FIRST PART
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How to write at school WHERE TO START? How can you overcome the fear you face in front of that blank sheet, when the teacher assigns a summary or an essay and you seem to have nothing to write?
I don’t have any ideas, my mind is full of thoughts ... I do not know how to organize... I cannot find the right words to write.... SIGH!
During school, you are usually asked to write different texts by type, content, purpose, audience, topic, and length. You are also asked to write the main types of a text: from the letter to a diary entry, from an autobiography to a chronicle, from a report to an argumentative text. In preparation for writing a text of any type, it is necessary that you fist learn a work deliveries must be respected.
Try to rearrange and organize your ideas based on the outline below.
method, whose phases and
FIRST PART
Organizing ideas – Planning
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THE OUTLINE After analyzing the title, and then understanding the topic to be dealt with and having collected the ideas, you just have to organize the contents, ie the outline of the topic to be treated.
The
outline is a synthetic scheme in which ideas, memories, fragmen-
ts of quotations and topics are arranged in a precise order. Without it,
everything you write would make no sense. With the help of an outline, you will learn to establish what you should write first, what you should write later and what comes at the end.
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There are many ways to create an outline, depending on the type of text you need to write. In general it is advisable
to group ideas that refer to the same aspect of the chosen topic. Re-
member that if done well (in a complete, and articulate manner, possibly with complete sentences), the outline will greatly facilitate the work of writing the rough draft of the essay. This does not mean that once you have made the outline, you cannot change it. As you write the text, you can correct it by adding or removing ideas. The important thing is to keep your eye on it as you write, using it as an indispensable compass to prevent you from going astray.
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FIRST PART
Revision
A TREASURE OF SUGGESTIONS In the revision phase, you can ask the following questions when reviewing your text: Did I narrate the topic in
a complete way, giving all necessary information (dates, facts, etc, )?
Is it too broad or too succinct?
Is it balanced in relation to the other parts? Are the narrated
Are they coherent?
facts presented in a logical way from one to the next?
Are the facts clear and is it understandable why they have been reported? Did I balance each part of the outline? Did I use the correct verb
tenses? Did I use appropriate lexicon? Did I write the text correctly: spelling, morphology, and syntax? Did I use punctuation correctly? Is the conclusion appropriate considering the introduction?
Is the conclusion a natural ending to the story or essay? An affirmative answer to all the questions is a good sign: your text is balanced, clear and coherent! At this point you can rewrite it ÂŤin good copyÂť and pay attention to the graphics of the text. It is important that the spelling is clear, that the page is organized, that the structure of the text is obvious (introduction, main body, conclusion) and that logical blocks are perceived or reversed, and that each new paragraph is indented.
SECOND PART
Narrative text
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REVISING A NARRATIVE TEXT You can evaluate your own writing based on the following chart, and then compare your evaluation with that of your teacher’s.
Self-evaluation chart: Yes
Organization of ideas Style and presentation
Did I organize my ideas in paragraphs? Did I organize my ideas coherently? Was I careful not to repeat my ideas? Did I give context to my writing (place, people, etc.)? Did the people use dialogue? Is the spelling correct?
Exposition
Did I use verbs and expression correctly? Are the sentences well constructed? Is the punctuation correct??
Partly
No