AP English
Unit 1: How to Write an Awesome Essay
Are you filled with dread when your teacher assigns an essay? Have you ever stared at a blank screen, cursor blinking in a terrible, taunting fashion? Have you been pretending to understand thesis statements without actually understanding them? Do you fear integrating quotations?
Well, after Unit 1: How to Write an Awesome Essay, none of these things will be true of you. To start, click on the maze to the right, which contains a slew of strategies and reviews/reminders for writing essays. |
Use this Prezi throughout the year for helpful hints on writing awesome essays! |
Finding and Evaluating SourcesWriting an annotated bibliography is a great way to explore a topic further prior to writing about it. Check out Badgerlink and Google Scholar for scholarly journal articles relating to Great Expectations.
Download a copy of the Finding and Evaluating Sources handout here, which helps you use Badgerlink to find secondary sources. Click here to download your assignment for writing an annotated bibliography. Here is an example of an annotated bibliography. Oh, look! Here's another. |
Writing Well
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My Great Expectations Essay
Use this to check out examples of integrating quotations well and using complex language. Additionally, this essay should help you understand how to ANALYZE versus the dreaded SUMMARIZING that tends to often happen in your essays.