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General Essay Writing Tips Despite the fact that, as Shakespeare said, "the pen is mightier than the sword," the pen itself is not enough to make an effective writer. In fact, though we may all like to think of ourselves as the next Shakespeare, inspiration alone is not the key to effective essay writing. You see, the conventions of English essays are more formulaic than you might think – and, in many ways, it can be as simple as counting to five. The Introduction The principle purpose of the introduction is to present your position (this is also known as the "thesis" or "argument") on the issue at hand but effective introductory paragraphs are so much more than that. Before you even get to this thesis statement, for example, the essay should begin with a "hook" that grabs the reader’s attention and makes them want to read on. Examples of effective hooks include relevant quotations ("no man is an island") or surprising statisti...

parts of the speech rubric evaluation

Class May 16  Class Presentations Drama across the curriculum - Lesson plan MAY 16 Group 7   (Camila - Paula - Juan Jose) WARM UP   They did a game with the odd numbers and the loser had to say an adjective. INTRODUCTION Parts of the speech PRACTICE   Th ey gave us a photocopy about the topic PRODUCTION:   We play at the hot seating. REVIEW : Another photocopy with the parts of the speech Class May 16  Auto evaluation RUBRIC A rubric sets out clearly criteria and standards for assessing different levels of performance.  Rubrics have often been used in education for grading student work, and in recent years have been applied in evaluation to make transparent the process of synthesizing evidence into an overall evaluative judgement. A single rubric can be developed for overall performance or a number of rubrics can be developed, each for an aspect of performance. Class activitie...

Adjectives   Countries and nationalities 

Class Presentations Drama across the curriculum - Lesson plan MAY 11 Group 5   (Juan David - Luisa mujica - Maria fernanada - Gilbert) WARM UP   Identify the name of the cartoon INTRODUCTION   Adjetives PRACTICE   Activity web page "agenda web"  http://www.agendaweb.org/ PRODUCTION:  Find the adjective that belongs to your "the Simpsons" character. LISA SIMPSON - INTELLIGENT - POLITE BART SIMPSON - NAUGHTY - RECKLESS HOMER SIMPSON - EASY GOING - LAZY REVIEW : Homework, find about some new characters of cartoons  MAY 11 Group 6   (Maria Alejandra - yorlexi - Nicolle - Tania) WARM UP   Chinese whisper or broken phone with tonge-twisters INTRODUCTION   Countries nationalities and languages PRACTICE   Photocopies about the topic  PRODUCTION:  Drama with Puppets  REVIEW : Video "countries song"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x...

Professions and occupations Parts of the city Daily routines Parts of the house   

Class Presentations Drama across the curriculum - Lesson plan MAY 2nd Group 1 (Tatiana - Alejandro - Ana maria) WARM UP   Complete the lyrics - Song:  SUMMER - CALVIN HARRIS When I met you in the summer To my heartbeat sound We fell in love As the leaves turned brown And we could be together baby As long as skies are blue You act so innocent now But you lied so soon When I met you in the summer INTRODUCTION   Professions and Occupations PRACTICE:  We talk with our class mates about what's our parents profession or occupation PRODUCTION: Costumes, we did a role play, guessing the profession or occupation  REVIEW : We identify the profession  Group 2   (Paula - Laura - Mauricio) WARM UP   Snake game with verbs  INTRODUCTION: Parts of the city   PRACTICE : we did a guide and them we socialize it PRODUCTION: Magic carpet. Students have to gue...