lunes, 24 de agosto de 2009

Introductory Essay (First Draft)

OUTLINE


I. Introduction (general Information)
a) Who am I?
  • Name
  • Where and when I was born/age
b) My family


II. Body
    Paragraph 1: Likes and dislikes
a) Food
  • What I like
  • What I don´t like
b) Sports
  • What I like
  • What I dislike
c) Interests
  • What I like to do
  • What I don´t like to do
      Paragraph 2: Life experiences
a) My vacation
  • Hidalgo trip
  • Last vacation
      Paragraph 3: Plans for the near future
  • Next vacation
  • My birthday party
      Paragraph 4: Plans for the future in general
a) My job
b) My wants
c) My own family


III. Conclusion
a) Restate thesis
b) Restate each topic
c) Comments
d) Concluding sentence

3 comentarios:

  1. Hello I did not want to be a rude person, but sorry.

    1st Paragraph:
    * take out "that is"
    * I think that could be better that you write "My father lives with his new wife", "My mother works...", and instead of is working is "works" in the last sentence.

    2nd Paragraph:
    *take out "the" in mexican food and japanese
    *by practicing
    *"on the other one" I think that is In contrast
    *Mentions which sports
    *connecting information between 2nd paragrph and 3rd.

    3rd Paragraph:
    *fly instead of "flying"
    *Conecting information 3rd paragraph and 4th.

    4th Paragraph:
    *it it unclear the idea of "it iss missing just two five months..."
    *It's better "I want a band"

    5th Paragraph:
    *take out "that is"
    *to finish instead of "finishing"

    Conclusion:
    *It could be better "I want you to know ...." because it is unnecessary all.

    In general you wrote a good essay and you follow the outline.

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