Purpose, Focus, and Organization
What kind of essay is this and what does it mean? Write an informative essay in which you explain the benefits of sports. Include the health and social benefits.
What is informational, which means that I am providing information (explaining).
Can you just make up everything you write about in your essay? Why or why not?
What is no, because it is based upon the actual text provided with the prompt.
Fix the errors in this sentence: Physicians will tell there patients too exercise daily.
Physicians will tell their patients to exercise daily.
How should you start the introduction paragraph?
What is with a hook or attention grabber to grab the readers attention.
Why shouldn't we spend more than 40-45 minutes setting up our plan sheet?
What is the the plan sheet is NOT GRADED and we will need more than an hour to write all 4 paragraphs, and make corrections to our essay.
What do ALL essays have to have?
What is an introduction paragraph (that introduces the topic and sets up the organization of the essay), 2 PEELEL or body paragraphs (that elaborate and explain ideas), a conclusion paragraph (restates main ideas and leaves an impact on the reader).
How is evidence different from elaboration?
What is evidence is pulled from the text. Elaboration is when you take the evidence and apply it in some way with your own previous knowledge. It is also using creative ways to do it that show our personality.
Fix the errors in this sentence: Wearing a uniform dosent stop a students creativity it encourages.
Wearing a uniform doesn't stop a student's creativity, it encourages.
What should be included in your claim statement?
What is your opinion/topic + your reasons you will write about.
What should you do the night before a big test?
What is drink a lot of water during the day before, eat good meals, try to go to bed early, and arrive to school on time, rested and haven eaten a great breakfast.
What kind of essay is this and what does that mean? Write an essay in which you give your opinion. Should students be required to wear uniforms to school? What are the social and educational effects of your choice?
What is opinion (argumentative) and it means that I have to take a side about whether students should have to wear uniforms or not.
Why is citing the text important? What are some starter examples you could use to cite the sources?
What is Citation is important because it tells the reader where you got your text evidence. You can use, "According to...," "In the article...," you can give the author's name, Source #... Source Name. Paraphrase it as BEST as you can and put quotation marks around evidence.
Fix the errors in this sentence: Principal's belive that uniforms prevent student's from being distracted
Principals believe that uniforms prevent students from being distracted.
How should you start each of your PEELEL body paragraphs?
What is with a Point sentence to introduce the focus of that paragraph.
What are all of the things that you need to do before you can start a plan sheet?
1. What is FIND the prompt, 2. READ the ENTIRE prompt, 3-6. deconstruct the prompt (CUB) to find a question, turn the question into a claim or controlling idea. Then you need to actually read the text sources and gather evidence and ideas if it is opinion. *If it is informational, bubble plan to write an introduction.
What is the best way to decide which side to take on an opinion (argumentative)essay?
What is the side that has more text evidence to support the big ideas.
Why do you need to do with your text evidence to show the reader that you understood it?
What is explain and elaborate on it.
What is wrong with this sentence? Children often report after exercising that their feeling better.
Children often report, after exercising, that they're feeling better.
What sentences should be included in each PEELEL body paragraph?
What is a point, text evidence supporting that point, and elaboration that clearly explains why the evidence is important or a connection between the evidence and your previous knowledge, another evidence supporting that point, and elaboration that clearly explains why the evidence is important or a connection between the evidence and your previous knowledge.
How long should you spend writing on your PLANNING sheet? What should you include in your plan?
What is at least 15-20 minutes. At least write the claim/controlling idea, the starters, the points and the evidence, and elaboration bullets.
What must you have in your introduction paragraph to clue the reader on what your essay is going to be about? Where in your introduction should this be located?
What is a controlling idea or claim statement and it should be the last sentence in your introduction paragraph.
Where does your evidence come from and how do you find it?
What is from ALL the text sources provided.
Fix the errors in this sentence: Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that to much t.v. is bad for you. The florida department of health says being a couch potato leds to obesity.
Have you ever wondered why adults tell you that too much T.V. is bad for you? The Florida Department of Health says, being a couch potato leads to obesity.
What should be included in your conclusion paragraph?
What is a restating the claim or controlling idea, summarizing or combining the points, and leaving the reader with a final thought or a call to action.
What should we do if the teacher says "10 minutes remaining" and we do not have a conclusion paragraph yet?
What is we should finalize our current sentence in our PEELEL paragraph and we should write at least 3 sentences in our conclusion paragraph.