Writing Mechanics
What should all of your sentences start with?
Capital Letters!
What goes in your Opinion Introduction?
Hook and your opinion with three reasons
What goes in my Introduction?
Hook and statement with main ideas (tells the reader what my paper is about)
What goes in my introduction?
Hook, setting, and introducing my characters
Every paragraph needs to be...
Indented
What always goes at the end of your sentences?
Punctuation (. / ? / ! )
What goes in front of your opinion?
Opinion starters/stems (I think..., I believe..., In my opinion...)
In my body paragraphs, I have to put _____ from my sources to support my main ideas.
What do Narrative essays need?
Beginning, Middle, End
How many paragraphs should you have?
5
What do you put around words that your characters say in your story?
Quotation marks
What are your body paragraphs about?
My three reasons
When I put sentences from the sources in my paper I need to put _____ around the sentence.
Quotation marks
Dialogue, quotation marks
Introduction, 1st Reason, 2nd Reason, 3rd reason, conclusion
Does your ending punctuation go inside ( "Hi!" )or outside ( "Hi"! ) the quotation marks?
Inside
What should be in my conclusion?
Restate my opinion and my reasons
What is in my conclusion?
Statement
Paragraphs need transition words. Give examples
In the beginning, Later, One day, etc.
What are the 5 paragraphs in a Narrative essay?
What is always the first sentence of your introduction called?
Hook
In my body paragraphs, I need to start every paragraph with what type of words?
Transition words (First, Next, Last)
Before I type my essay, I should...
Write it on my scratch paper
What is a Narrative essay?
A made up story
How do I double check my writing essay?
Read your essay again