1. Efrat Zipor Teaching Students How to Write Not Mission Impossible Efrat ZiporFebruary 2010

2. Efrat Zipor An Essay Photo Title ____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________. _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. _______________________ ________________________________________________. __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________. _________________ __________________________________________________________________________. ________ _______________________________________________________________. ___________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________. _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________.

3. Efrat Zipor Run-On Sentences 'Danielle went down town yesterday and ran into Shanni, they decided to go to the mall and try on outfits for the party on Friday, after they had done that they went looking for shoes and then they had lunch together, then they saw Ami, one of their friends, and so they all sat together and talked about how boring English classes are…'

4. Efrat Zipor Topic Sentences – First Sentence Studies show that eating too much fast food is fattening, addictive and unhealthy. This is true for several reasons. First of all, the large amount of sugar in soft drinks causes cavities, which is especially bad for teenagers. Second, health experts point out that the calcium builds bone mass during adolescence and that the best source of calcium is milk. However, many teenagers are substituting milk with soda which has no calcium. Moreover, fast foods lack many nutrients that are important to the body. (Adapted from Insights, Eric Cohen Books)

5. Efrat Zipor Topic Sentences – Last Sentence She had long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. She was good at about everything – history, languages and even math. In addition, she made friends quite easily and seemed to be loved by practically everyone. Jane was simply one of those people you really wanted to hate but couldn't.

6. Efrat Zipor A Paragraph Check-List 1. a key sentence 2. detail sentences 3. one or two connectors

7. Efrat Zipor An Essay-Plan 1. Introducing the topic 2. "Meat" 3. "Meat" 4. Conclusion + extra (optional)

8. Efrat Zipor An Essay Check-List 1. paragraphs (didn't forget to use them; didn't start "new lines") 2. opening, "meat", conclusion 3. a connector at the beginning of each paragraph 4. basic grammar ok