LESSON #3: Essay Writing and Test Hints

  • LESSON #3: Essay Writing and Test Hints

    Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to

    (1) choose an appropriate approach to reading a text to match the purpose of reading (e.g., scan to locate the relevant section in a text; skim to identify the main point;  increase speed in completing the OSSLT Test on time;

    (2)  Use the PEEL System to organize an essay outline.




    • GLOSSARY

      Here is a list of 5 words that will appear in today's class. If you don't know them, please insert them in your NOTEBOOK with a definition and an example of how it can be used in a sentence.

      1. enthusiastic (adjective)

      2. snowmobile (noun)

      3. Vatican (Noun)

      4. slur (verb)

      5. shame (verb form_to shame)

    • RESOURCE: Expressing an Opinion Assignment

      Download the resource "WRITING A SERIES OF PARAGRAPHS: Expressing an Opinion"

      USE THIS CHART in planning your series of paragraphs expressing an opinion

    • RESOURCE FOR READING SPEED ETC File

      OPEN THIS RESOURCE. IT WILL HELP IMPROVE YOUR READING SPEED AND COMPREHENSION

    • ACTIVITY 3.3: The Survivor's Club_ WORK IN TEAMS Assignment

      USING THE HINTS Document, read the brief text titled Night On A Bare Mountain and be prepared to answer the questions. MAKE NOTES - DON'T SUBMIT ANY WRITING

      1. Skim the 5 paragraphs first by yourself;

      2. Read the questions out loud to each other;

      3. Read the whole article quietly to yourself;

      4. Discuss the answers with your partner to reach an agreement.

      WE WILL TAKE UP THE ANSWERS ORALLY AS A CLASS.


    • 3.4 ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY: ESSAY OUTLINE (PEEL SYSTEM) Assignment

      Your Independent Work Assignment is to develop the outline for an Opinion Essay.

      ESSAY TOPICS

      DEVELOP THE OUTLINE  FOR AN OPINION ESSAY BASED ON ONE [1] OF THE FOLLOWING THREE TOPICS:

      1.     Homework should be abolished after Grade 11.

      2.     Only people who have a college or university degree can be successful.

      3.     Our childhood years (the time from birth to 12 years of age) are the most important years of our lives.

      USE THE PEEL SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE YOUR ESSAY:

      Your outline should have three (3) specific POINTS that are clearly EXPLAINED with details, supported by EVIDENCE (examples, facts, statistics etc) and LINK back clearly to your opinion (which is your essay THESIS)

      The PEEL System Doc and the Blank Chart (EXAMPLE ONLY!) can be downloaded below.

      POST YOUR OUTLINE at least 2 hours before the next class begins