ACRONYM
The acronym we are using to prepare for the IRW.
These are the three parts of an introduction.
This is the amount of body paragraphs in your essay.
What is three?
These are the three parts of a conclusion.
What are restate, recap, and reflect?
This is one of the transition words you can use before the claims in each body paragraphs.
What is "first," "next," "last," "secondly," "finally," or "thirdly?"
This is what the first "PRE" in the acronym stands for.
What is "Pre-read the questions, read and summarize, and engage with the questions?"
These are the types of possible hooks.
What are questions, interesting facts, or stories?
This is the format for your body paragraphs.
What is C/E/R, or "claim, evidence, reasoning?"
This is how you write the restate portion of your conclusion.
This is one of the transition words you can use to introduce an idea or example.
What is "for example" or "for instance?"
This is what the "PARE" stands for in the acronym.
What is "Prompt review, answer the prompt, record your ideas, and essay writing?"
This is the middle of your introduction, and it describes the subject as if the reader has never learned of it before.
What is your background information?
This is one of the reasons from your thesis statement.
What is a claim?
This is how you write the recap portion of your conclusion.
What is rephrase the evidence from your body paragraphs?
This is one of the transition words you can use when pulling a quote or paraphrasing from a text.
What is "according to" or "the text says?"
The day of the IRW, Andrea was tired because she only had two hours of sleep. She opened the test, read the texts, and answered the questions, even though she didn’t understand some of the words. She got to the essay and started to write immediately. She couldn’t think of much to write and only wrote two paragraphs. She did not end up passing the IRW. This is one of the things she did wrong.
Andrea didn't get enough sleep. Andrea did not preview the questions or read and summarize the texts. She did not review the prompt, answer the prompt, or record her ideas with an organizer.
This is the last sentence in your introduction.
This is one of the transition words used for the evidence section of your paragraph.
What is for example, according to, or for instance?
This is the name of the last part of your conclusion, where you think about how your essay can affect your reader.
What is the reflect?
This is one of the transition words for the reasoning portion of your C/E/R paragraph.
What are "this means," "this shows," or "for this reason?"
The day of the IRW, Melvin tried his best but forgot some steps. Melvin read the questions and then went back and found the answers in the text. Then, Melvin reviewed the prompt and wrote out 3-4 ideas about how to answer. Melvin wrote his essay but struggled to have enough ideas. He also couldn't remember how to organize his ideas. He passed the IRW, but didn't get the grade he wanted. This is a few of the things he did wrong.
Melvin did not read and summarize the texts. He reviewed the prompt but did not answer. He did not make a full organizer of his essay. He may have not used transition words.
This is the structure of a thesis statement.
What is your opinion, the word 'because,' and three reasons?
The last sentence in your body paragraph, starting with words like "for this reason," "because of this," or "this means that" serves what purpose?
What is copy the thesis directly and then skip the recap.
This is one of the transition words you can use for your conclusion.
What are "in conclusion," or "in summary?"