WRITING AN ESSAY

Outline :
Thesis statement :.
1 main idea :
- supporting details : - reason/example
2 main idea :
3 main idea :

WRITING TOEFL IBT.

BARON.

To plan and practice

taking notes on reading
passages and lectures.
To write about others
people ideas.
Integrated

To plan responses to the

writing topics, students need to
be able to formulate opinion on
the topics.
To think about describing
reasons and advantages or
disadvantages.
To write about the writers own
idea, to explain your opinion
about a subject, and your
opinion is the subject of the
essay.

Independent

STEPS

PLAN
WRITE
REVISE

INDEPENDENT WRITING

PLAN
WRITE
REVISE

PLAN

WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT

MAKES NOTES ABOUT GENERAL
IDEAS AND SPECIFIC DETAILS
OUTLINES
IDEA MAPS

WRITE

WRITE THE INTRODUCTION

STATE YOUR OPINION
GUIDE THE READER
WRITE THE PARAGRAPH
WRITE THE CONCLUSION

REVISE

USE THE REVISION CHECK LIST

CHECK THE SPELLING AND
PUNCTUATION

Thesis
statement

It is what you
plan to write
about

CHOOSE THE STATEMENTS THAT

ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE TOPIC.
THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE
POSSIBLE ANSWER!

WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS YOU

HAVE MADE ? WHY WAS THIS DECISION IMPORTANT? USE
SPECIFIC REASONS AND DETAILS TO EXPLAIN YOUR
ANSWER.
A. DECISION ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM
NOTHING WOULD GET DONE
B. DECIDING TO LEAVE HOME TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SO FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION I HAVE MADE.
C. ALTHOUGH MY PARENTS WANTED ME TO STUDY
MEDICINE, I KNEW THAT I SHOULD FOLLOW MY HEART AND
GET A DEGREE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS.

SOMEONE WHO WAS CONSIDERED

AN EDUCATED PERSON IN THE PAST
( FOR EXAMPLE YOUR PARENTS OR
YOUR GRAND PARENTS
GENERATION) WOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED AN EDUCATED
PERSON TODAY.

IF YOU DEFINE EDUCATION AS

EARNING DEGREES, THAN I WOULD
HAVE TO AGREE TODAY PEOPLE
ARE MORE EDUCATED THEN THEY
WERE IN THE PAST.

IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO GET AN

EDUCATION IN THE PAST SINCE
THERE WERE NOT AS MANY
SCHOOLS AS TODAY.

BOTH MY GRAND FATHER AND MY

GRAND MOTHER ATTENDED
UNIVERSITY, WHICH WERE THEY
MET.

NOTES ABOUT
GENERAL IDEAS OR
SPECIFIC DETAIL

WRITE YOUR OWN IDEA

ABOUT YOUR OWN
OPINION

THESIS : MEDICAL ADVANCES ARE

THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE.
PARAGRAPH 1
MAIN IDEA : VACCINES AND
ANTIBIOTICS HAVE SAVED LIVES
SUPPORTING DETAILS :
(1) POLIO
(2) PENICILIN

PARAGRAPH 2
MAIN IDEA : INCREASES ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE
SUPPORTING DETAILS :
(1) MORE CLINICS
(2) EASIER TO GET TREATMENT

PARAGRAPH 3
MAIN IDEA : IMPROVED SURGICAL
TECHNIGUES
SUPPORTING DETAILS :
(1) MICROSCOPIC AND LASER
SURGERY EASIER PERFORM
(2) PATIENTS RECOVER FASTER