This week's class will deal with strategies for writing coherent and cohesive paragraphs and essays. While we will be discussing these strategies in the context of preparing you for the CAE exam, I hope you will think critically during our discussions and look for ways to incorporate this information into all of your academic writing. An outline for today's class can be found below:
Day Three: Essay and Paragraph Structure
Objectives: Students will be able to…
- Describe three ways that formal, academic tone differs from informal, colloquial tone in writing
- Identify the key elements of a basic academic essay using the appropriate vocabulary
- Explain the connection between a thesis statement and topic sentences
- Define and identify the four major components of a PIE-C paragraph: Point, Illustration, Explanation and Concluding Sentence
- Practice creating their own PIE-C paragraphs in a homework essay
How are you? How was your weekend? Have you done anything interesting since we last met? How are your other classes going? Do you have any questions about this class?
II. Vocabulary Quiz
I hope you studied!
III. Academic vs. Colloquial Tone
Let’s begin discussing the differences between formal, academic tone and informal, colloquial tone. We will be using this pair of writing samples from an ESL student at a US university.
IV. Introduction to Essay Structure
We spent some time discussing the proper structure of an essay last class. Today, we will discuss the topic in greater depth. To begin, let’s use this activity which is designed to let you show how much you already about this topic.
V. Overview of Essay Structure
First, we will begin with a short discussion of some important vocabulary terms found on this worksheet.
After our vocabulary discussion, I will review this short PPT that discusses basic essay structure and offers examples. It also presents a convenient way to organize your paragraphs called, “PIE-C”.
VI. PIE-C Practice
Finally, we will practice identifying PIE-C structure in some examples using this worksheet. Everyone will do the first part together in pairs. The second part will be done in teams.
Homework: Don't forget to check the "Homework Tracker" for your assignments for next class :)
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