?
What is...5.
What should you do with answer choices you absolutely without a doubt know are incorrect?
What is….cross them out!
If the prompt tells you to write an essay, what mode(s) is it requiring you to write in?
Expository and/or Argument
Instead of a thesis, what should you include in a narrative?
Narrative elements that include a plot, character development, dialogue, setting, descriptions
Identify the mode and write the task in your own words.
At the end of the passage from Endymion Springs, Blake seems to feel like the book is waiting for him to turn it over. What might happen if he does turn over the book? Write a narrative that describes what happens when Blake turns over the brown leather book. Use details from the excerpt to build your story.
Mode = narrative
Task = Write a story that describes what happens when Blake turns the book over using details from the text and your own elaboration.
How should your introduction paragraph start? ___________________
State an example: ______________________
What is a .... HOOK
* QUESTION
* SITUATION
* DEFINITION
* FACT
Which tool is most helpful while answering multiple choice questions?
What is the answer eliminator?
If a prompt asks you to write a letter to the editor or an editorial, what mode is it requiring you to write in?
What is...argument!
Since this is still a test and not just a story telling experience, what should you still include in your narrative?
What is details from the text?
Identify the mode and write the task in your own words.
Write a narrative that continues the story after paragraph 17 and is told from the point of view of Percy Snailkips. Use details from the passage to support your narrative.
Mode = Narrative
Task = Continue the story and write from a different point of view (Percy's) using details from the text and your own elaboration.
How should your introduction paragraph end?
What are its parts?
What is.... WITH A THESIS
RESTATE PROMPT & ADD REASON/ ADDRESS THE PROMPT
You come across a question that has 2 parts? Part A will ask you how an author achieves a task. Part B will always ask you for what?
Make sure that your answers match each other and the text!
If a prompt asks you to continue the passage provided to develop a sequel or new ending, what mode is it requiring you to write in?
What is narrative?
What 3 narrative elements could help you to make sure your story/narrative is more developed?
What is....setting, thoughtshots, and dialogue?
Identify the mode and write the task in your own words.
You have reviewed three sources about animal migration: “Animals on the Move,” “Monarch Butterfly Migration and Overwintering,” and HawkWatch International. Write an essay that analyzes how each source presents information about animal migration in a different way. Make sure to use evidence from all three sources in your response.
Mode = expository
Task = Analyze how each source describes the different ways animals migrate using details from all 3 sources.
What 3 things do you need in your body paragraphs?
1. TOPIC SENTENCE
2. EVIDENCE (QUOTES)
3. EXPLANATIONS
What type of answer choice is always thrown in to trick you?
What is…..a distractor?
If a prompt requires you to look at multiple articles that include information, analyze the information, and synthesize the information, what mode is it requiring you to write in?
What is...expository?
3 Parts:
1. Define dialogue
2. What is needed to demonstrate dialogue?
3. How does dialogue look (format)?
1. Dialogue is when 2 or more characters are having a conversation.
2. This is shown through the use of quotation marks "Yo!" hollered Ron.
3. Start a new paragraph when switching speakers:
"Yo!" hollered Ron.
"Stop screaming," replied Will.
Identify the mode and write the task in your own words.
You have read three passages about studies involving the behavior of elephants:
“Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”
from “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”
“Elephants Console Each Other”
Write an essay analyzing each author’s purpose in describing the studies of elephant behavior, and compare the information about the behavior of elephants each author presents in the passages. Remember to use evidence from all three passages to support your response.
Mode = expository
Task = Analyze how each author describes elephant behaviors, tell how elephants behave similarly, use details from all 3 sources.
How do you know if your explanations are strong?
They relate to and support the thesis.
What should you do if you’re unsure of a multiple choice answer?
What is...go back into the text to find proof of the right answer!
If a prompt asks you to advocate for a certain issue or topic using multiple sources, what mode is it requiring you to write in?
What is argument?
How can you tell the difference between a thoughtshot and dialogue?
Thoughtshots shouldn't be in quotation marks since they are just what is said inside a character's head. Dialogue is said aloud and should have quotation marks.
Identify the mode and write the task in your own words.
Based on “Pressure Dive” and Carrying the Fire, write an essay comparing and contrasting Cameron’s and Collins’s emotions as they are preparing for their expeditions. Be sure to use information from both passages to develop your essay.
Mode = argument
Task = Write an editorial that argues why teachers in your school should be trained in mindfulness using information from both sources.