essay+writing

activity 1

, what are the key characteristics of excellent writing? idea,good grammar, What are additional keys to excellent writing in social studies? ccqs,take good notes

15 keys to excellent (social studies) essay writing:

ACTIVITY 3 i'm good at reading directions. but i have to improve my grammar and spelling. i don't really like to do essay ,but if i follow the 15 keys i will be more confortable to do one.my weakness is i can't built a strong paragraph. i don't really understand to provide the context
 * 1) Be knowledgeable about your content
 * 2) Read the directions / prompt / question carefully
 * 3) Brainstorm & Outline
 * 4) Have an appropriate title
 * 5) Directly answer the question / respond to the prompt
 * 6) Use a strong, clear thesis statement
 * 7) Prove your thesis statement throughout the essay
 * 8) Make sure your arguments are presented in an organized way
 * 9) Include evidence/examples //and// analysis of them
 * 10) Include key terms, academic vocabulary, appropriate research/documents/sources
 * 11) Provide context
 * 12) Acknowledge other POVs / opposing arguments (and disprove them, if possible)
 * 13) Use correct grammar and spelling
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure the paragraphs and sentences flow together, that it’s a smooth read
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finish with something profound
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Proofread and revise*

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ACTIVITY 4

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analyze means to take the essentials elements of a text yees i can analyze yes i do know no i can't which parts of essay writing does the 8-9 essay incorporate? In other words, when you read the requirements for an 8-9 essay for this particular prompt, what are you reminded about excellent writing in general? they were too short. you need to
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include evidence/examples //and// analysis of them
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include key terms, academic vocabulary, appropriate research/documents/sources
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide context


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next, read the characteristics of a 5-7 essay and answer: what are the main differences between an 8-9 essay and a 5-7 essay?

the diffferences are :
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brainstorm & Outline
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have an appropriate title
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Directly answer the question / respond to the prompt
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use a strong, clear thesis statement

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">activity 5: 5-7 essay has opposing arguments

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">yes i agree. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">activity 6.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Essay Structure

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Title__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – always have a title that you have created

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Intro Paragraph__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce the topic with a general topic sentence.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include a year or time frame.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide context: explain key background and related info for the time period and topic.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transition into a brief, general mention of the specific topic of the essay.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Thesis Statement__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> that clearly responds to the essay question or topic.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure the sentences connect, that the paragraph flows.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Body Paragraphs__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Break the essay into specific subtopics (which should have been mentioned in your thesis statement)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Begin each body paragraph with a TOPIC SENTENCE that is basically a thesis statement for that paragraph’s subtopic
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic sentences should bridge the previous paragraph (may require only one word to make a bridge (e.g. “also”))
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow general topic sentences with specific details, examples, evidence (from documents/research if applicable)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include key terms, names, dates, events, and data (#s)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ANALYZE your evidence and examples - why are they important? what do they show? So what?!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PROVE YOUR THESIS throughout each paragraph

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Conclusion Paragraph__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summarize some of the most important information from the essay.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Acknowledge opposing arguments (and refute, if possible).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Restate your thesis in different words.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explain why your topic is important in the big picture of history (so what?) and/or give a preview of what is or may be next to come...give your audience something strong to leave with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i'm good at reading directions. but i have to improve my grammar and spelling. i don't really like to do essay ,but if i follow the 15 keys i will be more confortable to do one.my weakness is i can't built a strong paragraph. i don't really understand to provide the context

activity 8: What is a thesis statement? A thesis statement is a consise description that asserts the position of an essay Why are thesis statements so important? because it's important thing in a essay.

the thesis essay 4 is about a political diplomatic. Thesis Statements a. What is my topic? b. What argument am I prepared to make? c. How can I state my argument as clearly and powerfully as possible? d. Is my statement a direct answer to the question or response to the prompt or claim about the topic?
 * 1) A thesis statement is an argument. It is a 1-2 sentence statement of the purpose of your essay: what will you be proving to the reader in the essay?
 * 2) It should be toward the end of an introductory paragraph and include enough specifics that the reader has a general idea of the key points you will make to support your biggest claim.
 * 3) Your thesis statement should likely be a compound sentence, including a preview of the major points you will make to support your big claim. So, instead of writing a simple thesis statement like "The end of World War II brought about major consequences" you should probably write something like "When World War II ended in 1945, the major consequences included the division of Germany, the start of the United Nations, and the beginning of the Cold War."
 * 4) To write your thesis, ask yourself 4 questions:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">define “compound sentence: A sentence that contains at least two independent causes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">explain why the second thesis statement example in #3 is better than the first ? because it has many independents cause.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">activity 10 explain the relationship between nationalism and sectionalism in 1850s America? nationalism is the belief that the whole nation's interests are more important than anyone states or regions interest. sectionalism: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt -27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choice 1: In 1850s America, nationalism was being overshadowing by growing sectionalist developments as the debate over the spread of slavery reached its highest points and set the stage for the start of the Civil War.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt -27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">activity 13


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the best fast food restaurant operating today? chinese food.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Should immigrants be allowed into the United States if they cannot speak basic English? yes because they can learn it
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Analyze the reasons for which some teenagers drop out of school? drugs alcohool


 * 1) Learn the commonly misspelled words: their vs. there vs. they're, are vs. our, led vs. lead, etc...and then pay attention to these in your work! Confusing Words.com!might be a helpful site for you.
 * 2) Don't use don't: DO NOT use conjunctions (don't, can't, won't, etc). Use do not, can not, will not, etc.
 * 3) Use __ACADEMIC LANGUAGE__: always use key terms AND words like significant, important, aspect, factor, etc. instead of words like big, thing, etc. and use the vocabulary of your topic, including key terms.
 * 4) Learn to write mostly in __compound sentences__, they are usually required in order to write thoughtfully.
 * 5) Become adept at using words and phrases such as: because, however, though, including, along with, for example, similar to, different than, etc...which help create compound sentences and good arguments.
 * 6) Avoid absolutes. Try not to use the words such as never, always, all, none, etc. Instead, use words like most, some, few, almost all, many, etc.
 * 7) Don't use "etc." Instead use "and others" or "and many more" or something similar.
 * 8) Use the __past tense__. Start in the past tense. Stay in the past tense. (You may need to write in another tense, but the key is to not jump around among tenses).
 * 9) Call historical figures by their full name once and then by their last name. Abraham Lincoln should be discussed as Abraham Lincoln once and then called Lincoln after that.
 * 10) Call Americans Americans. Don't call Americans "us" or "we".
 * 11) The United States is a country. Americans are people. A country is "it" whereas a people is "they."
 * 12) Don't use "I" or "In my opinion" or "The two topics I am choosing are _". Just write what you would write after those items.
 * 13) Learn the difference between "between" and "among." Between is for two items, among is for more than two.
 * 14) Every time you make a general point, support it with at least one example or piece of evidence.
 * 15) Recognize (and refute, if possible) at least one argument that opposes the one(s) you are making.