KARTA PRACY UCZNIA – Writing an essay is a lot like writing a paragraph
dla liceum – poziom intermediate and advanced
Ex. 1 How should a good essay look like? Read the text and answer the questions.
WRITING AN ESSAY IS A LOT LIKE WRITING A PARAGRAPH
Writing an essay is like writing a paragraph, only longer because it is built of three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.
You begin your essay with a general statement, instead of one topic sentence. It is more developed because you narrow down your thought and statement. This part s called introduction as it slowly introduces a reader to a thesis statement which gives a clear view what this essay will be about.
Then is another part of the essay, called body, which replaced a few supporting sentences from a paragraph. Instead of them you write a few topic sentences with supporting sentences. If you feel like ending every single paragraph with a concluding sentence, you can do this.
Finally, at the end of the essay you do not only write a concluding sentence but a whole part – conclusion – where you place your summary. Your final comment which could be called “food for thought”, is very important. It will improve the ending of your essay, if you give your reader something to think about after reading. Therefore, you should not explain everything in conclusion. Make the message hidden in your summary effective and impressive enough, so that the reader could bear it in mind.
What are the main parts of which essay is built?
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What are the features of introduction?
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What are the features of body?
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What are the features of conclusion?
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Ex. 2 Now read the text again. Which conjunctions are used here? Underline them in the text.
Ex. 3 What other conjunctions do you know? Work in pairs and note the ones you know below.
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Aleksandra Kazimierczyk Nauczyciel języka angielskiego British School
Warszawa
