Organizing Essays

A thesis statement is...

• The topic of the text...background information.

• The topic of the essay...a restatement of the essay question/prompt

• Your opinion on the topic.

• A piece of evidence to support your answer.

True or False: Your essay should include an introduction and a conclusion.

• True

• False

The R.A.C.E. strategy stands for...

• Really, Always, Cite, Evidence

• Repeat, Answer, Cite, Everything

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

• Rudolph And Comet Exercise

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Explain means...

• Expand upon the quote and what it means

• Restate the quote in your own words

• Give more information about your answer.

• Expand or elaborate on why the evidence supports the question.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Background information about the text should be provided in which paragraph?

• Body

• Introduction

• Conclusion

Each body paragraph should be at least this many sentences...

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 10

A transition...

• Gives information leading into the next paragraph/topic.

• Connects paragraphs by restating the same thing over again.

• Is not needed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

True or False: Evidence or quotes from the text are found in the introduction and conclusion paragraph.

• True

• False

An introduction paragraph should have... (select all that apply)

• The prompt restated

• Evidence from the text

• The Genre,Title, and Author of the text

• Background information about the text.

An essay...

• always has the same length

• never has more than four paragraphs

• consists of one or multiple paragraphs

• always has five paragraphs