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Essay Length Comparison
Compare short and long-style essays using the following information:
Your body paragraphs should give reasons and evidence to support your thesis. As you outline your body paragraphs, make sure you include clear topic sentences that support your thesis.
Shorter essays may only need 2-3 body paragraphs. Longer essays may need more body paragraphs.
Consider the following example:
This short essay only has two body paragraphs. When you have a fewer number of body paragraphs it is especially important that they are well developed with detail.
In longer essays development is still important. Your body paragraphs should explain how or why your thesis sentence is true by giving reasons and evidence. As you plan each of your body paragraphs, remember that using sources will make your writing more credible and interesting. Use sources properly so that you do not plagiarize. Each of your body paragraphs should have citations.
It may be helpful to divide your essay into sections when you outline an essay that will be longer than 2-4 pages. Thinking about the sections may be similar to how you would write a single paragraph for a shorter essay.
The topic sentences still do the same thing that topic sentences usually do. Notice that in this example, the topic sentences work together to show that the thesis is true.
In both short and long essays body paragraphs serve the same function--to provide explanation with reasons and details to support the thesis statement idea.
Essay Exercises for Multi-section Esssays
Use the topic sentences to complete the thesis for this outline.
Thesis statement: The accidental discovery of Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army was ____________.
Restatement of thesis:
Give advice to the author of this student outline.
Thesis: The Independence's day of Mexico has been the best achievement in their history due to the fact they achieved the freedom, territory, and an entire country.
*Alternative Exercises are not in student textbooks.
Pecha Kucha Presentation
Pecha Kucha is a style of presentation (present 20 images, each for 20 seconds). The design is meant to give a powerful "show and tell" about a person or a topic they are passionate about. To help students get started with their general personal statement, have them create a written Pecha Kucha. Students should choose 20 images and write 20 words about each. Emphasize choosing the best words since the space is limited. This can be adjusted to be a collaborative assignment with the listening speaking teacher in the track as well.
Interview Prep
Elevator Pitch
Anecdotal Support
Special Interest Committee Report
Storyline Domino Effect
Wheel of Consequences
Commerical Analysis
Use a commercial playlist or other commercial compilation for students to determine if ethos, pathos, or logos is used.
Daily Universe Op-Ed
This or That Integrated
Devil's Advocate
Timed Writing Revision
Skill Area Integration
Prompt and Rubric Analysis
Forced Time Schedule
Source Search Demo
Quote Introductions
What Did They Say?