Language & Written Expression IV

An  Essay  is considered as a  short   piece  of  writing  by a  student  on a  particular   subject. The following videos provide information about Essays. Watch them and pay attention to the notes above which are made with an application called padlet.  Taylor D. (2012) "How to Write an Effective 5-Paragraph Essay: Formulas for 5-Paragraph Essay" Sawyer J. (2014) "Thesis Statements: Four Steps to a Great Essay"                                        

This is a group work based on Halliday´s lecture . It consists of a chart where we make a list about the most important concepts named in his lecture.   Click here to see it!

Visible Thinking   is a broad and flexible framework for enriching classroom learning in the content areas and fostering students' intellectual development at the same time. Let´s wach the following video " Roxane D. (2016)   Systemic Functional Linguistics for the English Language Arts Classroom, youtube "  in order to clarify and set some ideas about this particular topic.   Finally, I make a mind map (click here) to set the central ideas and concepts of this theory. It is a useful technique to include all the concepts that you consider important to remember.  Bonus Track : This is  another video about the same topic. I found it really interesting so, I decided to include it here.  

As it was discussed in class, the last sentence of the introduction is called the  THESIS STATEMENT . And it is the backbone to your essay. Watch the two videos to revise HOW to write a THESIS STATEMENT.     VIDEO 1                                   " How to Write an A+ Thesis Statement"        VIDEO 2                "Thesis Statements--How to Construct and Compose  (A Review)" A. What is a thesis statement? It is the single specific claim that you essay supports. Also it includes a topic, a precise opinion and reasoning. B. Parts of a thesis 1. Subject: It refers to the topic of the essay  2. The precise opinion: This implies your opinion on the subject or the topic of you essay. 3. The blueprint of reasons: It´s HOW you plan to argue and prove your opinions. (evidence) C. Some things that you have to take into account when you are composing a thesis 1. Your  TOPIC (what you are going to write about)

Systemic functional linguistics ( SFL ) is an approach to linguistics that considers language as a social semiotic system. It was devised by Michael Halliday. Here, there are two interesting videos about this theory .   I hope you find them useful. Video 1: " Basic Principles of Systemic Functional                                   Linguistics" Video 2: " An Introduction to Systemic Functional                                      Linguistics" Blogs visited: https://ceeecy12.blogspot.com/ https://val1cheroni.blogspot.com/ https://camiladigrazia.blogspot.com/ Test yourself and discover how much you know about SFL! Cargando…