Planning
The graphic organizer that we use for our expository essays
What is a T-Chart?
The last sentence of your introduction.
The number of body paragraphs you should have.
What is two?
The purpose of a conclusion paragraph.
What is summarize the main points of the essay?
Correcting capitalization, punctuation, or spelling.
What is editing?
The most important sentence of your essay.
What is a thesis?
The first sentence of your introduction.
What is a hook?
The first line of your body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence? (This is usually the reason that supports your claim in your thesis).
The first sentence of your conclusion does this.
What is "restates your thesis statement"?
Adding, removing, or moving words or phrases.
What is revising?
The formula/structure of a thesis statement.
What is "opinion + reason #1 + reason #2" or "opinion because of reason #1 and reason#2"?
The purpose of a hook.
What is "to engage your reader"?
What you use to support your topic sentence/reasons.
What are specific examples?
True or false: a better essay would incorporate the hook in the conclusion.
What is true?
Every sentence should have one of these at the end.
What is a period?
The knowledge bank you use to find examples and evidence to support your reasons.
What is a heart map?
The purpose of the thesis.
What is "to state the main claim, argument, or point of the essay"?
A good body paragraph has _________ examples and is ____________ to the prompt.
What is specific and relevant?
The last sentence of your conclusion.
What is call to action or final thought?
Every sentence should have one of these at the beginning.
What is a capital letter?
What your examples and evidence have to be.
This goes between your hook and thesis.
What is a bridge? (This is a sentence that makes a connection between the broader thoughts in the hook to the narrower thoughts in the thesis).
This comes after the examples to make a strong connection between the claim and the evidence.
What is an explanation or commentary?
The purpose of a final thought or call to action.
What is "leave a lasting impression on the reader"?
Reread every sentence to make sure that they all ___________.
What is "make sense"?