Essay The Prompt
What is the first thing you should do when you get to the writing prompt?
Read the prompt once closely, then re-read the prompt for the specific question being asked and figure out exactly what the prompt is asking you to write about.
Why is it important to brainstorm and plan out your extended constructed response?
-Generate more ideas before beginning to write about a topic.
- Help reduce writing anxiety and focus attention on the most relevant content when writing.
- Essential step before outlining the major points needed to create a well-organized essay.
What is the first thing that should be in your introduction?
THE HOOK!
What should each body paragraph start with?
A Topic Sentence
What should you NOT start your conclusion paragraph with?
In conclusion!
It's better to use...
What is one way you can figure out what the prompt is asking you to write about?
Turn the prompt into a question.
What are some ways you can brainstorm your essay?
- list/bullet points
- C.H.O.R.E.S. Current Events/History/Outside Knowledge/Reading/Experiences/Sciences & Sports
- Mind Mapping
- T-Charts
What should your hook be?
- A quote
- A strong statement
- A description
- A fact
- A short anecdote
- A metaphor/simile
- NOT A QUESTION!
What should each body paragraph end with?
A transition sentence
What should you always include in your conclusion...(hint...you started out with it)?
Restate/reword your thesis statement
Once you have read the prompt determine the purpose, what are the possible types of writing you'll have to do?
Literary analysis, expository (to explain), informational (to inform), argumentative/persuasive (convince your reader of something), or correspondence (letter)
What is one way you can brainstorm when you have to write an argumentative essay?
Draw a T-Chart and make a For/Against list - then match up text evidence - whatever you have the most evidence for go with that! - BUT DON'T Forget the counterargument.
What are a few ways you can start a bridge sentence?
-Consider the following
-According to
-The following
-In fact
-As an illustration of this
-As seen by
-As explained by
-With regards to
What is important to put in your body paragraph to prove your point/information/explanation?
Text Evidence
What should you summarize in one sentence in your conclusion?
Your main points of your essay
What is one technique you can use to help you brainstorm using the writing prompt?
Underline the key words and make a list of synonyms so that you are not using the same word in your essay and sounding repetitive.
How should you brainstorm if the essay is about characterization?
-List out the character's traits based on direct text evidence and inferred text evidence.
-List out the character's responses throughout the story.
- List out the character's connections to others in the story.
Where should your thesis statement be in the introduction paragraph?
The last sentence of the paragraph!
What should go before your text evidence?
An introduction sentence for the text evidence...why are you going to use this text evidence?
What should you do with the last sentence of the essay?
Leave your reader with something to think about!
Why do you need to figure out who you are writing this for...your audience?
What is a good way to brainstorm for an informational essay?
Possible ways...
- List most important / key information you need to write about
- List in necessary sequential order
- List in chronological order
What needs to be in your thesis statement?
-Main Topic
-The Points that each body paragraph will cover
What should go after the text evidence?
A sentence that explains why the text evidence is relevant to your essay.
What is the last thing you should do before you turn in your essay?
PROOFREAD...please make sure that you have typed an essay that is clear and precise and make sense for the audience that it is pertaining to.