Academic Essay Writing

Read the Question carefully

Brainstorm and create a Mind Map of your response

create an Outline

check carefully that your Outline completely answers the right question in an organized way

write the body paragraphs from your Outline

write the introduction and conclusion from the topic sentences of the body paragraphs

 

 

What three things did the witches tell Macbeth the first time?  What were their effects on the story?

create a mind map:::::5m15 60 a60 40 0 0 0 10 10!:5m15 60 a60 40 0 1 1 10 10 to gather ideas to answer the question

write an outline from the mind map:::::5m18 250 a72 72 0 0 0 10 10!:5m18 250 a72 72 0 1 1 10 10!m26 39 l6 150!5m52 79  l6 79 !5m90 50 l6 189  to organize your essay

check that your outline answers the right question completely::writ1:::5m12 238 l5 10 l10 -20!:5m12 192 l5 10 l10 -20!:5m12 156 l5 10 l10 -20!:5m108 240 l5 10 l10 -20!:5m108 204 l5 10 l10 -20!:5m108 168 l5 10 l10 -20

rearrange::::-5m10 165 a60 60 0 0 0 0 35!-5m90 205 a60 60 0 0 0 0 -35 your outline to make it more organized

write the body of your essay:::::5m204 192 a48 72 0 0 0 10 10!:5m204 192 a48 72 0 1 1 10 10

construct each paragraph from a main section of your outline::::-5m108 252 l60 -54!-5m108 216 l54 -72!-5m108 180 l54 -100

make the topic sentence of each body paragraph from an outline heading::::-5m108 165 l66 -94!-5m108 200 l63 -41!-5m108 246 l71 -50

include the supporting ideas from your outline in each body paragraph::::-5m138 174 l85 -93!-5m138 183 l90 -90

write the introduction and summary from the topic sentences of the body::::-5m198 66 a72 72 0 0 0 0 -24!-5m198 66 a12 72 0 0 1 1 192!-5m273 196 a72 172 0 0 0 0 -142!-5m273 196 a72 72 0 0 1 1 40!-5m230 158 a15 80 0 0 0 0 -141!-5m230 158 a60 130 0 0 1 1 90

vary the topic sentences, express the same idea in a different way, to make your essay more interesting