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BUILDING THE ESSAY: BLUEPRINT TO HOUSEWARMING

BUILDING THE ESSAY: BLUEPRINT TO HOUSEWARMING. My kids can’t write. . Oh, they can write , but their essays are a mess, and it takes me hours to grade them. Hmmm…. It sounds as though their organizational skills are poor. How do they prewrite?. Sigh….

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BUILDING THE ESSAY: BLUEPRINT TO HOUSEWARMING

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  1. BUILDING THE ESSAY: BLUEPRINTTOHOUSEWARMING

  2. My kids can’t write.

  3. Oh, they can write, but their essays are a mess, and it takes me hours to grade them. Hmmm…

  4. It sounds as though their organizational skills are poor. How do they prewrite? Sigh…

  5. They web, cluster, whatever. They have their own styles of prewriting. When it hits the paper, though, it’s not well organized, and they hate revising. Hmmm…

  6. Have you tried Four Square or some other organizational formula? ?

  7. No, I don’t like formula writing. I think it inhibits their creativity. Hmmm…

  8. How that relates to real life…

  9. I told you… I can figure it out. Just quit bugging me. Why don’t you just stop and ask for directions or look at the map?

  10. I built the whole house without even a blueprint! It looks pretty good, doesn’t it! Who says you have to have a plan?

  11. Oh… it says “Read the directions carefully before you begin to assemble the…”

  12. Writing an essay is just like the process of building a house. It takes a great deal of planning, work, fixing up the things that are done incorrectly, re-doing the things about which the clients change their minds, more planning, more work, more mistakes, more re-doing, etc. to build a house.

  13. Building a house properly requires the following:A ProcessA BlueprintA Punch List (the list of repairs and finish work required to complete a large project, such as the construction of a house)

  14. The Process:Planning, Executing, Modifying, Correcting, SellingThe Blueprint:The organizational pattern for every part of the wholeThe Punch List:The assessment tool for checking off what the builder and contractor see that the tradespeople have accomplished and still need to do

  15. Building Process vs. Writing Process

  16. Dude, I need to write an expository essay. Dude, watch this Powerpoint.

  17. Expository means explanatory. It’s easy! I’ll explain it to you. First, you… How do they do that?

  18. Expository writing explains a process. Fellow camper, it is a highly technical process. Let me explain. First, you… My friend, your marshmallow roasting skills are excellent. How do you do it?

  19. Expository Writing - A Process:How to do somethingHow to make somethingHow something happens How something worksHow something happened in history(a report)What happened in someone’s life(a biography)How to get somewhere,accomplish something, reach a goal, play a sport

  20. Compare/Contrast(How things are similar and/or different)Problem/Solution(What the problem is/was and what the solution is/was/should be)What happened in a piece of literature(a review)How to pursue a hobby or job

  21. How do I write an expository essay on “How to Build a House”? Simple! Building a house is a process, isn’t it? So…just use the writing process!

  22. You know… prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing… Writing process? What’s that? We used it in school, but I don’t remember the steps.

  23. THIS IS PREWRITING!

  24. We want to build a new house. Our apartment is too small, and our doggy is unhappy!We need ideas, a blueprint, and an architect. I like trees…

  25. My clients’ dog is so cute! I’m the architect. I meet with the clients and draw the plans (the blueprints) for their house.

  26. The architect is so cute… I’m the contractor. I take the architect’s blueprints, schedule the workers, and oversee the construction.

  27. Safety first! Pre-planning for a safe building site will ensure success.

  28. Don’t build here -- too close to power lines!

  29. Level the building site.

  30. THIS IS DRAFTING!

  31. He put me on hold forever to talk to the architect… The contractor called me to pour the concrete foundation.

  32. The future homeowners’ friends are building the sidewalks.

  33. The plumber figured out where all of the pipes go in the concrete slab.

  34. Are those the homeowners? Cute dog! Oops…wrong 2x4! OK – it’s time for me and the rest of the framers to put up the walls!

  35. This wrench is way too small… The walls are up. The contractor called me to connect the floor plumbing to the wall pipes.

  36. I’m as crazy as they come! Wires!Ya gotta have ‘em!

  37. Oops, I’m sliding! Look out below! Better get a roof on to keep the wires dry!

  38. Sometimes I pretend this is cotton candy! Insulate the attic and the walls!

  39. Weld the steel beam. Luke, you are my son. The force is strong in you.

  40. Brick it up! What do you mean the chimney was supposed to be rock? Ask the homeowners if they think brick looks OK.

  41. Time to call the painter!

  42. Oops… wrong number.

  43. Yeah, you’re the one!

  44. We don’t call this “leaking”; we call this “normal atmospheric condensation.”

  45. THIS IS REVISION!

  46. REVISE!Add trees to the yard; the dog wants more trees! Trees. I need trees.

  47. REVISE!The air conditioning unit is frozen up. Call back the heat and air guys. We need a different unit.

  48. REVISE!The living room light switch turns on the garbage disposal.

  49. They want to be able to see the dog when he’s in the yard because he’s so cute. REVISE!Re-frame the family room wall; the homeowners want more windows!

  50. REVISE!Put up a fence. The neighbors do not like your dog as much as you thought they would.

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