Their college life is impossible to imagine without paper work, and that is why it is very important for them to know how to write an essay, an assignment, a dissertation, a composition, etc. So, your task as a teacher is . How to do that? What aspects to pay attention to in order your students could become the best essay writers?
Here you are welcome to find some tips concerning the most important essay aspects to tell your students about. Step by step, you will make it much easier for them to understand the principles of essay writing and their importance for their future practice.
Remember, that an essay is not only about writing skills, but it demonstrates the ability of your students to research as well. So, you task is to teach them to research. That is why try to reject the chosen topics if they are too easy for a student, and you see that it will not take much time to write such a essay.
An essay is not an essay without any research. Explain your students, that it is always better for them to choose a topic they understand well and have an opportunity to make a research on. is important for every student to get, that is why do not forget practicing different research tactics with them: tell in details about the methods they can use to find all the information needed, how to use this info wisely, and what are the best ways to distinguish the important facts.
An essay can not be just a piece of writing about general things everybody knows and understands perfectly. So, teach your students that they should not be in a hurry to write their essays at once they've chosen the topic. Make them
When a student perfectly understands what he writes an essay for, it will be much easier for him to draw the outline and start writing.
For your students to understand what a good piece of writing actually is, just give them some examples of excellent essays. It may be an essay of your former student for example. When they see a sample, your students will have an idea what a good essay should look like.
Use samples to tell students about each element their essays should include. They will perfectly understand what the good introduction is, what an informative body of an essay should look like, and how to make an appropriate conclusion. Moreover, your students will also have an opportunity to see how sentences are built, and what grammar constructions are used in an essay.
Choose some topic and make a list of points your students would need to mention if they wrote an essay on it. Such a technique will give them a better understanding of what and essay is, and .
Make sure that all students perfectly understand the fact they should follow an essay outline, because it will be much easier for them to write this piece of paper. Make it clear to them that every point of the outline should start from a new paragraph. Moreover, the smaller these paragraphs are – the more attractive an essay will look for its readers. It is not very comfortable to read very long paragraphs, as it will be more difficult to get the point in such a way. Eventually, it will be easier for students themselves to compose shorter paragraphs of an essay.
And here comes its most important part that is called an introduction. As a rule, students find it very difficult to write this part of their essay, as they do not know how to start a piece of writing in order to attract readers' attention and tell them shortly about what this essay is about.
It is clear, that an essay will not be good without a proper and attractive beginning, so, your task is to explain this moment to your students. Tell them, that no one will continue reading their essays if they do not make it eye-catchy and clear for a potential reader. Moreover, an essay introduction should be intriguing a bit.
Depending on the topic of an essay, students can start it with a story from their personal experience. This is a good way to grab an attention. Discuss this option with your students, listen to their suggestions. Discussions will help them learn the material better.
Now it is high time for a conclusion, which is not less important than an introduction by the way. It is a real art to finish your in a way your reader would feel good and satisfied with everything he has read.
Tell your students how to conclude their essays appropriately. Explain, that it is not good to abrupt a piece of writing. And do not forget to mention, that a conclusion of their essay should contain a summary if all points they discussed in the body!
To summarize everything mentioned above, we can say that the importance of essay writing skills should not be underestimated. Such skills will help students express their thoughts clearly and write really good and even professional essays and other kinds of paper work during their further study at colleges or universities. Be sure, they will thank you for teaching such a necessary information to them.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;
Elar 5.12(b).
At the end of a writing unit, teachers tend to assess students’ understanding of the genre by having them write a text independently.
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I'm a high school English teacher , and I recently had a parent say to me, "ChatGPT can produce a decent essay on just about any topic in 3.4 seconds. You're not still teaching kids essay writing the old way, are you?"
Good question. Like most good questions posed to humans, my response requires more than 3.4 seconds to create and read, but it is one I'd like every parent of a high school student to consider as we head back into another academic year.
Yes, it's true: generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) are incredible resources. An entire essay produced in 3.4 seconds? That's almost faster than I can type "3.4 seconds," and I am not above marveling at the technology that makes this possible.
I can also envision many reasons that kind of efficiency would be appealing to students, as well as their parents, who — in many instances — not only have been successfully using AI in their own work and personal lives but also have witnessed and worried over their children's busy schedules .
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If the "new way" creates more time for students' other activities — extracurriculars, jobs, families, friends, even Netflix — and less stress for students , as an educator, I am interested in how I might encourage my students to use AI in various teacher-vetted, revision-based ways that support their academic goals. A good example of this is using Grammarly while writing an essay.
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But, if by "old way" that parent meant that I'm still asking students to write without ChatGPT, occasionally even with a pencil and piece of paper, my answer is also yes. Here's why.
Adolescence is a pivotal time for brain development. T he prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for skills like planning, prioritizing, and decision making, is not fully developed yet. This might mean lots of friend drama, but it equals academic opportunity in a classroom, because the adolescent brain is primed to take in new information and adapt.
This is exactly why it's important to ask students to engage in challenging activities like arguing an original point with specific, verifiable evidence. It's hard, and they might struggle .
Teachers are still learning how to most effectively guide students through the acceptable use of artificial intelligence and determine its merit in their classrooms. T wo out of every three educators polled by EducationWeek in January 2024, said they hadn't yet used AI-driven tools in their classroom .
Many of the educators cited lack of time and training as reasons they hadn't yet explored how AI could both assist their own work and potentially the work of their students. Even the most seasoned tech integrationist teachers I know mostly navigate AI best practices through instinct since very little in the AI-in-education realm has had the longevity to be tested.
In addition to the issues raised above about brain development, LLMs can "hallucinate," leading to misinformation that can also contain bias that many students might miss. It's critical that students don't simply see these technologies as "cool tools that know everything" and instead — before they use them — are taught by the educators they trust about their limitations.
Although my students will certainly use computers and other assistive tech as they work on their writing — which can come with spellcheck tools, for example — I was serious about asking them sometimes to use pencil and paper .
Studies suggest that writing by hand prompts distinct and more complex brain connections that are fundamental in encoding new information. In other words, the actual act of writing by hand can deepen retention and comprehension of whatever concepts students are learning in their classes, and stimulate the original ideas that can evade students when they only type into an electronic document.
Also, writing by hand — to state the obvious — gets them off screens, away from the daily barrage of notifications, and hopefully into a headspace that is quieter, slower, and more primed for authentic, inventive thought. And doesn't that sound beneficial for our often over-stimulated, over-scheduled young people?
As teachers get better at helping students learn how to use generative AI appropriately and students get better at using it, there will certainly be reasons for them to do so for the sake of efficiency. However, remember the adage that "childhood goes so fast"? It's true. There will be plenty of time for young people — after they've learned to think for themselves — to adapt to AI's role in their futures. While they're young, let's not rush them.
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PHOENIX — September marks the beginning of college savings month in Arizona. Arizona’s state treasurer Kimberly Yee is kicking it off with an essay competition asking students to write about their dream jobs.
Twenty winners from all across Arizona will get $529 for their AZ529 account.
At the Boys and Girls Club of the Valley, there are a lot of kids with big dreams.
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“I want to be a soccer player and a lawyer. Because I’m good at arguing," Charles Strand-Flores said.
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Treasurer Yee is telling them about the essay contest they can submit to so they can get a jump start.
“It’s a very short paragraph you need to write about what you want to be when you grow up," Yee said. "That will give you a chance to submit it and give you a chance to win $529 for your future education.”
Yee is trying to reach as many kids and parents as possible, heading across the state again to promote the contest and the savings plan.
“We have seen so much growth in this program. In just 46 months, we have seen 44,500 new families sign up for an education savings plan," Yee said.
Strand-Flores says he plans to take what he learned today and start saving.
“If you save, you have it when you need it. And when you have a lot, you can give it to other people.”
Yee adds if your child eventually decides college isn’t for them, the saved money can be spent on other types of education like vocational schools, trade programs, and workforce development.
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When you are in need of an answer to prayer but time doesn’t permit a multi-day petition, you may want to follow the example of St. Teresa of Calcutta — whose feast day is today, Sept. 5 — who turned to the Virgin Mary and prayed her “Flying Novena.”
Monsignor Leo Maasburg, her friend and spiritual adviser, explains in his book “ Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait ” that it was “Mother Teresa’s spiritual rapid-fire weapon. It consisted of 10 Memorares — not nine, as you might expect from the word ‘novena.’ Novenas lasting nine days were quite common among the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity. But given the host of problems that were brought to Mother Teresa’s attention, not to mention the pace at which she traveled, it was often just not possible to allow nine days for an answer from Celestial Management. And so she invented the ‘Quick Novena.’”
Maasburg calls it by this name rather than the “Flying Novena,” which her Missionaries of Charity continue to use and pray.
Here are the words of the centuries-old Memorare:
“Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your clemency hear and answer me. Amen.”
Maasburg writes that Mother Teresa said this novena all the time — “for petitions for the cure of a sick child, before important discussions, or when passports went missing to request heavenly aid when the fuel supply was running short on a nighttime mission and the destination was still far away in the darkness. The Quick Novena had one thing in common with nine-day and even nine-month novenas: confident pleading for heavenly assistance, as the apostles did for nine days in the upper room ‘with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the women’ (Acts 1:14) while waiting for the promised help from the Holy Spirit.”
Maasburg goes on to explain why Mother Teresa always prayed 10 Memorares. “She took the collaboration of heaven so much for granted that she always added a 10th Memorare immediately, in thanksgiving for the favor received.”
Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity, who served as the postulator of the cause for Mother Teresa’s canonization, shared an example of what happened when Mother Teresa prayed this 10-day novena as the need arose or a difficulty presented itself.
He quotes Mother herself describing one of many instances: “In Rome during the Holy Year (1984), the Holy Father was going to celebrate Mass in the open, and crowds of people were gathered. It was pouring rain, so I told the sisters, ‘Let us say a flying novena of nine Memorares to Our Lady in thanksgiving for beautiful weather.’ As we said two Memorares, it started to pour more rain. We said the third … sixth … seventh … and at the eighth one, all the umbrellas were closing, and when we finished the ninth one, we found all the umbrellas were closed.”
Maasburg also recounts in his book the time he drove Mother Teresa and one of her sisters to the Vatican for Pope John Paul II’s private morning Mass. Arriving very early while all was still locked up, Maasburg describes how together they prayed the entire rosary and novena of Memorares while waiting in the car.
“No sooner had we finished the Quick Novena than the Swiss guardsman knocked on the steamed-up windshield and said, ‘Mother Teresa, it’s time.’ Mother Teresa and the sister got out.”
Maasburg said he’d wait in the car for her, but she turned around and called, “Quick, Father, you come with us!”
Mother Teresa was already on her way to the elevator; she swept aside the timid protest of the Swiss guardsman with a charming “Father is with us!” and a grateful twinkle of her eyes.
“The rules were unequivocal: Only those who were on the list of announced guests could enter. And only the names of Mother Teresa and one other sister were on that list. … Even in the company of a saint I would not get past the elevator attendant — much less the civil police in front of the entrance to the Holy Father’s apartment,” Maasburg recalled.
“Mother assured the hesitant elevator attendant … ‘We can start now. Father is with us’ … I had already tried again and again to explain to Mother Teresa in the elevator that it is not only unusual but absolutely impossible to make your way into the pope’s quarters unannounced. But even my resistance was useless…”
Two tall policemen in civilian clothes stood at the door to the papal apartments.
“The older of the two policemen greeted the foundress of a religious order courteously: ‘Mother Teresa, good morning! Please come this way. The padre is not announced. He cannot come in.’ He stepped aside for Mother Teresa, whereas I had stopped walking,” Maasburg continued. “She gestured to me, however, that I should keep going, and explained to the policeman, ‘Father is with us.’”
“‘… Mother, your padre has no permission; therefore he cannot come with you.’”
“… She stood there calmly and asked the policeman in a patient tone of voice, ‘And who can give the priest permission?’” Maasburg recounted.
“The good man was obviously not prepared for this question. With a helpless shrug of his shoulder he said, ‘Well, maybe the pope himself. Or Monsignor [Stanisław] Dziwisz….’”
“’Good, then wait here!’ was the prompt reply. And Mother Teresa was already … heading for the papal chambers. ’I will go and ask the Holy Father!’”
“A short pause, then Italian-Vatican common sense prevailed and Mother Teresa had won. ‘Then the padre had better just go with you!’”
“Turning to me, he said, ‘Go. Go now!’” Maasburg said.
Not only did Maasburg get to the Mass, but Mother Teresa told Dziwisz, the pope’s private secretary, later the archbishop of Krakow and a cardinal, that the priest with her would celebrate the Mass with the Holy Father. And Maasburg did. (Read all the details here .)
Mother Teresa “definitely inspired the same devotion in her sisters, but also in others,” Kolodiejchuk affirmed.
Father Louis Merosne, the pastor at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti, shared his own amazing experience with the Flying Novena.
Once he had planned to join the Missionaries of Charity priests, had been accepted, and spent two years with them in Mexico before he said God made it clear he was to serve in Haiti instead. Active with youth and young adult conferences, in 2008 he was going to World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. On his return he was to have a one-day stop in Boston, then catch a flight to the Netherlands, where he was to speak at a conference.
“I went to the consulate in Boston to apply for their visa,” he said. “They told me I would have to leave my passport in order to put the visa on it. I couldn’t because I had to leave for Sydney.” Boston insisted the central office could not process anything until they had his passport. “I told them I’m going to the Netherlands and I had one day in between my two travels. They said, ‘Sorry.’”
Calling from Sydney about the visa, he got a surprise. “They told me, by the way, they don’t do urgent, express applications. They need at least two weeks once they get the passport.” He told them the conference would be over by then.
Returning to Boston, he took an early train to New York City to the main consulate office. He continued: “I went to the office to explain the situation again, but they said, ‘You can leave your passport and pick it up in two weeks. We’re very sorry.’”
This was the day he was to travel to the Netherlands, and he had to get back to Boston and board his booked flight that evening, which would then fly back to New York on the first of two legs to the Netherlands.
“Maybe if I call the airline, they would allow me to get on at New York for the Netherlands flight,” he thought. The airline’s answer? “No, we don’t do that. If you don’t get on your flight in Boston, your entire flight will be cancelled. You cannot get on in New York.”
Still in the consulate, he called the airlines a second time hoping to find a sympathetic listener. But again he was told the airline could not cancel one leg of the flight.
At that point Merosne knew it was time to say a Flying Novena. He said: “‘Only you, Blessed Mother, can help me do this if it is God’s will.’ I said the novena.”
Shortly after he finished, “the representative from the consulate called me over and said, ‘Give me your passport.’ And within minutes I had my visa! And I called the airlines a third time, and this time the lady said, ‘We don’t do this, but we’ll do this once for you. Get on the plane in New York.’”
“Once I said that [Flying] Novena, it was all over for them,” Merosne said with much joy. “That which was impossible for man was quite possible for our Blessed Mother.”
“I am a believer,” he said of the Flying Novena.
Kolodiejchuk noted that Mother Teresa taught: “Get into that habit of calling on her [Mary]. She interceded — at the wedding feast, there was no wine. … She was so sure that he will do what she asks him. … She is mediatrix of all graces. … She is always there with us.”
One of the Missionaries of Charity sisters explained that the Flying Novena wasn’t hard and fast in some ways. For instance, the nine Memorares might be for our Blessed Mother’s help in getting a house, or nine Memorares in thanksgiving for that (rather than one 10th Memorare) because the house was already attained.
The spiritual situation and the time come into account.
She said the sisters use the Flying Novena from the simplest things such as getting out of traffic when they are stuck in it to serious life-and-death things.
The Memorare is so powerful, she said. We are to pray the Memorares with confidence and in thanksgiving knowing Our Lady will grant this.
“The Memorare is a prayer that effectively expressed Mother Teresa’s trust in the power of Mary’s intercession as the mediatrix of all graces,” Kolodiejchuk explained. “It flowed from the love and confidence she had in Mary and was a simple way to present her petitions to her. The speedy response she received inspired her with ever-greater confidence to have recourse to Mary with the words of the Memorare.”
Mother Teresa wanted everybody to learn and use this prayer. “Mother said [to] teach the poor to pray the Memorare. Write it down for them and teach them,” the sister said. Praying it, Our Lady will be gloried and Jesus will be glorified.
There’s always a reason for the Flying Novena.
This article was first published Aug. 30, 2016, by the National Catholic Register , CNA’s sister news partner, and has been adapted by CNA.
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Six steps to teaching your child essay writing: Step 1. Pick a topic and say something about it. In order to write, your child must write about something. That something is the subject of the essay. In this step, you want to help your child pick a topic and say something about it.
Step 1: Develop Fine Motor Skills. Fine motor skills are the foundation of learning to write. They involve using small muscles in the hands and fingers to perform tasks like holding a pencil, turning pages, and eventually writing letters and words.
Students should be encouraged to learn words they frequently misspell, as well as words they wish to include in their writing. Teachers also should help students acquire the skills they need to generate and check plausible spellings for words. 3. Teach students to construct sentences for fluency , meaning and style.
Support your arguments with relevant evidence, facts, examples, or quotes from reliable sources. This will strengthen your essay and make it more persuasive. 3. Analyze and Explain. Don't just present information; analyze and explain it. Show your reader how the evidence supports your argument and why it's important.
Teach your child the importance of the writing process: outline, draft, and revise. First, have them outline their essay with main points and supporting details before writing. Creating an outline provides a roadmap to follow and ensures their essay has a clear structure and purpose.
At this stage, it is important that they: Ensure the research material is directly relevant to the essay task. Record in detail the sources of the information that they will use in their essay. Engage with the material personally by asking questions and challenging their own biases.
The goal is not to get an essay written no matter what, but to set her up for being an independent, confident student who doesn't rely on you at every turn. You'll want to sit down with her ...
Step 3: Provide examples and practise a lot. Give your kids examples! Children work better when they have some examples of what they are trying to do lying in front of them. This tactic, called "learning by example", will help your children get more ideas about creating their own essay papers.
4. Writing practice for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. If your child is new to writing, start with beginner skills like pencil grip practice and tracing the letters of the alphabet. Show your child how to hold a pencil with three fingers, in a tripod grip. This will give them more control when they write.
In this guide, we'll walk you through five straightforward steps to enhance your child's essay writing skills. Step 1: Decode the Essay Prompt. The first step in writing an essay is understanding the prompt. This can make a significant difference in how your child approaches the task. Start by sitting down with your child and reading the ...
Use games. There are numerous games and puzzles that help children with spelling while increasing their vocabulary. Some of these may include crossword puzzles, word games, anagrams, and cryptograms designed especially for children. Flash cards are fun to use too, and they're easy to make at home. Turn your child's writing into books.
Discuss writing blocks and ways to overcome them. Discuss the planning process and experience how it helps flesh out an essay. Walk them through each lesson making sure they complete each step successfully before attempting to move on in the writing process. Working side by side with your student also helps you become a better instructor by ...
Every essay includes an introduction, exposition, and conclusion. Outlines help people get organized when writing, and this should help your child as well. Write down the topic and their main goal which helps them clearly identify their main idea and their opinions about it. There are plenty of outline types out there, so you can easily find ...
Try having students post a weekly response to a writing prompt or question that you assign. You may also want to create a separate discussion board where students can post ideas about their essay and get feedback from you and their classmates. 6. Give students homework to help them develop their essays.
Refresh on basic writing skills. Before you dive into essay writing, make sure your child has a good grasp on the basic elements of writing. Make sure they know the importance of things such as proper spelling and the rules of grammar. Remember to teach them these concepts at an age-appropriate level; you don't need to deliver a huge lecture.
Create Story Prompts. A fun way to improve kids' creative writing skills is to have them write short stories. Cut out pictures from a magazine with different characters or locations, or write down different words. Place these in a container or glue them to cards to use as writing prompts for creating a unique story.
The key to success lies in the basics of essay writing. First, start with evaluating your kid's writing skills and knowledge. For instance, assign them to write an essay on any subject and analyze the text together. Explore grammatical errors (often, children repeat their mistakes), and look at the essay's structure and construction of ...
Follow your outline, using each of your supporting points as the topic sentence of its own paragraph. Use descriptive words to get your ideas across to the reader. Go into detail, using specific information to tell your story or make your point. Stay on track, making sure that everything you include is somehow related to the main idea of your ...
Here are some tips to help make the writing process more enjoyable for kids: 1. Make it fun: Try to make the writing process exciting by incorporating games, creative exercises, or fun prompts to spark their imagination. 2. Choose interesting topics: Let kids write about topics that interest them. This will help keep them motivated and engaged ...
This is the first step in explaining the outline of the essay. The whole essay should consist of an introduction, the body of the essay, which should consist of different arguments, the sentences and paragraphs in their logical order, and the conclusion. You can help your child by telling them to write down their ideas and what they believe ...
Understand the requirement of the essay through the title. #. Create a rough outline of the paragraphs you want to include. #. Prepare your reference material through good research. #. Follow the three basic components of an essay: the introduction, body, and conclusion. #. After finishing, always proofread thoroughly.
After you make sure that their knowledge is ready to be advanced to the essay writing stage, you should start by introducing the concept of a thesis. The first difficulty children face is directing their essays and keeping them focused. If your children struggle with writing concepts, you can provide thesis prompts or thesis statements for them.
Outline. The last thing to do before starting to write an essay is to make its outline. Choose some topic and make a list of points your students would need to mention if they wrote an essay on it. Such a technique will give them a better understanding of what and essay is, and how it should be written. Make sure that all students perfectly ...
Get your students writing an informational text about sharks using this age-appropriate fact file and writing scaffold. Write an Informational Text About Sharks At the end of a writing unit, teachers tend to assess students' understanding of the genre by having them write a text independently.
You're not still teaching kids essay writing the old way, are you?" Good question. Like most good questions posed to humans, my response requires more than 3.4 seconds to create and read, ...
In any exam, it's important to make a quick (5-7 minute) plan before you write the piece, so you can organise your ideas and structure your paragraph correctly. Outside of timed conditions, when you're practising essays, you want to practise writing extended plans where you explore your thoughts on the question in detail. Have a resource on us!
September marks the beginning of college savings month in Arizona. Arizona's state treasurer Kimberly Yee is kicking it off with an essay competition asking students to write about their dream jobs.
The essay clearly presents the issue of children leading unhealthy lifestyles and emphasizes that both parents and schools have a role in addressing this problem. ... You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay. The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly ...
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