1. Understanding the Process By R. Milian LAL 11B PREPARED BY R. MILIAN

2. The road to a good essay follows a process

3. Your essays suffer from a lack of process

4. You are unclear about it

5. You would like to understand it better

6. I will show you three simple rules to better understand the process

7. 1. Gathering the information 2. Organizing the information 3.Writing the information

8. Gathering the information

9. Take down notes of the important points

10. Use one notebook exclusively for LAL 11B LAL 11 B NOTES MR. MILIAN’S CLASS TODAY’S LESSON READ AN EXCERPT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY POINTS MADE BY THE TEACHER WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT IT?

11. Do not to mix your notes with information from other classes SCIENCE NOTES LAL 11 B NOTES

12. Follow your notes in a clear chronological order

13. After gathering your notes study the material

14. The material must be studied in chunks

15. It is a good idea to reflect on the material

16. The information must be reviewed daily

17. Go beyond the book and notebook

18. Your classmates are a good source of information

19. You can Google databases

20. You can also come for extra help

21. Gathering information summary Take down notesStudy the informationGo beyond book

22. Organizing the Information

23. You need to edit your information Information

24. Decide what is important to know

25. Reduce your information into three important points 1 1 2 2 3 3

26. Putting your ideas together

27. In the organizer, write down the three ideas you have decided to use

28. Organize them from the most important to the least important

29. Adding details to the subcategory

30. Each idea must have a subcategory

31. In the subcategory support your ideas Subcategory Central Park Details Zoo Details Lake Details Great Lawn

32. When you support your reasons write the details in fragments

33. Organizing the information Summary subcategory Edit the informationPutting ideas togetherCreating a subcategory

34. Write the information

35. The first thing you need to do is to start the introduction

36. In the introduction incorporate your three ideas New York building s Times Square Centra l Park

37. The three ideas must be written in parallel structure I like New York City for places like The Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and Times Square.

38. The reader will have a clear picture of what you are going to talk about Buildings Times Square Central Park

39. The second part is writing the body of the essay Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3

40. Each one of your ideas will be one paragraph Idea 1 + subcategory details One Paragraph Idea 2 + subcategory details One Paragraph Idea 3 + subcategory details One Paragraph

41. Each paragraph must have a minimum of eight sentences 8 sentences

42. In each paragraph incorporate the details from your subcategories Central Park Central Park ZooCentral Park Lake Central Park Horse carriage

43. The conclusion can be a brief summary of your three ideas Conclusion New York is fascinating for its buildings, Times Square, and Central Park

44. If you decide not to summarize, come up with your own ending This is what New York City offers the world

45. Writing the information summary conclusion Start the introduction Write the bodyWrite the conclusion

49. 1. Gathering the information 2. Organizing the information 3.Writing the information