Cav's Guide - How To Write An Essay

Steps To Go Through - 

1) Read à React

2) Hypothesis à Unpack the question/ prompt + react

3) Research (Examples in a book or text)

4) Stream of consciousness (Free flow writing) à Re read writing 

(If all fails go back to No. 2)

5) Drafting à Organise thoughts/ ideas (Structure)

6) Editing/ Revision

Structuring An Essay:

Intro:

 W.I.F.M.à What's In It For Me

1) Grab Attention: So What?

- Relevant

1-2 Sentences

2) General discussion of topic

1-3 Sentences (Highlight the important aspects of book and focus upon)

Scifi Book à (Characters, technology)

3) THESIS

1 Sentence

Body: Information

Paragraphs

1) Topic sentence
- Mini Thesis

2) Examples from text (3-6 sentences)
- Introduce quote and give relevance to topic sentence
- Quotes
- Explain quote à Why is it important and link back to topic sentence/thesis

3) Transition
- Connects one paragraph to another

Conclusion: 
- Sum up
- Relate back to thesis
- Restate

W.I.F.M à Relevance....So What?

Enders Game Assessment Notes

Question: In the science fiction world of Ender’s Game progress is propelled by fear.

1)    Science Fiction is a Genre  (Technique/Convention and THEMES)

   

-         Space Travel

-         Future

-         Apocalypse

-         Aliens (Buggers)

-         Technology 

      

2)    Fear:

                                                                                      

-         Fear of war àImproved knowledge

-         Fear of becoming Peter (Mean, killing & cruel) à Character develops (Stranger)

-         Fear of death

-         Fear of losing someone

-         Fear of xenophobia (Fear of foreigners) à Alliances made               

-         Fear of conflict (Irony) àConvincing victory                                                 

-         Fear of disappointment (Failure) – Ender is challenged, character develops (Stranger)

-          Fear of buggers à Improved knowledge, Ender is challenged

  

3)    Propel:

-         Monitors

-         Battle School

-         Develop ansible (Instant Messaging) à Improved technology

-         100 Years war

-         The nets (Locke and Demosthenes)

4)    Progress

   

      - Convincing victory (Bullies)

      - Ender is challenged (Military skills develop)

      - Alliances made

      - Improved technology

      - Improved knowledge