***** EDITORS HELP WRITERS COMMUNICATE BETTER BY ORGANIZING AND POLISHING IDEAS
Step 16: What does an editor do?
What does an editor do? An editor takes another person's ideas and makes sure they are communicated as effectively as possible. In order to communicate our ideas as effectively as possible, we're going to use an essay strategy and an essay format. Our strategy is called RACE/RACES. In a RACES essay we will:
RESTATE part of the question
ANSWER the question
CITE evidence
EXPLAIN our evidence
STRUCTURE our ideas
What does an ACES essay look like? We will use the next several steps to examine the essay structure that we will be using.
Step 17: Introductions
Part A: Introductions Explained
INTRODUCTION:
OPENING SENTENCE:
TDA Fiction: Start with a TACC sentence summary of the text. This must include the title of the text, the author's name, the main character, and the central conflict.
TDA Nonfiction: Start with a S"T"Art sentence.
THESIS: This is your answer to the question. It is a statement that restates part of the question in the answer.
SUBTOPIC SENTENCE:
For a full essay, you will need at least three subtopics that will support your answer.
In your subtopic sentence, you will list your three subtopics.
Remember, you must be able to write at least 2 ICEE points to support each subtopic, so make sure your subtopics are big enough that you can cite and explain at least 2 pieces of evidence for each subtopic.
Part B: Playposits - Introduction Dont's
Part C: Practice - ACES Explore 4 Packet (Classroom)
Go to the Explore 4 Packet on Classroom. There, you will find 5 essay questions that could be answered in a persuasive essay. Use these to practice creating a thesis (that restates part of the question) and a subtopic sentence. On your packet, the first one has been done for you.
Step 18: Body Paragraphs
Each of your body paragraphs is a RACE paragraph. Each body paragraph will contain:
A TTSt topic sentence. In your topic sentence you must have a TRANSITION, THESIS (the answer to the question), and your SUBTOPIC.
ICEE point: introduce, cite, explain, explain
ICEE point: introduce, cite, explain, explain
for ADVANCED, a third ICEE point: introduce, cite, explain, explain
maybe a concluding sentence, but this isn't always necessary
*** It is very important that the topics of your RACE paragraphs follow the same order as the subtopic sentence in your introduction.
Go to the Explore 4 Packet on Classroom. Under Step 18, you will find space to practice writing topic sentences. Using two of the examples from Step 17, practice writing topic sentences.
Step 19: Conclusions
Part A: Conclusions Explained
The primary purpose of your conclusion is to tie up your argument.
In your conclusion, you will restate your thesis. (Try to paraphrase your original thesis so that you include the exact same ideas, but structure your sentence a little bit differently to add more style).
Then you will restate your subtopic sentence. Make sure your subtopics follow the same logical order that you used in the intro and the body of the paper.
Finally, add about two sentences of concluding remarks to summarize and reinforce your message. Your concluding remarks should summarize the importance of your key ideas without introducing new information or just repeating something you've already said.