Understanding the Process

By R. Milian LAL 11BPREPARED BY R. MILIAN

The road to a good essay follows a process

Your essays suffer from a lack of process

You are unclear about it

You would like to understand it better

I will show you three simple rules to better understand the process

1. Gathering the information

2. Organizing the information

3.Writing the information

Gathering the information

Take down notes of the important points

Use one notebook exclusively for LAL 11B

LAL 11 B NOTESMR. MILIAN’S CLASS

TODAY’S LESSONREAD AN EXCERPT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

POINTS MADE BY THE TEACHER

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT IT?

Do not to mix your notes with information from other classes

SCIENCENOTES

LAL 11 B NOTES

Follow your notes in a clear chronological order

After gathering your notes study the material

The material must be studied in chunks

It is a good idea to reflect on the material

The information must be reviewed daily

Go beyond the book and notebook

Your classmates are a good source of information

You can Google databases

You can also come for extra help

Gathering informationsummary

Take down notes Study the information

Go beyond book

Organizing the Information

You need to edit your information

Information

Decide what is important to know

Reduce your information into three important points

1 2 3

Putting your ideas together

In the organizer, write down the three ideas you have decided to use

Organize them from the most important to the least important

Adding details to the subcategory

Each idea must have a subcategory

In the subcategory support your ideas

SubcategoryCentral Park

DetailsZoo

DetailsLake

DetailsGreat Lawn

When you support your reasons write the details in fragments

Organizing the informationSummary

subcategory

Edit the information Putting ideas together Creating a subcategory

Write the information

The first thing you need to do is to start the introduction

In the introduction incorporate your three ideas

New York

buildings

Times Square

Central

Park

The three ideas must be written in parallel structure

I like New York City for places like The Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and Times Square.

The reader will have a clear picture of what you are going to talk about

Buildings Times Square Central Park

The second part is writing the body of the essay

Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Each one of your ideas will be one paragraph

Idea 1 + subcategorydetails

One Paragraph

Idea 2 + subcategorydetails

One Paragraph

Idea 3 + subcategory details

One Paragraph

Each paragraph must have a minimum of eight sentences

8 sentences

In each paragraph incorporate the details from your subcategories

Central Park

Central Park Zoo Central Park Lake Central Park Horse carriage

The conclusion can be a brief summary of your three ideas

Conclusion

New York is fascinating for its buildings, Times Square, and Central Park

If you decide not to summarize, come up with your own ending

This is what New York City offers the world

Writing the informationsummary

conclusion

Start the introduction Write the body Write the conclusion

1. Gathering the information

2. Organizing the information

3.Writing the information