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E&BE lesson 5-presentations- introductions

- paragraphs

- conclusions

- essay feedback

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Individual essays

Grammar and vocabulary

Use of academic language

Use of signal, transition and connection words

Thesis statements

Outlines

Introductions

Paragraphs

Conclusions

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To be dealt with later on

Punctuation

Quotating, referencing, paraphrasing,

summarizing (next week)

This will be dealt with later on. For now, focus

on how to structure an essay.

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Peer feedback

Use the peer feedback form!

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paragraphs No subheadings

Indent or leave space

Check with every paragraph:

How does it relate to the thesis statement? Do different paragraphs deal with different

subtopics? Are the divided well?

Does every paragraph have good topic statement

that covers the content? Does every paragraph end with a concluding

sentence?

What kind of paragraph is it?

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Summarize your essay:

Take the thesis statement

Take the first sentences of your paragraphs and

conclusion

Do you have a good summary now?

For a longer summary, add the last sentences of

your paragraphs as well.

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Kinds of body paragraphs Narrative paragraph

Presents events in chronological order.

Desciptive paragraphCommunicates how something looks, sounds or feels

Exemplification paragraph

Supports the topic statement with specific examples

Process paragraphs

Describe how something works,, presenting steps in chronological order Cause-and-effect paragraphs

Explores causes or predicts or describes results

Comparison paragraphs

Examine similarities and contrasts between subjects

Transitional paragraph

Summarize what you already have writte nbefore before you move on to a new point. Devision / classification paragraph

Takes a single item and breaks it into parts.Take many seperated items and groupthem into categories,comparing and contrasting them with each other

Definition paragraph

Defining something by telling a story or explain how it works.

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Transition points to link your paragraphs

For listing different points

First Second Third

For counter examples

However Even though On the other hand

Nevertheless

For additional ideas

Another In addition to Related to Furthermore Also To show cause and effect

Therefore Thus As a result of Consequently

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signpostingFirstly, this assignment examines ... (your topic) and its links with ... (your first

idea) Next, it closely examines ... in relation to ... (your next idea) Finally, itfocuses on ... and how this affects ...(your next idea)

One aspect which illustrates ... (your topic) can be identified as ... (the idea youwant to develop)

To further understand the role of ...(your topic or your previous idea) this sectionexplores the idea that ... (introduce your new idea)

In contrast to evidence which presents the view that ... (mention your previousidea) an alternative perspective illustrates that ... (introduce your contrasting

idea)

This evidence highlights that ... (sum up your idea)

To conclude, this assignment has addressed a number of significant issues whichshow that ... (mention the conclusions you have drawn)

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Introductions

Catchy opening?

From broad to narrow?

About 6-9 sentences? Thesis statement as last sentence?

Does the thesis statement present a specific

point of view? Does the introduction raise interest /

curiosity?

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Introduction 1: Television commercials have been an important type of

advertising for a long time. The first commercial ever to beshown on television was in the United States at 14:29 on July1, 1941. The Bulova Watch Company paid nine dollars to NewYork City network WNBT for a ten-second spot, which airedbefore a baseball game. Nowadays commercial breaks bring ina lot more than that. In the USA, a half-minute television

commercial before a popular baseball-match costs about $2.4million. And commercials on television channels like ABC, CBSand NBS annually yield nearly ten billion dollars! As you cansee, entrepreneurs invest a lot of money in commercials. Butin fact, a part of this money is wasted. In this essay Im going to

discuss the use of commercials in general and specifically theeffect of irritating commercials. Although viewers do not seemto appreciate television commercials, their purchasing patterndoes get influenced by them.

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Introduction 2:Despite the fact that listening to the radio is not the primary

activity most of the times and is quite different from other ways

of advertising, it is still an effective medium for commercials andadvertising. There is not a lot known about advertising on theradio and when people think of advertising, most of the timesthey think about television or other media that do have thevisual aspect. About ninety percent of the Dutch people of the

age thirteen and above listen to the radio at least once a week.This is an impressive number and it could be assumed that radiois an important medium for national advertising campaigns. Thisis not true. Only a small part of the budget for nationalcampaigns is spent on radio advertising. The effectiveness of a

radio commercial is determined by the times the listener gets incontact with the commercial, the advantages radio has,compared to other media and the relation between themessage in a commercial and its background music.

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Introduction 3:

I know that to some of you in this audience, and to the Jewish community atlarge, it sometimes seems that the United Nations served all the worlds

peoples but one: the Jews

(Kofi Annan, speaking to the American Jewish Committee, December 1999).

This is what Kofi Annan said to the American Jewish committee, an organizationthat works to protect and strengthen Jews and Jewish life all over the world.This is quite a remarkable statement, especially because it was made by thesecretary-general of the United Nations. Indeed, it expresses the feelings of alot of Jews who feel neglected by the world community, and more specificallyby the United Nations.

These feelings actually seem justified; the UN indeed take on a biased attitudeagainst the state of Israel. This research paper will provide argumentation forthis statement. Attention will be paid to Israels accession into the UnitedNations and, more importantly, its position in the United Nations. A look atthe statistics will give a good impression of the situation, and some particularresolutions will be highlighted. The status of the Palestine LiberationOrganizations in the United Nations will also be discussed.

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Introduction 4:

There is a great way to improve your health! It

helps you to lose weight, get physically activeand reduce the risk of developing alzheimer. Allthis is accomplished by watching lesstelevision. Television is popular. A very lot oftime is spent on it, being easy entertainment.But it is still very unhealthy. Therefore: becausetelevision viewing is unhealthy in a number of

ways, and not much healthy aspects oftelevision viewing can be found, the greatamounts of time spent on watching televisionshould be greatly reduced.

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Conclusions

Should logically follow from the body of the paper, andbriefly cover all aspects mentioned.

Should not merely be a summary

Should not introduce new points or arguments

Should be in tune with your introduction/thesisstatement

Usually consist of one paragraph

Should add to the strength of your essay. Strategies:

PredictionWarning

Recommendation for action

Quotation

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Homework

Hand in essay / peer feedback on time!

Deadline Sunday 17th of March

Write refelection of your presentation and put

it in dropbox / email it to me.

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Quiz

1 Spell the word without any mistakes

2 subway is an American word. What is it in

British English?

3 Name the previous two popes.

4 A dictator (85 years old) was sentenced to life

imprisonment yesterday for crimes against

humanity. From what country is he?

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