How to write an Essay????

1. How to write an Essay???? Super useful, Cause Forgie says so!

2. But why? Boring…. boooooo • Just because is not an answer! • Essays are useful throughout school and life! • I still have to write essays now, as an adult, who has a job! • Writing grade nine essays will help you make up a valuable basis necessary to manage other more complicated papers that you will be dealing with later in your academic career.

3. What type of essays are there? • Narrative essays • It is one of the basic types of 9th grade essays, and you should learn its essentials as soon as possible. In a few words, when writing narrative essays your major mission boils down to creating stories. • Descriptive essays • This is another very popular type of 9th grade essays. Basically, you will have to describe things, starting from objects to some phenomena and situations. • Cause and effect essays • Writing this type of grade 9 essays means you will have to deal with some problems, events, investigate, and explain their causes and effects. • Research Paper • The most complicated type of 9th grade essays is a research paper. Don’t fret, help is on the way!

4. Basics • Essay structure • All essays share the same basic structure, although they may differ in content and style. • The essence of an essay is an opinion, expressed as a thesis statement or proposition, and a logical sequence of arguments and information organized in support of the proposition.

5. Introduction • An introduction should begin with a broad opening statement that establishes the context of your essay. • Good questions: Who, What, When, Where, How and/or Why • Its really important that your introduction tells the reader where you will be going, so mention what is coming up in the essay • By the end of the introduction, the focus is narrowed down to the thesis statement or argument

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7. Evidence paragraphs • Generally each paragraph should develop one idea only – also known as the controlling idea • This idea can be summarized in a topic sentence. • The controlling idea should be developed in the rest of the paragraph with relevant factual details, examples, explanations, definitions, or research data

8. Evidence paragraphs • Try to ensure that you have no less than three sentences per paragraph • Sentences with in the paragraph should be well linked so connections between them are obvious • Paragraphs should be arranged in a logical sequence and should also be well linked

9. Evidence paragraphs • Connections can be made between sentences and between paragraphs by using signposts or transitional words and phrases to indicate change, comparison or agreement. • First supporting statement (ss1) sentences developing ss1 (definitions, explanations, evidence, or agreement • Second supporting statement (ss2) sentences developing ss2 • Third supporting statement (ss3) sentences developing ss3

10. Hamburger theory

11. conclusion • Conclusions round off your essays. They remind the reader of all your main points and explain the significance of the argument • The concluding paragraph of and essay should include • A narrow statement relating the conclusion to the proceeding paragraph • The restatement of the proposition or thesis statement • A brief summary of the main points made in the essay • A final broad statement on the significance of the argument , and, if is appropriate, its implications • Your conclusion should not just be a list of the main points you have made

12. Draw • Draw an object that reminds you of how to structure an essay!

13. Library • For the rest of the week we are in the library doing research for our essay • You need to look for research on • Natural factors of hurricane Katrina • Human factors of hurricane Katrina • Data, stats, about damage, money, dates and times. • You need to know and understand hurricane Katrina • You will get your essay question in class.

14. Library • Reasons for the library • Use of the library books and online collection • Use of computers to do goggle scholar search and internet search