1. Essay Workshop
Miss Johnson

2. The Paragraph

4. Topic Sentence presents the main idea or argument to the audience
this is something you will prove throughout the paragraph
introduce your topic
Ask yourself:
What am I going to prove?
What are you going to explain?

5. Topic Sentence “Top Bun”
I believe that chocolate chip cookies are the best type of cookies.

6. Evidence “The Meat”
key concepts to support your topic sentence or claim
evidence, examples, facts
This is where you would put textual evidence or quotes

7. Evidence First, chocolate chip cookies taste the best.
Second, chocolate chip cookies smell the best.
Finally, chocolate chip cookies are easy to make.

8. Explanation “The Tomatoes, Cheese, and Lettuce”
Analysis, interpretation, explanation, or insight
explore the how or the why of your Evidence
provide explanations or examples
make connections
There is ALWAYS more explanation in a paragraph than EVIDENCE

9. Explanation First, chocolate chip cookies taste the best.
This is because the added chocolate chips add a sweet flavor to an otherwise bland cookie.
By sprinkling chocolate chips throughout the cookie, there is a perfect balance of flavors.

10. Conclusion Sentence “Bottom Bun”
restate your topic and your position
NO NEW information
perhaps a "so what?”
Transition to the next paragraph

11. Conclusion Sentence
Therefore, chocolate chip cookies are the perfect cookies.

12. Topic Sentence
-Evidence
-Explanation
Concluding Sentence

13. I believe that chocolate chip cookies are the best type of cookie
I believe that chocolate chip cookies are the best type of cookie. First, chocolate chip cookies taste the best. This is because the added chocolate chips add a sweet flavor to an otherwise bland cookie. By sprinkling chocolate chips throughout the cookie, there is a perfect balance of flavors. Second, chocolate chip cookies smell the best. My favorite memory is going over to my grandmother's house because she always made chocolate chip cookies before I arrived. Her house was always filled with this delicious smell that automatically made me hungry. Finally, chocolate chip cookies are easy to make. Most chocolate chip cookies only require a few ingredients unlike many other cookies. All you need to do is mix the ingredients together and put them on a cookie sheet to bake. Therefore, chocolate chip cookies are the perfect cookies.

14. MLA Formatting Errors Left hand corner: Name Teacher Class Date
Must be:
Typed
Double spaced
1 in margins
Size 12 Font
Even the title
Times New Roman
Last name and page number in upper right hand corner
Left hand corner:
Name
Teacher
Class
Date

15. Never Use Slang Etc Quotes Contractions Second or first person
Bae, cop, *cough *cough Batman,
Etc
Quotes
You might ask yourself what is a “hero”
Contractions
Don’t Do not
Can’t Cannot
Second or first person
It is not professional

16. Be Careful To integrate quotes To spell out numbers under 100
5 superheroes Five superheroes
Not to write run on sentences
The boy and the girl ran to the store and bought some cookies before they went home for the evening but they were stopped by their mother who told them not to eat before dinner because they would ruin their appetite but they didn’t listen.
Not to start sentences with conjunctions
And they went home.

17. https://andrisaubani.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/a- paragraph-sandwich/