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 informative, which means that I am providing information (explaining).
Can you make up what you write about? Why or why not?
What is yes and no. Yes, because your hook or elaboration can be something you make up to help explain your point. No, because you must use actual evidence from the texts 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 to grab the readers attention.
What is a counter argument and how/when do you use it?
What is the opposite of what you are focusing on and explaining why that view is wrong (so it ultimately supports your opinion) and you MUST use it in an argumentative 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), 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 explain how the evidence supports your main idea using particular techniques, such as compare, description, definition, etc. Elaboration is creatively explaining the connection between your evidence and main idea sentence.
Fix the errors in this sentence: Wearing a uniform dosent stop a students creativity it encourages it.
Wearing a uniform doesn't stop a student's creativity, it encourages it.
What should be included in your thesis statement?
What is opinion/topic + your reasons/points.
What should you do the night before a big test?
What is try to go to bed on time and get good rest.
What kind of essay is this and what does that mean? Write an essay in which you determine whether students should be required to wear uniforms to school.
What is argumentative and it means that I have to take a side about whether students should have to wear uniforms or not.
What is a citation and what are several ways that you can do it?
A citation is telling the reader where you got your text evidence. You can use, "According to," "in the article," to introduce it and give the author, the title of the article or source number and paragraph number when citing in the sentence. You can also cite it at the end of the evidence in parentheses.(Source 1, paragraph 5)
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 body paragraphs?
What is with a main idea sentence to introduce the reason you will focus on in that paragraph.
What are all of the things that you need to do before you can make a plan?
What is read the ENTIRE prompt and pick out key words and phrases to make sure you understand the topic. Then you need to brainstorm for 3 minutes on the topic and formulate a thesis using your ideas. Lastly, you actually read the text sets and underline and annotate to gather evidence for the claims in your thesis.
What is the best way to decide which side to take on an argumentative essay?
What is the side that has more text evidence to support the big ideas.
What do you need to do with your text evidence to show the reader that you understood it?
What is explain and elaborate on it using multiple techniques.
What is wrong with this sentence? Children often report that after exercising their feeling better.
The wrong spelling of a word is used! Children often report that after exercising they're feeling better.
What all should be included in each body paragraph?
What is the main idea sentence of that body paragraph, elaboration on the main idea sentence, two pieces of text evidence supporting that idea, clear, well developed elaboration using multiple techniques as an explanation of the idea, transitions and a wrap-up sentence.
How long should you spend PLANNING your essay? What should you include in your plan?
What is 15-20 minutes. At least the thesis, the main idea sentences of the body paragraphs, and what evidence can be used to support them.
What must you have in your essay to clue the reader in on how your essay is going to be organized? Where in your essay should this be located?
What is a thesis 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 texts provided with the prompt and reading the texts carefully!
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 thesis statement, summarizing the main ideas in the body paragraphs, and leaving the reader with something to think about or a call to action.
How much time should you spend actually writing the essay? Why should you give yourself this much time?
What is an hour. To make sure you carefully explain all of your reasons and elaborate on all the text evidence used. Remember to leave time for revisions and edits!