How to write an essay

Open lesson

The aim: To give some information about a paragraph writing & practice it with topic, supporting & closing sentences, to develop the skills of thinking, speaking and writing.

The tasks: to speak, read about the Earth and countries.

To find out the main features of essay.

To work in groups and respect each other.

To write a part of bodies of essay and useful exercises

The equipment: Interactive board, cards, blackboard, placards, paper.

Good morning dear students

The theme of our lesson is How to write an essay?

But first of all tell me your associations for today, only one word

The next I would like to ask. What is the Earth?

The Earth is the place where people live.

Is it necessary to write about the Earth

Are you ready to write?

Is it easy to write?

The answers of students

Let`s play. Think about the words from the letters Earth.

E-environment economics

A-air area

R-relief radiation

T-tree table

H-home house

Why do we speak about the Earth .Because it will be your home task to write an essay about the Earth

Now we should speak about an essay . What do you know about essay?

Let`s think

Essay

Vocabulary marks scores grades

topic theme

key words and structures

spelling introduction

Paragraphs Linking words Linking words

Now look at the interactive board and read after write what is essay.

• What is the topic sentence? 
  The topic sentence is the first sentence in a paragraph.

• What does it do? 
  It introduces the main idea of the paragraph.

• How do I write one? 
  Summarize the main idea of your paragraph. Indicate to the reader what your paragraph will be about.

What are supporting sentences? 
They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of a paragraph.

• What do they do? 
  They give details to develop and support the main idea of the paragraph.

• How do I write them? 
  You should give supporting facts, details, and examples.

What is the closing sentence? 
The closing sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph.

• What does it do? 
  It restates the main idea of your paragraph.

• How do I write one? 
  Restate the main idea of the paragraph using different words.

First of all essay is.

4 paragraphs

Essay is divided into 3 parts

First part-

Second part-

Third part-

Now what do we see. We see hamburger?

Is it tasty? Yes. So this picture helps us to write and imagine that the essay is tasty.

The conclusion is the final part.

Now you should read the text Canada.

What is the part of essay: Is it the body? The next part you should write introduction and conclusion about Canada.

The next question is linking words.

What linking words do you know? Look at interactive board . Why do we need in linking words?

Now please do exercise with linking words. I will give you 2 minute

Let`s check. Linking phrases

then because so but and

Fill in the gaps with linking words

BUT, AND, SO, BECAUSE, or THEN

1. We didn’t have any money __________ we couldn’t go to a restaurant.

2. He closed all the doors and windows, and __________ he left the house.

3. I was feeling very tired, __________ I went to bed very early.

4. Zhanara is usually on time, __________ tonight she arrived an hour late.

5. We didn’t have any money ------------- we couldn’t go to a restaurant.

Fill in the gaps with linking words

BUT, AND, SO, BECAUSE, or THEN

I couldn’t sleep __________ there was a party next door.

I phoned all my friends __________ invited them to come to my house.

It was very cold outside, __________ I put on my warmest clothes.

We couldn’t go out __________ the weather was so bad.

He looked through the window for a minute, __________ went inside.

Let’s play: You will guess who they are

Another word for pupil

The person who leads the class.

This person is responsible for the whole school

Let’s write. Paragraph Writing. Work in pairs

Topic sentence:

Let me tell you about my best friend.

• Supporting idea 1:

She lives next door to me.

• Supporting idea 2:

We always have fun together.

• Supporting idea 3:

Best of all, she’s on my soccer team.

• Closing sentence:

I think she is the greatest friend I’ve ever had

The person who leads the class

• Topic sentence:

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• Supporting idea1:

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• Supporting idea2:

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• Supporting idea 3:

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• Closing sentence:

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This person is responsible for the whole school

• Topic sentence:

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• Supporting idea1:

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• Supporting idea2:

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• Supporting idea3:

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• Closing sentence:

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Another word for pupil

• Topic sentence:

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• Supporting idea1:

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• Supporting idea 2:

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• Supporting idea 3:

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• Closing sentence:

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Work in pairs

Retell your story using the linking words

Paragraph writing

Now it your turn to write about Canada.

Divide into 2 groups .The First group writes the first part.The second writes the third part.