TOPIC CLASS WORK PROJECT RELATED HW

Essay Intro Tasks you need to Reference List

do/learn
Essay overview
Explore all titles
Basic reading/thinking on two titles Pick essay title
Brainstorming/mind maps HW: mind map of your topic
Thoughts on your topic Introduce idea of thesis
What’s your first opinion? statement
Need to know more – what do you Books Reading Strategies
do? HW: reading diary from
Reading List reading list?
2 Finding info by searching UEA/google scholar Search on your topic

Search Keywords to searh What HW: keyword search on UEA?

Evaluate searches/sources
What do you do wih the info you
find?
Keeping records
Taking notes (ties into listening)
Plargiarism
Begin Paragraph structure
Paraphrasing/Summarising
Evaluating what you read
Formulating an opinion
Supporting that opinion intro
kind of info will be useful?
From where?
CRAAP test
Introduce idea of keeping
records
Reference Lists
Parts of an essay
Facts vs Opinion?
Further Sources
Proper evidence
How to find Evidence –
more search techniques a
Find suitable sources
HW: ongoing reference list
(evidence of research –
combine with reading HW
assignment based on source)
HW: Bring in notes from a
source you are using
Essay plan work in progress
HW: Paraphrase from your
essay in progress
Reading Seminar?
Essay PLAN – HAVE YOUR
THREE IDEAS
HW: now have three main
ideas,
Tasks related to finding
sources, evaluating sources
and evidence -0n ssay topic

First Draft Main ideas, paragraph HW: topic snetences

structure start
Topic Sentences
 9 Formulating an opinion thesis statements day, etc.
10 Supporting that opinion intro
11 Writing Your First Draft HW: Topic sentences from your essayg
Topic Sentences – one paragraph one idea – doesn’t have to be 1-3-1!

1) Titles – explore
2) Basic reading/thinking about two topics. Pick essay title
3) Mind maps/brainstorming HW: Mind map of your topic
4) What do you think about the topic?
Thesis statement - introduce idea
5) Knowing more – reading/finding info HW: reading diary? – article from
reading list
6) How to find information HW: key words for your essay, web
search
Searches – sources – CRAP list of online sources you are using
Key words –
What kind of information will be useful? From where?
7) What do you do with the information you find?

9A Keeping records HW: Reference List in progress (evidence of

research) Sources/Referencing

12 B Taking notes (ties into Listening) HW: Bring in notes?

13 PLAGIARISM
14 Essay Paragraph Structure begin
15 Start work on essay plan – work in progress
16 Paraphrasing/Summarising HW: Paragraph from your essay where you
paraphrased and the original source
17 Evaluating what you read Reading Seminar?