Essay Planning
The first paragraph in an essay
What is the introduction paragraph?
How many pieces of evidence would you use in one paragraph if you're writing an essay with 3 body paragraphs?
What is 2 pieces of evidence?
What is the first sentence that grabs the reader’s attention?
What is a hook?
What is the first sentence of a body paragraph called?
What is a topic sentence?
In what part of the essay does the conclusion paragraph come?
What is the end?
The very first thing you plan when planning an essay.
What is thesis statement?
How many of the sources do you need to use in your essay?
What are all?
This part of the introduction helps the reader get on the same page about the topic.
What is background information?
This is information from a text that supports your idea.
What is evidence?
What is the purpose of a conclusion?
To wrap up the essay
The first paragraph you plan when planning an essay
What is body paragraph?
How many pieces of evidence would you use in one paragraph if you're writing an essay with 2 body paragraphs?
What is 3 pieces of evidence?
This is the last sentence of the introduction paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
What do you do after you give evidence?
What is explanation?
The last step of your conclusion paragraph.
What is Connect to the Bigger Picture? / Answer the question "why does this matter?"
What is the prompt?
Where would I put the quotation marks in the following sentence?
In Source 1 we read that bullies often stop when they realize others aren't supporting their behavior.
In Source 1 we read that "bullies often stop when they realize others aren't supporting their behavior".
Question, fun fact, onomatopoeia, description, or joke
How many pieces of evidence should a strong paragraph include?
What is at least 2–3 pieces?
Examples of transition words and phrases to signal to your reader that the essay is almost over.
What are In conclusion, As you can see, In short, All in all, Overall, Therefore...?
If I write an essay with THREE body paragraphs, each body paragraph will have ______ pieces of evidence. If I write an essay with TWO body paragraphs, each body paragraph will have _______ pieces of evidence.
TWO, THREE
What's wrong with the way the following evidence is written?
The first way to prevent bullying is to report it to an adult. "Lief asked Zora if she was okay, and when she told him about the bullying, Lief immediately reported it to the teacher” (source 2).
It is not integrated well into the paragraph. It's dropped in without any context given.
This sentence tells the main idea of the essay.
What is a thesis statement?
Fill in the blank: The purpose of an explanation in your body paragraph is to explain how your ____________ proves your _____________________ to be true.
The purpose of an explanation in your body paragraph is to explain how your evidence proves your topic sentence (or thesis statement) to be true.
How many pieces of evidence should you include in your conclusion paragraph?
What is zero?