Thursday, February 19, 2015
Narrative Essay Pre-writing Activity
Tell the story of how you met your best friend by answering the following questions:
1- Who is
your best friend?
2- When did
you meet?
3- How did
you meet?
4- What were
your first impressions?
seventh assignment
How did you meet your best friend? Tell the
story of how you met your best friend. Include details about the place, the
events, and your first impressions
Narrative Essays
In narration, the writer tells a story about a series of events. First the writer has to tell the story clearly enough for the reader to follow what happened. Second, the writer has to tell the story dramatically enough to keep the readers' attention and interest. One way to keep a reader's attention is by describing the people and places in the story vividally. Generally, narratives are told chronologically, and they answer the six basic journalistic questions: Who?What?When?Where? Why and How? Narration often uses the first person (I,We) because the writer is recounting personal experience.
Brainstorming ideas about the college essay
Before you start writing your first draft, think of all the points that you can write about and describe in your essay such, location, buildings, people and how do you feel about the place.
Writing descriptive essays
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2536e5lw6hr103/E7-Descriptive-Essay-Guidelines.pdf?dl=0
Fifth assignement
Write a descriptive essay about a person you really admire. Please write multiple drafts after getting feedback from your peers.
Descriptive Essays (describing persons)
What is a descriptive essay?
The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader).
Essay Editing checklist
A)Content and organization:
Introduction:
1- Is the background information interesting?
Does it engage the reader?
2- Does it prepare the reader for the thesis?
3- Does the introduction provide a logical
progression toward the thesis?
4- Does it focus on, provide background for, or
lead into the thesis?
5- Is the Introduction adequately
developed?
6- Is the thesis a clear statement of the main
idea of the essay?
Body paragraphs:
1- Do the body paragraphs follow a logical order?
2- Is the relationship between paragraphs clear?
3-Are appropriate transitions used between paragraphs?
4- Is each topic sentence clear? Does it make one point that
supports the thesis?
5-Are there enough supporting sentences to explain or prove the topic
sentence?
6-Does each supporting sentence clearly develop the topic
sentence?
7-Are any supporting ideas repeated?
8-Is the order of supporting sentences clear and logical?
The concluding paragraph:
1- Does the conclusion summarize or tie together the essay?
2- Does it relate back to the hook or story used in the
introduction?
3- Does it introduce any new ideas that would confuse the reader?
B)Vocabulary and word choice:
1-
Is the language used convincing, clear and concise?
2-
Did the writer use appropriate vocabulary?
3-
Did the writer use correct and concise word choice?
C)Structure :
1-
Are all the sentences complete?
2-Can
any short, choppy sentences be improved by combining them?
3-Can
any long sentences be improved?
4-Can
any run-on sentences be more effectively
coordinated or
subordinated?
5-Does each verb
agree with its subject (Subject verb agreement)?
6-Are
all verb forms
correct and consistent?
8-Do all modifying words and phrases refer
clearly to the words they are intended to modify?
9- Did the writer use a
variety of sentence structure (simple, complex, compound, compound- complex)?
D) Mechanics:
1-Is each word spelled correctly?
2-Is the punctuation correct?
Fourth Assignment
Write an essay on your blogs about the advantages and disadvantages of the internet.
Conclusion Checklist
1- Does the conclusion summarize or tie together the essay?
2- Does it relate back to the hook or story used in the introduction?
3- Does it introduce any new ideas that would confuse the reader?
2- Does it relate back to the hook or story used in the introduction?
3- Does it introduce any new ideas that would confuse the reader?
The Concluding paragraph
The conclusion is the final paragraph in an essay. It has three purposes:
1- It signals the end of the essay.
2- It reminds your reader of your main points.
3- It leaves your reader with your final thoughts on the topic. This is your opportunity to convey a strong, effective message that your reader will remember.
1- It signals the end of the essay.
2- It reminds your reader of your main points.
3- It leaves your reader with your final thoughts on the topic. This is your opportunity to convey a strong, effective message that your reader will remember.
Body Paragraphs Editing checklist
1- Do the body paragraphs follow a logical order?
2- Is the relationship between paragraphs clear?
3- Are appropriate transitions used between paragraphs?
4- Is each topic sentence clear? Does it make one point that supports the thesis?
5-Are there enough supporting sentences to explain or prove the topic sentence?
6-Does each supporting sentence clearly develop the topic sentence?
7- Are any supporting ideas repeated?
8-Is the order of supporting sentences clear and logical?
9- Are the sentences varied in length and structure?
10-Is the vocabulary appropriate?
11- Is the language clear and precise?
2- Is the relationship between paragraphs clear?
3- Are appropriate transitions used between paragraphs?
4- Is each topic sentence clear? Does it make one point that supports the thesis?
5-Are there enough supporting sentences to explain or prove the topic sentence?
6-Does each supporting sentence clearly develop the topic sentence?
7- Are any supporting ideas repeated?
8-Is the order of supporting sentences clear and logical?
9- Are the sentences varied in length and structure?
10-Is the vocabulary appropriate?
11- Is the language clear and precise?
second assignment
Please Write two or three body paragraphs to support the following thesis statement:
Egypt
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Body Paragraphs Classroom Summary
A body paragraph is a group of related
sentences about a particular topic or idea directly relating to the
thesis. Because essays are composed of multiple body paragraphs, writing
and organizing good paragraphs is one of the most important aspects of creating
a well-organized and developed essay. The term body paragraph refers to any paragraph that follows the
introduction and comes before the conclusion. The majority of any essay
consists of multiple body paragraphs, and it is in these paragraphs where the
main information is presented.
Notes on the stages of the writing process
Pre-writing:
You should generate and brainstorm ideas deciding what type of
introduction you will use.
Draft:
You will write a rough draft putting your ideas on the blog
without concern for conventions. For a second draft, you will refine your first draft focusing on meaning and content rather than mechanics and
structure.
Peer feedback:
After writing your drafts on your blogs, you should read your colleagues drafts giving your feedback using the mini editing
checklist concerning writing introductions.
Revision:
You should revise your writing based on the feedback from peers and the tutor. You should revise drafts for clarity of meaning, content, coherence, logical order,
adding or deleting details.
Editing:
Now,you should check your work for
accuracy. You should edit it for grammar, spelling, punctuation, diction and sentence
structure.
Publishing and reflection:
In this stage, you should publish your final draft on your blog. You should
reflect on your weaknesses and strengths through out the writing process on the
blog.
Introduction Editing checklist
1- Is the background information interesting? Does it engage the reader?
2- Does it prepare the reader for the thesis?
3- Does the introduction provide a logical progression toward the thesis?
4- Does it focus on, provide background for, or lead into the thesis?
5- Is the Introduction adequately developed?
6- Is the thesis a clear statement of the main idea of the essay?
Source: Writing Resources from Paragraph to Essay
2- Does it prepare the reader for the thesis?
3- Does the introduction provide a logical progression toward the thesis?
4- Does it focus on, provide background for, or lead into the thesis?
5- Is the Introduction adequately developed?
6- Is the thesis a clear statement of the main idea of the essay?
Source: Writing Resources from Paragraph to Essay
First Assignment: Please write an introductory paragraph about the following thesis statements
write an introductory paragraph about the following thesis statements:
1- Egypt
2-A traditional marriage ceremony in my country is quite fascinating.
Classroom discussion summary about Introductory paragraphs
The first paragraph in an essay is called the introductory
paragraph. You need to lead the reader into the subject of the essay. The
purpose of the introductory paragraph is two-fold: to introduce the subject of
the essay to the readers and to get their attention.
There are four main types of
introductory paragraphs:
Brief anecdote
Interesting/ supporting fact or
statistic
Historical Introduction
General To specific
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