essay writing

What is a thesis?

• The main idea of the paragraph

• The main idea or argument for the whole essay

• the central message of the story

• the lesson the characters learned

Which of these would most likely be a reliable and credible source for an essay?

• wikipedia.org

• amazon.com

• facebook.com

• scientificamerican.com

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an essay hook?

• A way to catch fish

• the main idea of the essay

• a way to grab the reader's interest

• a way to catch essays

Which punctuation marks can go at the end of a sentence?

• .

• ?

• !

• punctuation marks are optional

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

What does the following combination do?

• highlight/select all

• change color

• bold

• underline

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does the following combination do?

• zig zag effect

• undo

• delete

• copy

What does the following combination do?

• copy

• bold

• highlight/select all

• paste

What does the following combination do?

• clear

• copy

• change color

• capitalize

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Text evidence should always be...

• claimed as my own writing

• from the internet

• paraphrased (written in my own words)

• "quoted"

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Text on your slides should be...

• my whole essay copied and pasted

• bulleted

• one big paragraph

• random text I found on the internet

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7