ENGLISH 7

Quarter 4: Week 8

INFORMARTIVE ESSAY
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 LESSON OBJECTIVES
MELCS: Compose an informative essay (EN7WC-IV-a-2.2)

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

1.identify the structures/parts of an informative essay and
the steps in writing it
2.compose an informative essay
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3.express the importance of knowing how to write an essay

 What is an essay?
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 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Essay is a short formal piece of
writing that has series of
A paragraph is a paragraphs dealing with a single
series of sentences
that are organized subject and a central main idea.
and coherent, and are
all related to a single
• It can be formal as well as
topic. informal.
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 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

FORMAL ESSAYS INFORMAL ESSAYS

• are generally • are more personal
academic and tackle and often have
serious topics humorous elements
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 TYPES OF ESSAY

Narrative Descriptive Persuasive Informative

Essay Essay Essay Essay
describes a
persuades educates
tells a person, the readers others on
story place or an about one’s a certain
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object point of topic

view
 What is an Informative
Essay?
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 INFORMATIVE ESSAY
an essay that requires knowledge and
information about the topic
needs facts and figures to support the argument
of the idea
Purpose: to educate others on a certain topic
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 BASIC STRUCTURES/PARTS OF AN INFORMATIVE ESSAY

INTRODUCTION BODY CONCLUSION

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 INTRODUCTION
❖is the first paragraph of the
3 Parts to an Introduction:
essay. This paragraph gets
your reader's attention,
1. The Topic Sentence
develops the basic ideas of
(Hook)
what you will cover, and
2. The supporting sentences
provides the thesis
3. The Thesis statement
statement for the essay.
(Main Point)
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https://www.jscc.edu/academics/programs/writing-center/writing-
resources/five-paragraph-essay.html
 Thesis statement
Topic Sentence (Opening)
• is to the entire essay
• is to the paragraph
• at the end of the introductory
• appears as the first sentence in
paragraph and the most
each paragraph
important sentence in the entire
• Contains the dominating idea
essay
that the paragraph will develop
• states the opinion, attitude, or
and is a single declarative
stand that the writer takes
statement (quote/famous
about the subject and is a
saying/question/story)
single declarative statement
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https://www.rrcc.edu/node/481
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❖To begin, to start, and first are some of the transitions use for the introduction
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Create links/relationship
between ideas
 Body
❖ Otherwise known as the middle, explains the thesis statement
and;
❖ contains solid facts, statistics, statements, and other
supporting details.
❖ consists of several paragraphs
❖ words such as also, next, in addition, second, and third are some
of the transitions use for the body
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 Topic
sentence
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 CONCLUSION
❖ Otherwise known as the end, summarizes the essay in a
paragraph or two and;
❖ Be sure to restate the thesis statement clearly
❖ Finally, to summarize, and in conclusion, last, and as you can
see are some of the transition words use in the conclusion
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 STEPS IN WRITNG AN INFORMATIVE ESSAY
1. Select an appropriate topic.
2. Research and gather ideas about the subject.
3. Make a list of these important facts. This is a good time to craft your thesis
statement as well as a topic sentence for each fact you'd like to include.
4. Create an outline that will organize your facts in a logical way.
5. Write your essay based on the outline you've created. Ensure that one section
naturally flows into the next.
6. Proofread and edit your work.
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content/uploads/2018/08/informative-essay-
outline.jpg

Writing an
outline
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 REFERENCE/S

Garcia, M. F. (n.d.).English Learning Activity Sheets Quarter 4 Week 8. Division of

Angeles City. Department of Education
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