Understanding the Process
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Understanding the Process By R. Milian LAL 11B PREPARED BY R. MILIAN
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Understanding the Process. By R. Milian. LAL 11B PREPARED BY R. MILIAN. The road to a good essay follows a process. Your essays suffer from a lack of process . You are unclear about it. You would like to understand it better. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Understanding the Process
By R. Milian LAL 11BPREPARED BY R. MILIAN
The road to a good essay follows a process
Your essays suffer from a lack of process
You are unclear about it
You would like to understand it better
I will show you three simple rules to better understand the process
1. Gathering the information
2. Organizing the information
3.Writing the information
Gathering the information
Take down notes of the important points
Use one notebook exclusively for LAL 11B
LAL 11 B NOTESMR. MILIAN’S CLASS
TODAY’S LESSONREAD AN EXCERPT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
POINTS MADE BY THE TEACHER
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT IT?
Do not to mix your notes with information from other classes
SCIENCENOTES
LAL 11 B NOTES
Follow your notes in a clear chronological order
After gathering your notes study the material
The material must be studied in chunks
It is a good idea to reflect on the material
The information must be reviewed daily
Go beyond the book and notebook
Your classmates are a good source of information
You can Google databases
You can also come for extra help
Gathering informationsummary
Take down notes Study the information
Go beyond book
Organizing the Information
You need to edit your information
Information
Decide what is important to know
Reduce your information into three important points
1 2 3
Putting your ideas together
In the organizer, write down the three ideas you have decided to use
Organize them from the most important to the least important
Adding details to the subcategory
Each idea must have a subcategory
In the subcategory support your ideas
SubcategoryCentral Park
DetailsZoo
DetailsLake
DetailsGreat Lawn
When you support your reasons write the details in fragments
Organizing the informationSummary
subcategory
Edit the information Putting ideas together Creating a subcategory
Write the information
The first thing you need to do is to start the introduction
In the introduction incorporate your three ideas
New York
buildings
Times Square
Central
Park
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.
The reader will have a clear picture of what you are going to talk about
Buildings Times Square Central Park
The second part is writing the body of the essay
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Each one of your ideas will be one paragraph
Idea 1 + subcategorydetails
One Paragraph
Idea 2 + subcategorydetails
One Paragraph
Idea 3 + subcategory details
One Paragraph
Each paragraph must have a minimum of eight sentences
8 sentences
In each paragraph incorporate the details from your subcategories
Central Park
Central Park Zoo Central Park Lake Central Park Horse carriage
The conclusion can be a brief summary of your three ideas
Conclusion
New York is fascinating for its buildings, Times Square, and Central Park
If you decide not to summarize, come up with your own ending
This is what New York City offers the world
Writing the informationsummary
conclusion
Start the introduction Write the body Write the conclusion
1. Gathering the information
2. Organizing the information
3.Writing the information
