Recipe for an Essay

Select 2 parts that belong in the INTRODUCTION paragraph.

• ALL main ideas

• ONE main idea

• Text Detail

• Hook

What are SOME (3) of the parts that belong in a BODY PARAGRAPH?

• Text Details

• Red Hot Topic

• ONE main idea

• ALL main ideas

• Hook

What are SOME (3) of the parts that belong in a BODY PARAGRAPH?

• ALL main ideas

• Transitions

• Elaboration

• Text stems

• Conclusion

ABOUT how many BODY paragraphs should a fourth grade essay have?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Answer explanation

Remember - there is ONE body paragraph for each main idea you have.

What does a CONCLUSION NOT contain?

• Red Hot Topic

• Hook

• Transition

• Main Ideas

What TWO things should go with EACH PIECE of TEXT EVIDENCE (text detail) used from the text?

• Transition

• Text Stem

• Elaboration

• Permission Slip

How do you start a new paragraph?

• Essays don't have paragraphs

• Skip three lines

• With a question

• Indent (a space the width of two fingers)

It's okay to put text details from main ideas in the introduction and conclusion.

• True! The more details, the better!

• False! Main ideas should be listed in the intro. and conclusion. Save the text details for the body paragraphs!

When you're feeling stuck, and you don't know how to add ELABORATION to a text detail, you can ask yourself:

• WHY didn't I pick a different detail?

• HOW or WHY was this detail important?

• WHAT did my friend write for their elaboration?

A good HOOK should be located where? What is the hook's purpose?

• It should be located in the introduction paragraph, and it is get the reader interested in reading my essay.

• It should be located in the introduction paragraph to make the reader want to think about their own writing.

• It should be located in each body paragraph to keep the reader interested in reading my essay.