P1 EF71011 Class 38

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Animal Farm collect novels

·      Essay Plan

·      Five-paragraph essay to pass in

 

Wednesday, April 15

·      Review

·      Fun things

 

Thursday, April 16

·      Return essay

RW for 1 point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

You can decide if you want to do the replacement quiz or test.

This is for the people who haven’t done it yet.

Replacement quiz- six sentence combining

Replacement test- paragraph

 

Friday, April 17- final day

·      One-on-one meetings, final marks and comments

·      You can just chill. You can hang out and relax.

 

Quarter 4 begins on Thursday, April 23^rd.

 

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5-paragraph essays typically consist of an introductory paragraph, three supporting body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. For example, if someone was writing a 5 paragraph essay on why basketball is the best sport ever, their essay structure might look like this:

 

Introductory paragraph

Body paragraph 1- Reason 1

Body paragraph 2- Reason 2

Body paragraph 3- Reason 3

Concluding paragraph

 

The introductory paragraph should give a preview of what’s to come without giving it away. Each body paragraph should have supporting information, such as stories, facts, statistics, and more. The concluding paragraph should summarize the key points.

 

This is like following a recipe. I think about writing like cooking. A beginner writer has to follow a recipe very closely. When you get some experience cooking, you don’t need the recipe book anymore.

 

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.

 

There are lots of different kinds of essays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan first!

Then write.

 

1.PREWRITING – planning your essay, making a little plan to organize what you want to say in each paragraph in your essay

 

2.WRITING- actually writing the sentences and paragraphs

 

PLOs- Writing and Representing

C1- “using conventions, forms, and structures of writing”

*simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences-

verb tense, verb form, punctuation, spelling

 

C5- “generate, develop, and organize ideas”

*clearly organized clear plan, on-topic