Improving Your Essay Writing Skills

Improving Your Essay Writing Skills

Objective

In this lesson, we’ll learn how to improve our essays and manage our time better.

What Does the Question Ask?

Everyone under the age of 7 should have a 9 pm curfew. Do you agree?

You should think about:

• How bedtime affects children

• What families do in the evenings

• Different rules for weekdays and weekends

How to Generate Ideas Quickly

Tip 1: Use a mind map to quickly jot down ideas related to the question.

Tip 2: Think about your own experience or what you know about the topic.

Organising Your Ideas

• Introduction: Briefly state your opinion.

• Body Paragraphs:

  • Paragraph 1: Health benefits of a 9 pm curfew.

  • Paragraph 2: Family routines and flexibility.

  • Paragraph 3: Different rules for weekdays and weekends.

• Conclusion: Summarise your main points.

How to Write Efficiently

Tip 1: Spend 5 minutes planning before you start writing.

Tip 2: Write your introduction and conclusion last, focusing on body paragraphs first.

Tip 3: Allocate time for each section (e.g., 10 minutes per paragraph).

Using Better Words

• Replace simple words with more descriptive ones (e.g., “good” with “beneficial”).

• Use connectives to link ideas (e.g., “however,” “therefore”).

Check Your Essay

• Checklist:

  • Did I answer the question?

  • Are my ideas clear and organised?

  • Did I use proper grammar and punctuation?

Before You Submit

• Read through your essay one last time.

• Make any final edits for clarity and correctness.

• Ensure that you stayed on topic.

Ready to Improve?

• Apply what you’ve learned and try again.

• Practice makes perfect, and this is a chance to do better.

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you should do before writing your essay?

• Write the introduction

• Plan your ideas

• Start with the conclusion

• Write as much as possible

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best way to quickly generate ideas?

• Use a mind map

• Write full sentences

• Start with the conclusion

• Copy someone else’s essay

Multiple Choice

What should your introduction include?

• A detailed explanation of your points

• Your main opinion on the topic

• A list of all your ideas

• A summary of the conclusion

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to have different bedtimes for weekdays and weekends?

• To make sure children don’t stay up too late

• Because school nights need more sleep

• To allow children to enjoy more free time on weekends

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How should you structure the body paragraphs of your essay?

• Randomly write ideas

• Discuss one main idea in each paragraph

• Repeat the introduction

• Use only one paragraph