Good morning.
We will get started at
8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
· Return paragraph
TS
Organization
Sentences
· Finish review of sentence types
· Begin essay writing
· Causal verbs
Thursday
· Continue essay writing
· Optional replacement quiz (last 25m)
Friday
· Essay 1 – basic 5-paragraph essay is ok
Next week
Paragraph from Monday Test#4
150-200 words
A few people wrote 400 words. Too long.
We have to be able to express our ideas in a
concise way. We have to be able to write a tight, short paragraph in response to
a question.
It is easy to go on and on and on.
TOPIC SENTENCE
You must begin with a topic sentence. The
topic sentence will refer directly to the question.
e.g. What does Jonathan learn about himself in
the story?
TS – borrow words from the question or use synonyms
What does Jonathan learn about
himself in the story?
Jonathan- protagonist, main character
learn about himself- realize, come to understand,
reflect, self aware,
Ex. TS The protagonist comes to understand several
things about himself through the events of the story.
on-topic, organized,
The teacher will have confidence that you know
what you’re doing. You are demonstrating that you have a plan. You have a map
and are inviting the reader to follow you.
No TS, no paragraph.
Did you write a clear focussed TS that is
on-topic? If yes, great. I can follow you. If no, the reader will watch you write
randomly, walk around in circles.
ORGANIZATION
3-4 points – CLEAR
The reader should be able to tell what the
first point is, what the second, and what the third point is.
If not, it is frustration. The reader will not
try to figure it out.
PRO TIP transitional words- first second third
next finally
This is almost our final week. You should be
doing this by now.
SENTENCES
Sentence styles
SIMPLE
COMPOUND COMPLEX
Every sentence has to be one of those. If not,
it probably isn’t English.
Self-reflection – thinking, pondering, looking
deeply
Paragraph writing.
What do you have mastered?
What is holding you back?
chaos- disorganization, no structure
What 2-3 things can you work on today and
tomorrow to make your English a little better?
Essay work
sentences—paragraphs—essays – papers (5,10,20
pages) – thesis (80-120 pages) – book (300-600 pages)
** sentences- sentence types: simple,
compound, complex
** paragraphs – structure Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences,
Concluding sentence
(150-200 words)
- format -
font size, doublespace, indent, paper orientation
** essay -multi-paragraph writing, 3-6,7
paragraphs on a topic
“essay form” “in paragraphs” “multi-paragraph”
– means essay
essay- French “to try” , try to explain
something in full, attempt to describe a subject completely, endeavour to
explicate an idea
essay – an attempt to write a longer piece
that covers a topic well
From a paragraph to an essay- expand the
paragraph in to the essay.
Distribute photocopy
Model Paragraph #1 “Man’s Best Friend”
Model Essay #1 “Man’s Best Friend”
Model paragraph
Topic sentence
Body- supporting points
Supporting idea 1
-point
-subpoint
1
-subpoint
2
Supporting idea 2
-point
-subpoint
1 & subpoint 2
Supporting idea 3
-point
-subpoint
1
-subpoint
2
Concluding sentence- restate the topic
sentence
(150-200ww)
*The writer chose to not start with a grabber.
Starting with a grabber is a good idea.
Possible grabbers: ask a question, short
anecdote, fact or statistic, history, etc.
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