Writing Course Part 1

PART 1 Writing Course

SKILLS

Know the structure of a fiveparagraph essay Know the purpose of the introduction and conclusion Know that there are three paragraphs in the main body of the essay Know the overall function of the colour-code system Place the paragraphs in a table and use the table for structure Place the essay in a writing frame and use the writing frame for structure See writing course part 4, page 191, for the basic structure of essay writing by colour codes.

GET TO KNOW THE WRITING TOOLS PART 1, page 50 Understand essay structure colour-code system PART 2, page 96 ACTION Plan to establish focus and keep the red thread Purple for research question/thesis statement Pink for topic sentence Pink for concluding sentence PART 3, page 138 Yellow for supporting arguments to the main idea Green for evidence with source PART 4, page 190 Blue for discussion points PART 5, page 244 Finalise the structure Purple for summary of thesis statementVurderingseksemplar WRITING KEY WORDS

1 Make a key word summary of the five parts in the summary essay on pages 48–49: introduction, main body part 1, 2 and 3 and conclusion

SPEAKING

In groups: 2 Compare your key word summaries and discuss whether the summary essay includes what you remember from the chapter. 3 Study and discuss the structure of the summary essay. What does it teach you about the five-part essay structure? 4 Study the following writing terms. a Try to explain what they mean in English. b Translate the writing terms into Norwegian. main body, paragraph, introduction, topic sentence, structure, conclusion, linking words, colour coding

Understand Essay Structure and Colour-Code System

Writing essays can be tedious work. It can be stressful to figure These colour codes will assist you in writing and organising your essay. Writing Course Part 1 helps you understand both the structure of a five-paragraph essay and the colour-code system for developing each paragraph. 1

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various forskjellige/ulike convincing overbevisende/ overtydande overall overordnede/ overordna purpose hensikt/føremål GO ONLINE Even Storm Troopers follow building instructions. A five-paragraph essay should look exactly like the summary essays in Action. Five solid paragraphs. Do not press “enter” to change a line and add space, unless you mark a new paragraph. The essay always starts with an introduction to get the reader interested in the topic, then follows with the main part of three main paragraphs before the conclusion summarises the main points. Have you ever tried building with Legos or bricks? If so, then you know that Legos can be used for building everything from a simple house or car to huge structures such as castles or spaceships (1). Your creations depend on how you follow the instructions and combine bricks (2). Think of your essay as a Lego structure. The text is made up of five different types of bricks – purple, pink, yellow, green and blue – which each have a specific function or meaning. If you follow the instructions and learn how to combine the bricks, it will be easy to structure and write essays by colour codes. ACTION Vurderingseksemplar

5 Discuss in pairs: a What kind of essays have you written before vocational studies? b What have you learned about essay writing before vocational studies? c What are the challenges and possibilities of essay writing? d What is the function of the introduction, the three main paragraphs and the conclusion? e How can Lego building be used as a metaphor on essay writing? 6 Form groups of two pairs. Compare and discuss your answers.

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