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Today’s agenda:
1. Writing process – begin essays
2. JP Ch 12
Monday – Ch12
Tuesday – Ch13
Wednesday – Ch 14
Thursday – Ch 15
Friday – no school for you, Pro D for Adult Ed.
Essays
sentences - paragraphs – essays – papers (10-20pp, take home research-based) – thesis (80-100pp, major paper, post-graduate) – book (300-600pp)
essays – multi-paragraph writing (3-6,7 paragraphs)
In English 12 Provincial Exam, an essay is about 300 words
e.g.
From a practice English 12 exam:
INSTRUCTIONS: In a multi-paragraph (3 or more paragraphs) expository essay of at least 300 words, answer question 2 in the Response Booklet.
NOTE: The Provincial Exams have changed in the past year. This model is not like the new exam. Your English 12 teacher will explain about the new exam.
- less focused on poetry and short stories
paragraph – (150-200 words)
essay – (300-400?) words
An essay is longer, but not that much longer.
Challenge- condense a lot of information into a nice short well-organized essay
You don’t have to write a book. 300-350,400 words- that’s plenty
More is not better.
Essay – French verb “to try”
essay – an attempt or try to write about a topic in depth, in full, in detail
multi-paragraph – approach a topic in an organized way
STRUCTURE
A. Introductory paragraph – short paragraph
Sets up the essay
a. Grabber
b. Thesis statement – addresses the topic directly, gives a controlling idea
- does the same job as a Topic Sentence in a paragraph
c. Predictor – gives a brief preview of your main points
(3,4,5 points)
B. Body paragraphs
depends on how many points you have
3 points – 3 body paragraphs
4 points – 4 body paragraphs
Write a full paragraph for each point:
Topic sentence and supporting sentences
Short, well-organized paragraphs
Body paragraphs in an essay will likely be shorter than standalone paragraphs. A standalone paragraph is 150-200w. You can’t write three or four like that in an essay, or your essay will wind up too long.
When writing a paragraph – tension between content and length. – sentence combining is very valuable to help you write denser sentences, every word counts
It’s not easy, but it gets easier with a lot of practice.
anxiety-inducing, worrying – practice will help with that a lot
C. Concluding paragraph – restatement, same ideas, different vocab, phrases
- repeat
Restate the Thesis statement
Restate your 3-5 points
End with a clincher – like a grabber at the end of the essay
ESSAY
Introductory paragraph
Body paragraphs (3-5)
Concluding paragraph
(300-350,400w)
English 11 – 70 minutes
English 12 – 30 minutes
I emailed two documents to you:
1. The Bare Bones
2. Bicycle
We’ll talk about those tomorrow.
• MY LECTURE NOTES for The Jade Peony Ch 12
FRIENDLY ADVICE: Making good notes on whatever text you are reading for school is the best gift that you can give yourself. It is a powerful study aid. You can refer to the notes even years later, and they will help you recall what the information in the text is.
Good strategy for The Jade Peony: Read the Thought Questions first. They help you to focus on the right things. In other classes, you’ll be more on you own and will have to figure out what’s important in the text.
"she was gone" p193
"A kind of peace settled over our household" p193
"flung myself into life without her" p193
"encouraging me to be as physical and robust as they were" p194
"I was a new boy" p194
* Japanese and the war
** critical to what is to come in the closing chapters
"infiltrating treacherous Japanese" p196
"The world was full of secrets" p197
"Advanced Grade Three at Strathcona" p198
"Miss Doyle... was the guardian of our education" p200
"compassionate terror"
"A name is a name... Always be brave enough to be proud of yours" p201
Miss Doyle's brother, fire marshal in London
"the just cause and bravery" p202
BOTTOM p202 “We pleased Miss Doyle when we were brave…”
"compliment our valiant efforts to talk... daring anyone to mock us" p203
"our English vocabulary multiplied and blossomed?
"we could feel our backs stiffen with courage" p204
"Last Christmas- Miss Doyle's brother- blown to bits" p204
"her eyes glazed over... face registered shock, betrayal" p205
"Nothing in this world can ever go wrong" p206
"We were an unruly, untidy mixed bunch of immigrants and displaced persons, legal or otherwise... including all of us." p217
"burning backsides... stinging bare hands" p207
"few of our... parents or guardians... expected any less" p207
Tammy Okada story pp208-10
"Then up would go her ample breasts" p211
READ ALOUD LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS
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