Opinion vs. Informative
The most importance sentence of any essay paragraph.
the opinion or controlling idea
The last part of the writing process.
revising and editing?
How to decide if the essay is opinion or informative.
read the prompt?
The first thing you do when you receive the essay test.
read the prompt
This is where your main points and reasons/evidence come from.
the sources
The type of writing in which you inform or explain a topic.
What is informative writing?
What to do after you read the prompt.
write your controlling idea or opinion
The part of the writing process where you check to see if the essay is on topic and makes sense.
as you write or when you revise and edit
Here you use transitions, write reasons, make points, and include evidence.
body paragraphs
Key words that will help you determine the type of writing--informative or opinion
What are opinion or "Whether or not" and informative "Explain or Discuss?"
Before discussing evidence you must use an
evidence starter
The first thing you do after reading the prompt.
read and look for evidence and take marginal notes for your main points
The main parts of the essay where your key points are made.
body paragraphs
Fix any mistakes including spelling, capitalization, and punctuation marks.
revise and edit?
You have this much time to write your essay.
120 minutes
Key words for this writing are: whether or not, state your position, and support or go against.
opinion essay
The longest part of the essay writing process.
body paragraphs with details and evidence support?
You need main points for each PEEL paragraph and also...
evidence, elaboration, and a link
You use an attention grabber in this part.
introduction
How should you dissect the prompt?
1. topic
2. genre
3. what is it asking you to do?
4. one part or two part
5. create an opinion or controlling idea
The amount of points given for each section of the rubric (Purpose/Focus, Evidence/Elaboration, Conventions/Grammar)
4 points, 4 points, and 2 points?
This is what the beginning paragraph of your essay should include.
introduction with a attention grabber and an opinion or controlling idea
it should take about ___ minutes to plan
15-20
What you have to do to find main points to support your prompt before you begin writing.
reading the passages and planning
The important parts to use when citing text evidence.
give credit to the title of passage or the source