Parts of an Essay
The most important part of your essay. It contains the main idea of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The tool that helps with spelling and finding the meaning of a word.
What is a dictionary?
The punctuation that surrounds a quote from the text
What are quotation marks?
Put this prompt into your own words: Write a multi-paragraphs argumentative essay about whether or not Graffiti qualifies as art.
Response will vary
Draw a graphic organizer that can help you plan your writing
The very first sentence of your essay
What is a hook?
The tool that reads the articles and prompt to you.
What is text-to-speech?
One way to lead in textual evidence is...
Answers will vary. Examples: According to Source 1,
Source 3 says. etc
Put this prompt into your own words: Write a multi-paragraph informative essay about how to remain safe during a flood.
Responses will vary.
The very first step to writing your essay.
What is reading the sources?
The way you should start your conclusion paragraph
What is restating your thesis statement?
The tool that makes selected parts of the text stand out.
What is the highligher?
How many of the sources should you use to write your essay?
All of them
Write this prompt in your own words: Write an informative essay about how historic monuments are valuable.
Responses will vary
What you should always do after citing textual evidence.
What is elaborate or explain?
The topic sentences of your body paragraphs should be this.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
The tool that helps you find better vocabulary terms for your writing or can help you find the word you want to use but can't remember.
What is a thesaurus?
If you do not lead in your textual evidence by citing your source (ex: according to source 1...), how do you cite where you got your information?
In parentheses after the quote. Ex: (Source 1).
Responses will vary
Before turning in your essay, you should do this action.
What is review and revise?
What are 3 ways to write a hook?
Possible answers:
Quote, shocking statement, general fact, and Statistic
The tool that tells you what your essay should have and how to get a good score.
What is the Writing Guide?
Where does the period go in this sentence? According to Source 2, "scientists have found evidence of running water on Mars"
Before the second quotation mark. (Mars.")
Write this prompt in your own words: Write a multi-paragraph informative essay about the way scientists plan to sustain life in space by planning and growing food.
Answers will vary
Draw and label a Flee map
Flee map draw and includes AT LEAST: Introduction, main ideas/body paragraphs, and Conclusion.
Extra points are awarded to flee map that is completely labeled.