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WRITING 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAYS
  • By
  • Mr. Gonzalez, Carlos
  • ESOL and Language Arts Teacher
  • DORAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

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What is an Essay?
  • An essay is a composition that discusses,
    describes or explains one topic. It can be
    serious or funny. It can describe personal
    feelings or state your opinion, or it can just
    explain facts.

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TYPES OF ESSAYS
  • An Expository Essay is one that explains,
    analyzes, or shares information.
  • ? How-to essay
  • ? Informative essay
  • A Persuasive Essay is one where the writer
    presents his or her opinion and tries to convince
    the reader to agree.
  • ? Opinion essay
  • ? Problem-solution essay

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EXPOSITORY VS PERSUASIVE

Explains something, or Convinces the reader to accept Provides information, or a particular point of view, or Clarifies a process, or Convinces the reader to take a Defines a concept a particular action Usually begins with a Often about a controversial issue statement of purpose Usually begins by stating the Develops with facts, reasons, believe or the action the reader incidents, examples, or is to accept statistics (FRIES) Supports the argument with FRIES Enhances the readers States logical reasons to support understanding the writers point of view Objective, not dependent on Recognizes/refutes an opposing emotion argument Usually concludes with the strongest argument Often plays on the emotion of the reader
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The BASIC Structure of an Essay
  • Paragraph 1 Introduction
  • - General Statement (Attention Getter)
  • - Thesis or topic sentence
  • - 3 Reasons
  • - Concluding sentence
  • Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 Body
  • - Reason 1(topic sentence) at least 3
    supporting details)
  • - Reason 2(topic sentence) at least 3
    supporting details)
  • - Reason 3(topic sentence at least 3
    supporting details)
  • Paragraph 5 Conclusion
  • - Statement reflecting back on thesis
  • - Restatement of key points
  • - Concluding Statements

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MAKE YOUR ESSAY LIKE A HAMBURGER WITH LARGE FRIES
S T A T I S T I C S
E X A M P L E S
I N C I D E N T S
R E A S O N S
F A C T S
(The Top Bun)
Topic Sentence (meat), Detail 1 (lettuce),
Detail 2 (tomato), Detail 3 (cheese)
FRIES
Topic Sentence (meat), Detail 1 (lettuce), Detail
2 (tomato), Detail 3 (cheese)
Topic Sentence (meat), Detail 1 (lettuce), Detail
2 (tomato), Detail 3 (cheese)
(The Bottom Bun)
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The Introduction (The Top Bun)
  • I.  Introduction
  • Introductory statement (Attention Getter)
  • -Question, Quotation, Anecdote, Interesting Fact
  • Thesis statement
  • Three Reasons
  • Concluding Sentence

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The Body
  • First Reason Paragraph
  • Transition
  • topic sentence (MEAT)
  • Three Supporting Details (Lettuce, tomato,
    cheese)
  • Remember to add FRIES
  • -Facts, Reasons, Incidents, Examples, and/or
    Statistics
  • Second Reason Paragraph
  • Transition
  • topic sentence (MEAT)
  • Three Supporting Details (Lettuce, tomato,
    cheese)
  • Remember to add FRIES
  • -Facts, Reasons, Incidents, Examples, Statistics
  •                    
  • Third Reason Paragraph
  • Transition
  • topic sentence (MEAT)
  • Three Supporting Details (Lettuce, tomato,
    cheese)
  • Remember to add FRIES

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The Conclusion (The Bottom Bun)
  • III. Conclusion
  • Transition
  • Statement reflecting back on thesis
  • Restatement of key points
  • Concluding Statements

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Sample Essay The Hazards of Moviegoing
  • Introduction
  • I am a movie fanatic. When friends
    want to know what picture won the Oscar in 1980
    or who played the police chief in Jaws, they ask
    me. My friends, though, have stopped asking me if
    I want to go out to the movies. Going to the
    movies has become a hazardous activity for me.
    The problems in getting to the theater, the
    theater itself, and the behavior of some patrons
    are all reasons why I often wait for a movie to
    show up on TV. I think it is better to stay home.
  • ? General Statements
  • ? Thesis Statement
  • ? Reasons
  • ? Concluding Sentence

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Sample Essay The Hazards of MoviegoingCont.
  • Body Supporting Paragraph 1
  • First of all, just getting to the
    theater presents difficulties. Leaving a home
    equipped with a TV and a video recorder isn't an
    attractive idea on a humid, cold, or rainy night.
    Even if the weather cooperates, there is still a
    thirty-minute drive to the theater down a
    congested highway, followed by the hassle of
    looking for a parking space. And then there are
    the lines. After hooking yourself to the end of a
    human chain, you worry about whether there will
    be enough tickets, whether you will get seats
    together, and whether many people will sneak into
    the line ahead of you.
  • ? Transitional Words
  • ? Topic Sentence (Reason 1)
  • ? Supporting Detail 1
  • ? Supporting Detail 2
  • ? Supporting Detail 3

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Sample Essay The Hazards of MoviegoingCont.
  • Body Supporting Paragraph 2
  • Furthermore, once you have made it to
    the box office and gotten your tickets, you are
    confronted with the problems of the theater
    itself. If you are in one of the run-down older
    theaters, you must adjust to the musty smell of
    seldom-cleaned carpets. Escaped springs lurk in
    the faded plush or cracked leather seats, and
    half the seats you sit in seem loose or tilted so
    that you sit at a strange angle. Even, the newer
    twin and quad theaters offer their own problems.
    Sitting in an area only one-quarter the size of a
    regular theater, moviegoers often have to put up
    with the sound of the movie next door. This is
    especially jarring when the other movie involves
    racing cars or a karate war and you are trying to
    enjoy a quiet love story. But, whether the
    theater is old or new, it will have floors that
    seem to be coated with rubber cement. By the end
    of a movie, shoes almost have to be pried off the
    floor because they have become sealed to a deadly
    compound of spilled soda, hardening bubble gum,
    and crushed Jujubes.
  • ? Transitions ?Topic Sentence ?Supporting
    Detail 1
  • ? Supporting Detail 2 ?Supporting Detail 3

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Sample Essay The Hazards of MoviegoingCont.
  • Body Supporting Paragraph 3
  • Finally, some of the patrons are
    even more of a problem than the theater itself.
    Little kids race up and down the aisles, usually
    in giggling packs. Teenagers try to impress their
    friends by talking back to the screen, whistling,
    and making what they consider to be hilarious
    noises. Adults act as if they were at home in
    their own living rooms and comment loudly on the
    ages of the stars or why movies aren't as good
    anymore. And people of all ages crinkle candy
    wrappers, stick gum on their seats, and drop
    popcorn tubs or cups of crushed ice and soda on
    the floor. Also, they cough and burp, squirm
    endlessly in their seats, file out for repeated
    trips to the rest rooms or concession stand, and
    elbow you out of the armrest on either side of
    your seat.
  • ?Transitions ?Topic Sentence ?Supporting
    Detail 1
  • ?Supporting Detail 2 ?Supporting Detail 3

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Sample Essay The Hazards of MoviegoingCont.
  • Conclusion
  • All in all, after arriving home from
    the movies one night, I decided that I was not
    going to be a moviegoer anymore. I was tired of
    the problems involved in getting to the movies ,
    dealing with the theater itself, and some of the
    patrons. Because of that, I arranged to have
    cable TV service installed in my home. I may now
    see movies a bit later than other people, but
    I'll be more relaxed watching box office hits in
    the comfort of my own living room.
  • ?Transitions
  • ?Statement reflecting back on thesis
  • ?Restatement of key point 1
  • ?Restatement of key point 2
  • ?Restatement of key point 3
  • ?Concluding statements

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ARE YOU READY TO WRITE YOUR OWN ESSAY?BEFORE
YOU WRITE YOUR ESSAY, YOU NEED TO READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT YOU ARE GIVEN.

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THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OFPROMPTS, BUT WE WILL
ONLY DISCUSS TWO OF THEM.
  • EXPOSITORY PROMPTS
  • AND
  • PERSUASIVE PROMPTS

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A PROMPT HAS TWO PARTS
  • The Writing Situation Introduces the topic
  • The Directions For Writing Helps you to think of
    a main idea for your essay and directs you to
    write about it.

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SAMPLE PROMPT
  • Writing Situation
  • The principal at your school wants to plan an
    activity to welcome students back to school at
    the beginning of next school year.
  • Directions For Writing
  • Think about a welcoming activity that would
    be fun for the students.
  • Now write to convince your principal to
    choose your idea for a welcoming activity.
  • WHAT IS THE GENERAL TOPIC OF THE ESSAY?
  • - A welcoming activity that would be
  • fun for the students.
  • WHAT TYPE OF ESSAY WILL YOU WRITE?
  • - Persuasive
  • REMEMBER
  • IN A PERSUASIVE PROMPT, YOU WILL FIND THE
    WORDS PERSUADE, CONVINCE OR TELL WHY SOMEONE
    SHOULD DO SOMETHING.

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SAMPLE PROMPT
Writing Situation Everyone has something
valuable that he or she would like to put in a
trunk for the future.
Directions for Writing Think about something
valuable that you would like to put in a trunk
for the future. Now write to explain to your
readers why you would like to put that in a
trunk for the future.
WHAT IS THE GENERAL TOPIC OF THE ESSAY?
-Something valuable that you would like to put in
a trunk for the future.
WHAT TYPE OF ESSAY WILL YOU WRITE?
-Expository.
REMEMBER
IN AN EXPOSITORY PROMPT, YOU WILL FIND THE WORDS
EXPLAIN, TELL HOW, OR TELL WHY.
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A GOOD ESSAY SHOULD HAVE
  • FOCUS An essay is focused if the writer
    maintains the main idea throughout the writing
    piece.
  • HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE FOCUS?
  • Write a topic sentence that is about the prompt.
  • Repeat key words and phrases related to the topic
    sentence.
  • Do not include information that does not belong.
  • ORGANIZATION An essay is organized if it has the
    appropriate structure-beginning, middle, and end.
  • HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE ORGANIZATION?
  • Write an introduction (beginning), a body
    (middle), and a
  • conclusion (end).
  • Use transitional words to show a flow of ideas
    between sentences
  • and paragraphs.

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A GOOD ESSAY SHOULD HAVECont.
  • SUPPORT An essay has support if the writer uses
    different
  • details to explain, expand, or develop the main
    idea.
  • HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE THIS?
  • Use FRIES (Facts, Reasons, Incidents, Examples,
    Statistics).
  • Use vivid verbs and adjectives.
  • Use dialogue.
  • Use comparisons.
  • CONVENTIONS An essay that has good conventions
    is one that
  • demonstrates correct use of grammar and spelling.
  • Use varied sentences.
  • Use standard Written English.
  • Pay attention to your spelling.
  • Pay attention to punctuation and capitalization.
  • Pay attention to usage.

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SAMPLE EXPOSITORY ESSAY
  • TITLE The 1950s
  • If I were given the privilege to travel
    through time, I would choose to go back to the
    1950s. This was a relatively peaceful time in
    American history. The quality of entertainment 43
    years ago was immensely higher than it is now.
    Living costs during the 1950s were considerably
    lower than they currently are. America and the
    rest of the world were much safer and better
    places to live. It is for these reasons why I
    would return to this point in history.
  • During the 1950s, many wonderful movies and
    music were introduced to the public.
    Entertainment back then was pure and fun, and did
    not have the violence or vulgar language that
    rules television, movies, and songs today. In the
    1950s, I would have liked watching the I Love
    Lucy show every week, and to see the emerging
    popularity of rock and roll music. At the movie
    theaters, I would have liked to see well made
    movies like A Streetcar Named Desire, Ben
    Hur, and There s No Business Like Show
    Business. In the 1950s, every movie was good
    enough for parents to take their children to see.
  • The cost of living in the 1950s was very
    reasonable. A person could purchase a Buick for
    under 7, 000 dollars. Large homes would only cost
    30, 000 dollars, and a bottle of coca-cola was
    only a dime. During that era, a family did not
    have to be rich in order to give their children
    the necessities of life. Good clothing cost a few
    dollars, and healthy food, like vegetables was
    under a dollar!
  • The most important reason why I would enjoy
    returning to the 1950s is because the world was
    not riddled with crime and violence like it is in
    1998. I have to lock and bolt my doors every time
    I leave the house, but if I lived 40 years ago
    that would not be the case. Children that were
    only six or seven years old could go to the woods
    and build a tree house without fear of somebody
    murdering or kidnapping them. If I lived during
    the 1950s, I would be allowed to go into town by
    myself, or sleepover at a friends house without
    my mother asking a dozen questions.
  • In conclusion, I would greatly appreciate
    having the opportunity to travel back to the
    1950s. There, I could enjoy exciting, wholesome
    entertainment from television, movies, and music.
    Living costs would be low enough that I could
    enjoy being in a country with less homeless and
    starving people. The world would be a much safer
    place and my life would not be endangered if I
    walked my dog alone at night. The 1950s was a
    special time in American history, and I would
    have liked to be a part of it.

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SAMPLE EXPOSITORY ESSAY
  • Title Growing Up With rules.
  • It is said that for every action, there is a
    reaction. That saying is perfectly illustrated by
    the way that my parents disciplined my brothers
    and sisters and me. To me, it was an ordinary
    family, but I later learned that having ten
    children was anything but ordinary. It required a
    certain number of rules, and my parents were not
    shy about making those rules. The rules in our
    house were strict and had both short-term and
    long-term effects. My siblings and I were
    responsible for keeping our rooms neat and clean,
    doing well in school, and maintaining good
    relationships to each other. These are some of
    the rules we had to face at home.
  • First of all, from the time we were very young,
    we were responsible for keeping our rooms neat
    and clean. Our parents did a daily inspection
    of our rooms that could occur at any time. If our
    beds were not made, our clothes were not hung up,
    or our toys were left out, we were immediately
    taken to our rooms when we got home from school
    and told to correct the situation. When we did
    not keep our rooms clean, we had to help my mom
    for the rest of the afternoon instead of going
    out and playing with friends. Therefore, we kept
    our rooms fairly tidy, and we got to like them
    like that. As adults, I think we all can now
    appreciate this discipline of tidying up before
    leaving our rooms, apartments, or houses.

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SAMPLE EXPOSITORY ESSAY-CONT.
  • Title Growing Up With Rules
  • In addition, doing as well as
    possible in school was also very important in our
    family. Homework time began right after dinner,
    and each child was required to explain to one or
    both parents what she or he was doing. Asking for
    help was permitted, but being lazy was not. When
    we were caught daydreaming instead of doing our
    homework, the punishment was quick and certain
    no TV for a week. Good grades were not
    necessarily expected, but making a good effort
    was. If one of our teachers contacted my parents
    with a discipline problem or with a simple
    comment that one of us was not working up to our
    abilities, we all got a lecture from my parents
    about what our responsibilities as children were.
    Today, my parents can boast that all ten of their
    children are college graduates and that among
    them are two doctors and college professors.
  • Finally, our parents always made sure that we
    understood how important our relationships to
    each other were. We were taught to love and
    respect our siblings because they were the only
    people that we would always be able to count on.
    From a very early age, we learned to share what
    we had with each other. Later, we learned to
    support each other through hard times at school
    or around the neighborhood. We would stick
    together like glue if one of us were in trouble
    or threatened. In my family, the result of our
    not caring for each other was the look of such
    profound disappointment in my parents eyes that
    would break our hearts. Our parents always
    forgave us in the end nevertheless, it was a
    terrible feeling. The long-term result of this is
    that we are all very close today.

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SAMPLE EXPOSITORY ESSAY-CONT.
  • Title Growing Up With Rules
  • All in all, some people think that my
    upbringing was rather strict and even cruel, but
    I do not. As an adult now, I am aware of the
    benefits all that discipline brought about.
    Because of that, I live in an orderly home, am
    very happy working in my chosen profession as a
    college professor, and I have no better friends
    than my brothers and sisters. I believe that I
    owe my parents and their rules for the stability
    and contentment I have in my life.
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