Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 8:30
Al
Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class
blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s
agenda
·
Five-paragraph essay
·
Leftover grammar
·
Review
·
Replacement test (1 hour)
Friday (final day)- not a teaching day, one-on-one
consultation
·
Marks day
·
Final reports- one-on-one if you wish-
unofficial final report- average, spoken comments
In-class or by email during normal class time
Next term begins Thursday, April 28.
Essay work
sentences—paragraphs—essays – papers (5,10,20 pages)
– thesis (80-120 pages) – book (300-600 pages)
sentences- sentence types: simple, compound, complex
***SO IMPORTANT***
paragraphs – structure Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting
sentences,
Concluding sentence
(150-200 words)
- format - font size, doublespace, indent,
paper orientation
essay -multiparagraph writing, 3-6,7 paragraphs on a topic
“essay form” “in paragraphs” “multiparagraph” – means essay
**
An essay has three sections
**
Introduction – usually one paragraph, introduces the topic,
thesis, and main
points of the essay
Body – usually several paragraphs- 2,3,4,5 paragraphs
(3 is the number
for this class), discuss, explain,
describe the main points of the essay
Conclusion- usually one paragraph, restates the topic,
thesis and main points, restatement of the introduction
(300-350 words) not long, short compact paragraphs, twice as
long as one paragraph, not a book
English 12 – paragraph – “at least 150 words”
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essay – 5 paragraphs X 150=750 words, “at least 300 words”
**
The paragraphs in an essay should be shorter than the
stand-alone paragraphs we have been doing.
**
Refer to “The Bare Bones of a Five-Paragraph Academic Essay”
Yesterday’s work was to review that.
A teacher will give reasonable topics in class.
“Explain how modern nuclear power plants are safer than
those build a generation ago.” Unreasonable topic
“Why did you choose to live in BC?” Reasonable topic.
“Explain why the US went off the Gold Standard in 1971.”
Unreasonable topic
“How to Be a Good Friend.” Reasonable topic
As you move to higher, more specified levels of education,
your essay topics will become more specialized.
Build vocabulary! It is good to have five or six synonyms
for common words.
https://www.thesaurus.com/
I am teaching the most basic kind of essay. This is like
following a recipe. When you get comfortable writing essay after 3-4 tries,
then you can follow your own style.
The style that I am teaching is very basic and clear. It is
simple and ‘easy’ to do. You can get fancier with your essays later.
REPLACEMENT PARAGRAPH
What are some ways to get good at English?
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