- •Introduction to creative writing
- •Genres in creative writing
- •Writing activities
- •Writing a cooperative group story
- •2. Brainstorming
- •3. Good creative writing requires good description.
- •Steps in the writing process
- •Work with your partner. Choose one of these topics. List as many ideas as you can in 5 minutes. Use free writing, brainstorming or clustering.
- •Choosing a topic for a paragraph
- •Structure and development of a paragraph (lessons 5-6)
- •Structure of a paragraph
- •2. Development of a paragraph
- •Peer editing
- •Descriptive and opinion paragraphs (lessons 7-8)
- •Opinion paragraph
- •Comparison/contrast paragraph (lessons 9-10)
- •Writing advantages and disadvantages paragraph
- •Connecting and linking
- •Time and sequence
- •Addition and contrast
- •Similarities, differences, comparisons
- •4. Reason purpose, result, condition
- •Writing an essay-types and structure
- •Types of essays
- •2. The structure of an essay
- •The introduction
- •Writing the thesis statement and the conclusion
- •Writing a thesis statement
- •In these introductory paragraphs, underline the thesis statement. Then circle the topic and draw another line under the main idea in each thesis statement.
- •Writing a conclusion
- •Outlining an essay. Unity and coherence
- •3. Unity and coherence
- •Writing an opinion essay
- •Writing a narrative essay
- •Using metaphors in your work
- •Rhymed verse
- •Hello and good bye poems
- •Acrostic
- •Colorful poetry
- •Basics of poetry writing
- •Metaphors for people
- •Limerick
- •Basics of poetry writing
- •Free verse Winter Poem by Nikki Giovanni
- •Carl Sandburg
Writing a conclusion
The conclusion is the final paragraph of the essay. A good concluding paragraph…
Summarizes the main points of the essay.
Restates the thesis (using different words).
Makes a final comment about the essay’s main idea.
May emphasize an action that you would like the reader to take.
Don’t introduce new ideas in a conclusion. A conclusion only restates or gives further commentary on ideas discussed in the essay.
The following words may begin the conclusion: in conclusion, to sum up, taking everything into account…).
Match each of these introduction thesis statements with its rewritten versions for a conclusion.
a……Supermarkets are the best places to buy food because of their convenience and lower prices |
1. People can learn many things by travelling to other countries |
b……Travelling abroad is a valuable learning experience |
2. Despite the challenges, being an entrepreneur can offer more benefits than other types of employment. |
c. ……Learning to play a musical instrument is very beneficial for children. |
3. The fact that larger supermarkets offer cheap prices and a large selection of products makes them the best place for shoppers. |
d……Creating and owing a business offers more advantages than working as an employee in a company
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4. The World Wide Web gives access to a huge amount of knowledge, but users shouldn’t believe everything they read there. |
e……More houses should be adapted to use solar energy because it is clean and renewable
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5. When children are exposed to music and are taught to play instruments such as the piano or violin, there are many positive effects. |
f…….The World Wide Web can be very useful for research, but it also contains a lot of incorrect information
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6. The sun gives a constant, free supply of clean energy, which more homes should take advantage of. |
Outlining an essay. Unity and coherence
(lessons 17-18)
An outline is a list of the information you will put in your essay.
An outline begins with the essay’s thesis statement.
Shows the organization of the essay.
Tells what ideas you will discuss and shows which ideas will come first, second and so on.
Ends with the essay’s conclusion
Writing an outline before you write an essay will….
Show you what to write before you actually begin writing.
Help make your essay well organized and clearly focused.
Keep you from forgetting any important points.
Before writing an outline, you must go through the usual process of gathering ideas, editing them and deciding on a topic for your writing. Writing an outline can be a very useful way of organizing your ideas and seeing how they will work together.
To show how the ideas work together, number them. Use Roman numbers for your essay’s main ideas: your introduction and thesis statement, your body paragraphs and your conclusion. Write all of these first, before going into more detail anywhere.
Introduction.
First main idea.
Second main idea.
Third main idea.
Conclusion.