Countries
This country has gelato, the Tower of Pisa, and is beautiful.
What is Italy?
The purpose of a research paper.
What is to inform with examples and supportive evidence?
This country is known for its wine, decorative masks, and beautiful rivers (in one particular place in the country).
What is Italy?
We need one of these at the top of every essay.
What is a title?
This country has lots of potatoes and beautiful castles, and the author of Dracula is from here.
What is Ireland?
The general format of a research paper (in terms of paragraphs).
What is a five-paragraph essay? [Introduction, three body paragraphs, conclusions]
This country is known for its chocolate, cheese, and mountains.
What is Switzerland?
We use these to combine similar sentences.
What are colons (:) and semicolons (;)?
This country is known for its pastries, ‘towers’, and romantic language.
What is France?
The first and last sentence of body paragraphs.
What is a topic sentence and a conclusion sentence?
This country is known for its skating and military accomplishments.
What is Russia?
Where would a semicolon / colon be useful here?
“The sciences should be taught with practicality in mind. Fractions should be taught with cooking, and algebra should be taught with mystery boxes. When students’ senses are engaged in what they are learning, their memory is enhanced and learning occurs at a deeper level.”
Between ‘mind’ and ‘fractions’.
“The sciences should be taught with practicality in mind: fractions should be taught with cooking, and algebra should be taught with mystery boxes. When students’ senses are engaged in what they are learning, their memory is enhanced and learning occurs at a deeper level.”
This country is known for its hot air balloons, beautiful landscapes, and cathedrals/mosques.
What is Turkey?
The general format of a research body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence, followed by 2-3 statement-evidence pairs and a transition/conclusion sentence?
This country is known for its display of the Northern Lights, and Edward Munch (the artist of The Scream) is from here.
What is Norway?
We avoid using these in our essays.
What are linking verbs, question marks, exclamation marks, and questions?
This country has vehicles known as tak-take (‘bajajis’) and beautiful beaches, and is found in Africa.
What is Tanzania, Africa?
What is specific evidence/examples?
This country often holds celebrations that have to do with its past or peoples’ religion. It even holds a special celebration for when young women turn fifteen.
What is Mexico?
What is wrong with the example below?
“A cat can make a great pet: it’s fur and personality make it a friendly, fluffy friend.”
It’s should be its.
“A cat can make a great pet: its fur and personality make it a friendly, fluffy friend.”