Starting Your Essay

What side am I going to argue? To know the topic of your essay. To understand how to structure your thesis and arguments in your essay. To be able to start producing an outline with evidence based on the thesis that you have formulated. Thesis; Directional Statements; Point-Evidence-Explain; Introduction; Body; Conclusion

I want you to look at the essay topics. The topics are broad. To know the topic of your essay. To understand how to structure your thesis and arguments in your essay. I want you to look at the essay topics. The topics are broad. Try to be more specific. Thesis; Directional Statements; Point-Evidence-Explain; Introduction; Body; Conclusion

The thesis statement must be clear, specific, and arguable. Examples: To know the topic of your essay. To understand how to structure your thesis and arguments in your essay. The thesis statement must be clear, specific, and arguable. Examples: The Ontario government should establish standardized exams in grades 11 and 12 because it will help in maintaining high academic standards, provide consistency between schools, and ensure teachers are teaching the curriculum properly. Daycares must be free for all families. Having free daycares will cause less stress on the parents, ensure children are developing social skills, and encourage more couples to conceive and adopt children. Thesis; Directional Statements; Point-Evidence-Explain; Introduction; Body; Conclusion

Let’s go through the structure of the essay. To know the topic of your essay. To understand how to structure your thesis and arguments in your essay. Let’s go through the structure of the essay. Let’s go through the example body paragraph. You should have two pieces of evidence in your body paragraphs. Thesis; Directional Statements; Point-Evidence-Explain; Introduction; Body; Conclusion

Sentence starters to consider Introducing a piece of evidence: - For example... - For instances... - According to... Explaining a piece(s) of evidence: - This evidence illustrates that... - This evidence shows that... - Clearly,... - As one can see that... - It is evident that...

How will I structure my body paragraphs? How will I support my arguments? To know the structure a body paragraph. To understand how to your own body paragraph. To be able to develop your body paragraph by following the instructions that I have given you. (Many of you are not following instructions, and it will affect your mark badly.) Thesis; Directional Statements; Point-Evidence-Explain; Introduction; Body; Conclusion