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√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
√√ Writing a Thematic Essay | Social Awareness | English
hi everyone and welcome to this video on writing a thematic essay now this video is aimed at year 11 ESL students and is relevant to their area of study. in approach in your essay for an area of study you really need to have in your mind exactly what the Board of Studies is asking from me as a result there are a couple of things that you really need to know and these things are what we're going to be addressing in detail today the first is what a thematic essay is. we're going to be looking at exactly what that essay is what it's asking of you and what you need to include in it secondly you need to know how to structure a thematic essay. today we're going to be looking at a number of different structures which you could potentially use and also examining which of these structures tends to be the most successful for ESL students the third element is how the text type can vary in the essay section. what I mean by this is that the essay doesn't always ask just for an essay form it could ask for a different text type and we'll be looking at what these text type are and how you write them later in the video. let's begin by asking ourselves what is a thematic essay well a thematic essay is the essay which surrounds the theme of your area of study. it's basically the culmination of your work for the entire term the essay counts for 20 out of 45 marks in paper one of your exam. what that really means is that it's 20 marks towards your essay and then 25 for your comprehension. you do want to be spending a little less time on your essay in your final exam however that doesn't mean that you don't need to prepare for it the essay needs a lot of preparation analysis and planning and we're going to be looking at that basically your essay is your expression of your area of study theme. it's everything you think about that theme your thesis and then the ideas which you can develop from that theme as well as that it's looking at both your to set texts as well as your related texts. it's really asking you to draw in a lot of knowledge from a whole lot of areas and then apply that just to one succinct an excellent essay. a thematic essay is an essay which argues a theme and not only a theme but your particular opinion on the theme and the way in which you think the theme is most obviously expressed in your texts. your theme is the main focus of your essay your entire essay has to be coming back to that theme over and over again each paragraph will be covering a different part of your theme. what this means is that you're not writing an entire essay just on for example change but you're looking at different elements of change how change can be happening in different ways and then using each of these different ways as an example of a paragraph for your essay. each paragraph is really going to be covering a different idea giving a bit of variety to your essay and making it more interesting for the marketer read this will be introduced by a topic sentence and then expanded by quotes examples techniques and analysis and this is all things which you can draw from what you do in class with your teacher and then what you do on your own when you're analyzing your related text. let's look at this guide to writing a thematic essay it's really important that you get structure in your mind and well practiced in order to be able to produce an excellent essay now in previous videos we've looked at things like context and literature now all of these things are obviously really important you have to get the content mastered but exactly the same you also need to get structure mastered. you really have to juggle I'm getting structure and style as well as your content and your understanding of your text. let's look at some structure firstly we're beginning without introduction now obviously this is where you orient your reader to your argument and you introduce your texts. this is where you list your text and the years in which they were composed and by who you're then looking at the body of your text. the first section is going to be on your first set text remember in ESL you're studying to set text and one related text for this area of study. you want to be splitting your essay roughly into thirds with your set text as the first element of the body then the second set text as the second element of the body and then your related text as your third element of the body. within this you could perhaps do about two paragraphs per text and if you find you can write more write as much as you can you then want to wrap up your essay with the conclusion where you're really summarizing your argument linking together all your ideas and concluding with an explanation of how your text link to your area of study. let's go through each element of this structure and really dissect how you can write the best possible essay. we look at the introduction in the introduction you really want to be including the keywords from the question this really makes sure that the marker knows that yes you're answering the question and not just writing down any essay which you've memorized at home you're then making sure you use your thesis idea. as we discussed in our introduction video you can use dictionaries and encyclopedias to develop your idea of what your theme means and this is your thesis and this thesis is what you really need to be including in your introduction you then need to be using references to the syllabus rubric which we went through in the introduction video to make sure that the marker knows that you understand what an area of study is and how you answer the questions to do with that rubric you then want to be naming all of the texts and also giving their published date genre theme and context now this is a really important step and you to make sure all of these three things are memorized. make sure before you go in into exam but you've memorized the titles composes and the published dates of your text this is going to make sure that your information is accurate and interesting for the marker you then need in your introduction to give a signpost of your basic argument that you are going to make. basically what we mean by this is listing about your three or four main points which are going to make up the basis for your paragraphs. for example you might want to give a quick indication of the way that each of the different texts you'll be looking at relate back to whatever theme you're studying paragraph structure wise remember that how many paragraphs you do is entirely based on how fast you write. before you go into an exam do a couple of practice papers and really make sure you have an understanding of how you pace yourself in exams and how much you expect yourself to be writing. we're looking at a topic sentence with a link at the opening of each paragraph really to introduce the reader to the basic idea which that paragraph will hold you're then looking at stating the language technique or indeed if it's a visual text stating a visual technique this really shows the marker that you have specific knowledge of that text you're not just being broad and fluffy but you've really done your homework you've done your research and you have examples to show off you then want to support that with a quote now quotes are things that you really although it's difficult need to memorize from the text a good idea maybe is making some flashcards with quotes on the back that you can carry around and just look out whenever you have a spare moment this will ensure that you always have some quotes which you can put into your essay you then need to explain the effect of that quoting technique on the theme as we've discussed you're always coming back to that theme and while you might be bored out of your mind with how often you mention that theme it's what the marker wants to read. if you're always coming back to that you're definitely going to be successful you then introduce a concluding sentence which basically as always gives a link back to the question and provides a direct answer to what the question is asking you once we get to the conclusion you'll see that there's a definite tone of finality you can use words such as ultimately and finally to make sure that the marker knows that yes you're really finishing off your essay now and that you're finally wrapping it up you can therefore link back to the rubric and the question and also make sure you explain your main points. that all of your ideas in your essay are clearly laid out towards the end you really want to make sure that the marker has a good understanding of everything you've tried to prove I'm just giving them a brief conclusion is a really good way to make sure that none of your ideas will be lost you also want to end on an explanation of your theme and perhaps a meaningful comment. instead of just stating what your theme is really showing what you think about your theme and really showing the way in which you've learned something from these texts about your theme and communicating that to the marker we now go to this section on essay style now as we've discussed in ASL what you're looking at is a language study within an area of study. one of your key focuses as we dissected from the rubric earlier on is improving the way in which you use your language in a sophisticated and interesting way. let's look at a few elements of language and how you can master these the first is whether you should use first or third person obviously in everyday life you're using first person you're saying I'm going to go to the shops I'm going to sit down now however in your essays that's a big no what you really want to be using is the third person. instead of I and me you're looking at things like the reader can see that the viewer can see that or one can see that this is a really sophisticated language technique which you need to use it's also therefore best to use third person to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the formal essay style first person however you can use if it's asking for a personal response question if the essay is asking for your particular view on the subject yeah you can put some eyes in there to make sure that the marker knows this is your opinion maybe if it's something like a diary entry or a journal you definitely want to be including eyes and Mees to make sure that the marker knows you understand that form we then get to the concept of grammar now in your study of English obviously you know that it's really important to be accurate in your grammar as it really just sets you above the rest and make sure that the marker knows that you do have a good understanding of English and that you can communicate that through your writing. you want to choose between past or present tense and then maintain this throughout for example you want to be saying Shakespeare users or Shakespeare use and then sticking with that throughout the entire essay I would personally recommend that you use the present tense it's just a more sophisticated technique and gives an indication that you really know that the work is ongoing even though the author might not be alive anymore we then get to the concept of sentences. it's really important that you use some short and some long sentences. this variation in sizes and lengths is really important in creating a sophisticated style this means that you're going to be focusing on language and expression and by having short manageable sentences you really want to make sure that your expressions clear logical and that the marker can understand every single word which you write down on the page this means that you can use dashes colons and semicolons to break up the sentences and if you don't understand how to use these grammatical techniques it's a good idea to look these up online. that you have a basic mastery of how you can use these to improve your writing. what's the best way to answer the question something which I've been saying over and over again is that it's really important that you make sure you don't only write a good essay but an essay which answers the question and gives the marker what they want to read obviously you need to have specific examples from your text and use this in structure to show in a sophisticated way that you really know the answer and show this off to the marker. for example in the introduction you're stating your answer and argument you're listing your texts explaining your texts using these as a stepping stone to communicating your area of study theme remember your essay isn't actually about your texts it's actually about your theme and you're just using your text to prove that theme you then want to list your ideas as we've discussed we then move on to the body it's really interesting to think of the body of your essay as a bit like a backbone. each paragraph is just like the little elements which make up the overall structure. if you think about it like that you want to make sure each of your paragraphs is quite similar in its length and style. you want to be doing about a theme per paragraph and ensuring that you're strict and repetitive in the style and format that you use you also want to be using one to four quote per paragraph and making sure these are memorized and accurate using techniques is obviously extremely vital and this is something we've discussed and we'll continue to look at when we examine your text specifically in the conclusion obviously you need to summarize the whole point of your essay and make sure that the marker knows that you really understand that you're answering the question you then need to go over your argument just by giving a brief outline of everything which you've said in that essay as well as demonstrating the way in which perhaps your theme varies across the text and has changed over time the final point is that you need to provide your personal response on the issue and this is by developing your thesis idea really practicing that and getting it up to a high standard which you continually pull out for all of your essays. that brings us to the end of our lesson today on writing with an addict essay now you understand the basic structures and format which you need to use you can utilize this in writing practice essays based on your own texts once you've dissected your texts come up with examples of techniques themes and quotes use it in this essay format to ensure that you have a successful essay for your ESL area of study
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