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Why do students drop out of school?

How can this problem be solved?

Enda Tuomey

Click here for www.writefix.com

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Step by step

• Plan• Vocabulary• Ideas• Organize ideas• Layout• Introduction and Conclusion

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Plan

• Don’t start writing• Make a plan on paper• Spend 5 minutes planning

– Vocab– Ideas– Organize ideas– Layout– Intro and Conclusion

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Vocabulary

• Think of synonyms (words which mean the same)

• Think of related words and phrases• Change

– nouns to verbs– verbs to nouns– adjectives to nouns, etc

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Students drop out of school…

• Synonyms– drop out = leave early, fail to complete,

not complete, do not finish– school = education, schooling

• Verbs to Nouns: – drop out = early leavers– solve = solution– school = education

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Ideas: Write- don’t organize

• Doesn’t like school• Doesn’t have money• Lazy, wants to play• Has to get married• Has failed some subjects• Thinks school is boring• Has learning problems

• Problems from father• Culture or society• Peer pressure• Already has job• School is boring• Has to work• Does not see benefit

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• Doesn’t like school• Doesn’t have money• Lazy, wants to play• Has to get married• Has failed some subjects• Thinks school is boring• Has learning problems

• Problems from father• Culture or society• Peer pressure• Already has job• School is boring• Has to work• Does not see benefit

Group related ideas

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• Doesn’t like school• Doesn’t have money• Lazy, wants to play• Has to get married• Has failed some subjects• Thinks school is boring• Has learning problems

• Problems from father• Culture or society• Peer pressure• Already has job• School is boring• Has to work• Does not see benefit

Group related ideas

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• Doesn’t like school• Doesn’t have money• Lazy, wants to play• Has to get married• Has failed some subjects• Thinks school is boring• Has learning problems

• Problems from father• Culture or society• Peer pressure• Already has job• School is boring• Has to work• Does not see benefit

Group related ideas

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• Doesn’t like school• Doesn’t have money• Lazy, wants to play• Has to get married• Has failed some subjects• Thinks school is boring• Has learning problems

• Problems from father• Culture or society• Peer pressure• Already has job• School is boring• Has to work• Does not see benefit

One idea in two groups?

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Aim for Three Groups!

• Social – Lazy, wants to play– Peer pressure– No support from family

• Academic– School is boring– Has failed some subjects– Has learning problems

• Financial– Has to work– Wants a car– Wants to get married

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Write topic sentences

• Many students drop out of school for family reasons

• Social pressures are another cause

• Some students do not complete school because of reasons related to workwork

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Get the paragraph ideas

• Many students drop out of school for family reasons.

– get married

– no benefit from education

– family businesses

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Write full paragraph

• Many students drop out of school for family reasons. Some parents want their children to get married early. Other parents do not see the value or benefit of education. Some families want their children to work in family businesses, and think that the children do not need a qualification.

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Layout

• Two Layouts

IntroProblem 1: SolutionProblem 2: SolutionProblem 3: SolutionConclusion

IntroProblemsSolutionsConclusion

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Why do students drop out of school?

How can this problem be solved?

Enda Tuomey

Click here for www.writefix.com