ĐỌC VIẾT 3

ORGANIZING AND
DEVELOPING AN ESSAY
 OBJECTIVE
In this lesson we will focus on how to organize and develop an essay
effectively.

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 ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING AN ESSAY

Let's review the essay.

Two key questions:

• What is an essay?
• What are the parts of
an essay?
ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING AN ESSAY

An essay is a piece of writing that explores a

topic by breaking it down into smaller pieces.

3 main parts:
Introduction
Body paragraph(s)
Conclusion
 The Introduction

• The introduction is the first paragraph in the essay.

• Purpose: to get your reader interested in your topic and to
state the main idea you will support.
1. Hook • Ask an interesting question
• Make an observation
• Give an interesting fact
• Tell a short story
 The Introduction

• The introduction is the first paragraph in the essay.

• Purpose: to get your reader interested in your topic and to
state the main idea you will support.
2. Background information
• Define an important term
• Give short history of an event
• Tell the setting (time & place)
• Tells readers something they need
to know in order to understand
the rest of the essay.
 The Introduction

• The introduction is the first paragraph in the essay.

• Purpose: to get your reader interested in your topic and to
state the main idea you will support.
3. Thesis statement
• The main idea you will
support the essay
• Topic
• Controlling idea:
o an opinion
o an observation
 The Introduction

Read the sentences from the introduction. Which is a hook?

Background information? The thesis?
Lack of time and poor cooking skills are
THESIS
common reasons college students gain weight.

HOOK Are college students the heathiest people in

the world?

The fact is that many students end up gaining

BACKGROUND INFO weight during their time in school.
 The Introduction

Are college students the heathiest people in the world? The

fact is that many students end up gaining weight during their
time in school. Lack of time and poor cooking skills are
common reasons college students gain weight.
The Body Paragraph(s)

• Body paragraphs support the

thesis statement.
• Together, they break down
the essay’s main idea into
smaller ideas.
 The Body Paragraph(s)
• A body paragraph normally begins with a topic sentence,
which states the paragraph’s topic and its controlling idea.
THESIS:
Lack of time and poor cooking skills are
common reasons college students gain weight.

Topic Sentence: Topic Sentence:

Many students are so busy Another issue is that some
that they don’t have enough student do not know how to
time to eat a proper meal. cook healthy food.
 The Body Paragraph(s)

A body paragraph also includes supporting sentences, which

give enough details to support the central idea of the paragraph.

• Facts
• Examples
• Explanations
• A personal story
• Quotes from sources
 The Body Paragraph(s)

To be effective, a body paragraph needs to have

unity and coherence.
UNITY? All the supporting sentences
directly relate to the topic.

COHERENCE? The supporting sentences are

organized in a logical way so the
connection between the ideas is
easy to understand.

Transition words: First, Second, Third, Finally,

In addition, Furthermore,
For example, For instance
 The Conclusion

The conclusion brings the essay to a close. It often restates the

thesis statement in different words and summarizes the main
points.
Restated Thesis:
All in all, students can face many challenges that
Restated thesis
make them more susceptible to gaining weight while
in college. Whereas many students lack the time to Summary of
cook healthy meals, others simply do not know how. main points
 The Conclusion

• You can also use the conclusion to help your reader

think about further ideas that relate to the topic.
• Writers might finish their conclusion with a
suggestion, a prediction or even a warning.
 The Conclusion
All in all, students can face many challenges
that make them more susceptible to gaining
Opinion about why it is
weight while in college. Whereas many
important for college
students lack the time to cook healthy meals, students to learn how to
others simply do not know how. I think it is cook healthy meals
extremely important for students to learn
how to cook before they go to college so they
can stay healthy. The fact is that knowing how
to cook nutritious meals will help these How this decision can
students for the rest of their lives, well affect their future
beyond their college years.
 The Conclusion

• You can also use the conclusion to help your reader

think about further ideas that relate to the topic.
• Writers might finish their conclusion with a
suggestion, a prediction or even a warning.
• The conclusion often gives readers something to think
about after reading the essay.
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