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ESSAY WRITING

ESSAY WRITING. A BRIEF...ACTUALLY LONG OVERVIEW. THEY ARE POINTLESS . THEY’RE DIFFICULT. THEY ARE STRESSFUL. Why?. SCARED OF FAILING???. THEY’RE BORING. IT IS YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR ASSESSMENT IS ASKING OF YOU! .

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ESSAY WRITING

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  1. ESSAY WRITING A BRIEF...ACTUALLY LONG OVERVIEW

  2. THEY ARE POINTLESS THEY’RE DIFFICULT THEY ARE STRESSFUL Why? SCARED OF FAILING??? THEY’RE BORING

  3. IT IS YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR ASSESSMENT IS ASKING OF YOU! • For any subject, you are assessed on criteria. They will be different for different subjects and different teachers. • But if you know what your marker/teacher/assessor wants it makes the process easier.

  4. RUBRICS • In English we use rubrics

  5. WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASSESSED ON THIS TIME : • Introduction • Body paragraphs • Conclusion • Knowledge of text • Mechanics of language

  6. ESSAY PLANNING AND WRITING

  7. PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO A WELL STRUCTURED ESSAY • To not plan is to disadvantage yourself from the outset. • OTHERWISE You and your marker will find themselves...

  8. Your Turn - Practice Essay! To what extent does Christof genuinely care for Truman? OR Do you think that Christof is right to prevent Truman entering the real world?

  9. 1.UNDER LINE KEY WORDS • 2. SYNONYMS FOR KEY WORDS • 3. QUESTION THE QUESTION • 4. REWRITE TOPIC IN YOUR OWN WORDS • 5. MINIPLAN ….

  10. 5. MINI PLAN Short Answer to essay question or statement of what you will argue Change to Contention in formal, direct language Main reasons - aim for at least three, more if you can TS, LS & egs Truman wants to travel and leave Seahaven - it’s wrong not to allow him this freedom 2. TS, LS & egs Truman wants real relationships and emotions, not ones with actors that are scripted and manipulated 3. TS, LS & egs Christof seems to care more about ratings and the future of the show than Truman’s happiness and rights. 4. TS, LS & egs Christof does love Truman but in a paternalistic way. He thinks he is doing the right thing, trying to protect him but he is not.

  11. 6. WRITING INTRODUCTIONS • Author, title • General opening sentence that relates to the question • Clearly respond to the topic • Signpost your body paragraphs • Clearly state your contention • Possible incorporation of a quote/s

  12. Do you think that Christof is right to prevent Truman entering the real world? The Truman Show directed by Peter Weir shows the connection of reality television to modern society through a television show called ‘The Truman Show.’ In this television show, the protagonist and ‘star’ of the show, Truman Burbank, has his life manipulated and filmed on an island inhabited by actors since his birth. Christof utilises every possible technique to prevent Truman entering the real world as he fails to regard the wishes of Truman, cares mainly about the success of the show rather than Truman’s happiness and manipulates not only Truman’s life but also his emotions. At times, Christof does show a genuine desire to protect Truman from harm, but his paternalistic love is ultimately not enough to prevent Truman from wanting to discover the real world for himself, to live his own life and follow his own dreams, not those created for him and controlled by Christof. Director, title General opening sentence that relates to the question Clear response to the question Signpost your body paragraphs Clearly state your contention Possible incorporation of a quote

  13. STYLES OF INTROS • Brief, main argument (contention) at the end • Longer, more detailed • Focuses on the quote (if the topic contains a quote) • Main argument in the second sentence

  14. 7. BODY PARAGRAPHS Topic Sentence (T) Evidence (E) Explain (E) Link (L)

  15. TOPIC SENTENCES State what the paragraph will be about, clearly showing how this relates to the topic - ALWAYS REREAD THE QUESTION AFTER YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE. Ask yourself, does the TS clearly relate to the question and your arguments? If not, rewrite it.

  16. For which paragraphs on your plan could you use these TSs? At the end of the film when Truman and Christof ‘meet’ for the first time, Christof tries to convince Truman that he is trying to protect Truman and that he is better off staying in Seahaven. Truman was adventurous from a young age but Christof had to contrive ways of dissuading him from wanting to go out exploring the world. When Truman discovers that all the relationships in his life are with actors pretending to be his friend, his wife, his mother, his everything, he is devastated and goes in search of the only person who ever told him the truth, Sylvia. As director of the longest running reality tv show in history, Christof tries everything to stop Truman finding out the truth and leaving Seahavenand bringing his show to an end.

  17. EVIDENCE & EXPLANATION Find evidence in the text (eg. Quotes) and explain how it supports your contention - Choose only evidence that backs up your argument, nothing that might undermine it - Choose evidence that demonstrates complexity and depth Eg. When (insert context/incident/filmic device) (insert quote-change it to fit sentence structure) (insert explanation).

  18. LINK Your Linking Sentence must show the connection between + Your Contention in the Introduction The Topic in your Body Paragraph

  19. (T) Truman was adventurous from a young age but Christof had to contrive ways of dissuading him from wanting to go out exploring the world. (E) For example, at school in Geography, Truman’s teacher tells him that there is nothing left in the world to be discovered. When Truman is older, however, Christof takes this manipulation much further by writing the ‘death’ of Truman’s father at sea into the show. (E) This devastating event in Truman’s young life creates in him a fear of water, thereby controlling him for the rest of his life, stopping him from being able to leave Seahaven, despite his wanderlust and desire to seek freedom outside of Seahaven. (L) Truman eventually battles with and overcomes his fear, asserting his own will to show Christofhe is no longer under his control, but the way Christof plays with Truman’s emotions and life, as though he is a toy, not a human being, is cruel and wrong.

  20. Next… 8. THE CONCLUSION • Restate your contention, explaining briefly how you have shown it to be true in your body paragraphs. This is a summary of your argument. • End with a strong statement, preferably concise (short and to the point)

  21. Finally… 9. PROOF READING & EDITING Re-read your draft looking for improvements in: • Punctuation (Capital letters, full stops, quote marks) • Spelling • Use of TEEL • Presentation

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