Writing – (A short article with Tips)

1. The topic: Think about a topic related to your degree or college in general; Can you mention some ideas?

2. make a list of tips (recommendation)

3. Complete the following chart with as many ideas as possible about those tips

Tip 1 Tip 2 Tip 3 Tip 4 Tip 5

4. Decide the topics and the organization of your article

For example:1. Introduction 2. Tip 1 ______3. Tip 2 ______ 4. Tip 3 ______5. Tip 4 _______6. Tip 5 _______7. Conclusion

5. Let’s write the introduction!

Structure of the introduction

attention getterContextualization(general)

Background information(more specific- importance of the topic)

Thesis statement(mention the content of thearticle)

Structure of the paragraphs

Topic sentence (main idea)

Supporting ideas (Explanations, examples, anecdotes, statistics, etc)

Concluding sentence

If you want to write a good essay,you have to read extensively about the topicof your essay. The more you read about thetopic, the stronger and more convincing yourarguments will be. For example, if yourintention is to write an essay about thepeace agreement in Colombia, you have toread the whole agreement in detail. It isestimated that 64% of the essays lackappropriate and accurate exploration of thesubject. In conclusion, a good essay writer isalways a good reader.

Structure of the conclusion

Summary of the tips

Your opinions and points of view

6. Ask two partners to read the paragraphs and help you with corrections (peer correction)

7. Make the corrections of your article.

8. Write creative subtitles for your paragraphs (short phrases).

9. Edit your article using a word processor (Use elements of style for articles such as justification, text in columns big initial capitals, inserted quotations, a couple of illustration, etc.)

10. Bring your article the next class to share! (printed)