Tuesday, June 4, 2013

ENG1D

Having problems with your essay?

Start with these steps for success:

Brainstorming ideas - about your topic area - ie cruelty, perseverance, selflessness, desperation, rebelliousness, etc

A thesis is an argument or point of view ABOUT YOUR TOPIC AREA - it is a specific slant or approach to some aspect of that topic area - you need to have some kind of answer to “so what?” in advance - you can’t just present information about your topic area

eg - Cruelty is in the book and in the real world. What about it?

eg Lauren - Cruelty is in the book and in the real world - Thesis Point to Prove - it hurts EVERYONE, not just the victim - it hurts the cruel person!

What you’re doing is taking the information, taking the obvious points and ADDING YOUR OWN THINKING AND IDEA - there’s a spin you’re putting on the info from the book, from the real world (or from the Bible)

Write down our main ways of proving that spin, that thesis, that approach.

eg Laine -    

Essay Skeleton - once you make this you can also

Collect references from the source material (Exodus, news, a case study, etc)

How do I write an Intro?

You can’t write an intro until you know exactly what you’re going to prove.

THIS ABOVE IS WHY PEOPLE STRUGGLE UP FRONT

General Comment about the topic area, OR the novel, OR something to do with your specific point

It doesn’t have to be about your thesis specifically, it should LEAD to it.

THEN give your thesis. You can discuss it a bit.

THEN briefly state your two or three Areas of Discussion.

6. What is an area of discussion? It’s one of the ways you can prove your thesis.

eg - Mr. Lobb is a bad teacher and he has a negative effect on young people. - (thesis)

Possible AoD - He is physically and mentally aggressive.

That AoD will have: explanation, examples, reasoning.  AND CONNECTION back to thesis.

Selflessness 

AoD - Being selfless is difficult -
Explanation - how it was difficult and why
Example - from the story - briefly discuss When her family was dead but she carried on and tried to help others.

Reasoning - the why

Connection how it shows that she struggled with it.