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FFree Write
The Essayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Xcn7LIXzg
Relevancy
Why do we have you write the formal essay?Why do you need to learn the skills required
to write a formal essay?
Why?
•Formal tone – sound educated•Analysing
•Connections – text to text, text to world, text to self
•Organizing thoughts - flow•Clarifying
Some students want tocombines elements of writing – sentence, grammar, critical thinking, basically the
entire courseeffective communication – all professions
organize thoughtspresent ideas to sway audience
critique literaturereal world – business presentation – emails,
mission statementsscience labs
What does Andrew Marvell want?http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/coy.htm
Pre-Assessment
What do you already know about the essay and essay writing?With which types of essays are you familiar?What is the easiest part of the process?What is the most challenging part of the process?
Purpose
•Narration – tell a story•Description – create a sensory picture
•Exposition – explain or inform•Argument/Persuasion - convince
Narration in Non-fiction writing
• Tell a true story• Anedotes – great support for a thesis• Everyone loves a good story• Sequence of events – chronological or
flashback• Transitions – next, after, as soon as, then,
finally• Point of view – be consistent• Setting – dates, places
Thesis
•Argument•“Destination” – Canadian Content, Intro•Controls the paper•Everything relates back to the thesis•Placement – beginning or end, sometimes
in the middle•Explicit or implicit•Rubric – Knowledge and Thinking
“Eternal Glimpse”
1. What is thesis?2. How do you know this essay has narration?3. How are the events arranged?4. What is the point of view?5. Is this narration a good support for the thesis? Explain your anwer.
Read a narrative essay.
Baba and MeEscape to Paradise
DeficitsOnly Little Girls Skip
How I learned to appreciate...
Brainstorming
•Free writing on the thesis•Mind mapping•Dot jot of ideas•What comes to mind? How easy will this
thesis be to defend?
Outline
•Graphic organizer, loose-leaf page, word document– what works best for you?
•Thesis •Dot jot points, proofs (quotations and
page references), explanation•Consider organization – strong point,
weakest point, strongest point
Outline cont'd
Include topic sentences – Why?Each topic sentence must relate to thesis
Quotations – Why?Context for each quotation
Outline
•Graphic organizer, loose-leaf page, word document– what works best for you?
•Thesis •Dot jot points, proofs (quotations and
page references), explanation•Consider organization – strong point,
weakest point, strongest point
Rough Draft
•Complete sentences•Paragraph structure•Topic and concluding sentences•Link paragraphs with transition words or
repetition of words
Editing•Explore spell check suggestions.•Make sure you have avoided “I think,”
“You,” slang and any other informal language.
•Read aloud to catch awkward sentences, missing words, typos.
•Get a trustworthy editor – what parts are not fully explained? What questions does your editor have? Consider what should be changed. Maintain your own voice – your paper should sound like you.
Final Copy
•Title page – title of your essay (not the title of your novel) goes in the centre; your name, date, teacher’s name, course go in bottom right corner
•Double space•Bibliography
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