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?