Florida ged plus college Preparation Program Curriculum and Resource Guide
The Standard Expository Essay Template
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The Standard Expository Essay TemplateStrategy – Outline/DiagramI: Topic (1st Paragraph) Brief, specific, includes main idea or argument in two parts – attention grabber and the topic or point of the essay. What your essay is about. A. Attention grabber: (startling information, anecdote, dialogue or summary) 1.
2. 3. B. Topic or point of the essay 4. 5.
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III. Second Main Idea: (3rd paragraph) Topic and explanation
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IV. Third Main Idea: (4th paragraph) Topic and explanation
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V. Conclusion: (Last paragraph) - Restate main idea in a new way and summarize points. A. Topic Sentence: Thesis or Main Idea: 1. B. Sum Up Points- Review, your feelings, anecdote, or quote. Strong sentences. Have an opinion. 2.
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5. Objective 5 – Use Edited American EnglishReview/discuss, practice, and expand upon common grammar and writing problems
Edited American English (EAE) is fundamentally the same as Standard Written English (SWE), i.e., those conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics that writers and speakers adhere to in order to communicate effectively. In 1997, the GEDTS Writing Test Specifications Committee aligned itself with the National Council of Teachers of English by using EAE as the testing norm. For writers, the significance is that they must employ a style, grammar, and usage that allow a mutual level of comprehension and understanding among educated speakers and writers. For example, EAE governs when to use who or whom, is or are, pronoun forms, parallel constructions, and sentence structure. As with the GED Test, the CPT assesses a student’s ability on the following: Sentence Structure: Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices, improper coordination and subordination, modification, and parallelism Usage: Subject-verb agreement (including agreement in number, interrupting phrases, and inverted structure), verb tense errors (including sequence of tenses, word clues to tense in sentences, word clues to tense in paragraphs, and verb form), and pronoun reference errors (including incorrect relative pronouns, pronoun shift, vague or ambiguous references, and agreement with antecedents) Mechanics: Capitalization (including proper names and adjectives, titles, and months/seasons), punctuation (including commas in a series, commas between independent clauses joined by a conjunction, introductory elements, appositives, and the overuse of commas), spelling Strategy – Organizational ActivitiesMany studies suggest that sentence-combining is an effective strategy to improve the quality of writing. The strategy helps the student see the relationship of words, phrases, and clauses as they contribute to meaning. When working with sentence-combining and organizational skills, use the following types of materials:
Scrambling exercises can be used as a daily warm-up prior to beginning a writing activity. These types of exercises assist students in deconstructing sentences and passages, as well as seeing how to most effectively organize text. When providing students with scrambling exercises, you may wish to sometimes include a sentence about the subject that is not relevant to the paragraph to see if your students can identify it as a sentence not to include in the reconstructed paragraph. Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 1.65 Mb. Share with your friends:
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