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Teaching Students How to Write

Not Mission ImpossibleEfrat Zipor February 2010

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An Essay PhotoTitle

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Run-On Sentences

'Danielle went down town yesterday and ran into Shanni ,

they decided to go to the mall and try on outfits

for the party on Friday, after they had done that

they went looking for shoes and then they had lunch

together, then they saw Ami, one of their friends,

and so they all sat together and talked about how

boring English classes are…'

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Topic Sentences – First Sentence Studies show that eating too much fast food is fattening,

addictive and unhealthy. This is true for several reasons.

First of all, the large amount of sugar in soft drinks causes

cavities, which is especially bad for teenagers. Second,

health experts point out that the calcium builds bone mass

during adolescence and that the best source of calcium is

milk. However, many teenagers are substituting milk with

soda which has no calcium. Moreover, fast foods lack many

nutrients that are important to the body.

(Adapted from Insights, Eric Cohen Books)

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Topic Sentences – Last Sentence

She had long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. She was

good at about everything – history, languages and even

math. In addition, she made friends quite easily and seemed

to be loved by practically everyone. Jane was simply one of

those people you really wanted to hate but couldn't.

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A Paragraph Check-List

1. a key sentence

2. detail sentences

3. one or two connectors

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An Essay-Plan

1. Introducing the topic

2. "Meat"

3. "Meat"

4. Conclusion + extra (optional)

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An Essay Check-List

1. paragraphs (didn't forget to use them; didn't start "new lines")

2. opening, "meat", conclusion

3. a connector at the beginning of each paragraph

4. basic grammar ok