Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Scrutinizing an ‘A’ grade essay - Follow-up activity

Is technology the best answer to environmental destruction?

1. Read the essay through quickly and say whether or not it clearly deserves a good ‘A’ grade.

2. Go through each paragraph and examine how it is developed. Highlight the topic sentence. Highlight one other sentence, if there is any, that seems as important to you in adding to clarity and flow.

3. Examine and evaluate the introductory paragraph. Comment on what impresses you. Why and in what way?

4. Comment on the way the essay flows. How is this achieved?

5. Pick out an instance of where the quality of balance is obvious; comment.

Follow- up activity:

Look at an essay that you have written. What have you done well? What could have been done better?

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