OK.
So now let's talk about the writing formula.
This is what you all have been waiting for.
Right you've been waiting to hear about what was the formula for how I do it.
Well I have to take you to that I had to take you through the basics and I had to take you through the
Question Time.
We have to go through the steps and the process everybody but now we're finally here so that we can
discuss and talk about the writing formula.
What is the formula for being able to write the right this question very well.
So in this lecture I'm going to explain to you the formula.
And then after that we're going to do several examples so that I'm actually demonstrating for you and
showing you exactly how it's done.
OK.
So let's just keep moving forward onward and upward.
All right.
Now when you're writing an essay OK very this is a very key point.
When you're writing an essay you basically basically treat an essay like an inverted pyramid.
Right.
Were they talking about the introduction of body paragraphs by the paragraphs or the entire essay.
They are collectively and separately an inverted pyramid.
OK.
For example when you write your introduction.
OK.
When you write your introduction if you can see my hands he would see you can probably see a little
bit better in terms of I would describe it for you.
But when you're doing an introduction for example your first sentence should generally describe what
the general topic is about.
So my hands are spread very very wide and then the next sentence you should explain what is the specific
question that we're being asked to address.
So my hands moved in a little bit closer and then the final sentence the first two thirds of the third
sentence of your introduction is what was your opinion about it.
What's your position on it.
And then your hands move in narrow.
OK.
So that's where we get the inverted pyramid from.
OK wide hands very wide hands.
What is the general.
It was originally information about the topic hands moving a little bit closer.
What is the specific question we have to address.
Hands moving or even closer.
What is my pin.
What is my opinion or position on that specific question.
OK.
When you're writing a body paragraph exact same thing.
We start off hands why Really why.
Really General what's the topic sentence the topic sentence of the paragraph.
What is his body paragraph was the controlling idea.
Then we move in a little bit closer with the second sentence in terms of looking at and then what are
the specific details we're going to use to address it.
And when we explain detail 1 we explain in detail to him that we have a concluding sentence.
So it comes in it starts out really white comes in more narrow narrow narrow to a point.
OK.
And so when you're writing essays when you're writing essays and this goes for even for task number
one it's the same thing has the exact same thing for task number one.
And if you if you watch my lectures for a test number one you will see what I'm talking about is the
exact same thing.
It's an inverted pyramid.
You should be writing.
Right.
So step one of the writing process is you have to be able to understand the question.
All right.
And a lot of students struggle with this.
Right.
And if you struggle with understanding the question then you're going to have a major major major problem
doing it very well in this exam.
A major problem doing very well in this exam you have to be able to understand the essay question.
And one thing that I think students should do is to read read over all the essay questions make sure
you understand them because you have to understand the specific question not the general idea of the
question What is this what is this question specifically asking me to do what must I specifically answer.
And so I'm going to give you all the questions I want to give you all the questions that have been asked
all the questions that have been asked for the past few years called the Isles have some Reto and you
should read through them and make sure you understand them because if you do then when you take your
exam you have no problem with understanding the question.
Step number two is you want to outline the essay.
You have to do this in less than five minutes I think you should do it in three to four minutes but
you want it as you want.
It's very important that you outline the body of your essay.
OK.
Outline the body of your essay.
That's what you want to do because when you outline it makes your writing so much better so much more
organized the way you outlined it.
You have to think of the idea that each body paragraph will be about controlling ideas and then you
want to think of your two details for each controlling idea.
A couple of points the controlling ideas are given for the following questions in advantage disadvantage
a problem solution or discuss both sides a two part question with those questions.
You don't have to think about what your controlling ideas are going to be because the question tells
you right if you have an advantage disadvantage question.
You know the controlling idea of your body Number one is going to be about the advantages your controlling
idea for the body.
The number two is going to be your disadvantages.
If you have a problem solution question you know the controlling idea for your body is going to be the
problems for controlling idea of your body is going to be the solutions.
So for some question types the controlling ideas are basically given to you you must come up with your
controlling ideas yourself.
If you have an opinion question or an agree or disagree question with those questions they don't tell
you what the controlling ideas are.
You have to think of what they are and that might for some students that's a little bit more challenging
to be able to do.
Right now it's very people say well well why do you why should I do an outline.
Why why should I do that why should I take that time.
Odd number one even before I get into this.
A lot of students what they do is they look at a question and then they read it and they start writing.
They have no plan.
They don't know where they're going.
And the writing is often often very messy as they have a big problem with coherence their details in
a topic sentences never agree because there's no plan in writing for you're writing from your stream
of thought and also you go slower because when you don't have an outline you're constantly stopping
thinking erasing stopping starting thinking stopping erasing is a very very cumbersome.
And I don't recommend it.
It makes you write faster Mark makes you write more organize it makes you directly answer the question.
And also you learn how to write with quality right when you're writing you can really spend your time
thinking about what kind of sentence do I want to write here.
I want to make this a cop out so it is a complex sentence.
I want to use natural applause here.
You could think about the things that are going to help you to be able to get a good grade.
Step number three is introductions for introduction for the child's exam or you only need to do three
sentences not four not five six three sentences in the first sentence you're going to give me a general
idea of what the essay topic is about.
Tell me some general information about the main about the main idea of the question in your city is
number two.
You're going to paraphrase a specific question tell me what the question wants you to do.
What is your goal in the question what does this question want you to answer.
And in a sense isn't but three you've got to give me your thesis statement.
Tell me your opinion.
And the controlling ideas of your body paragraphs.
That's what you're going to do.
You're going to you're going to give me your thesis statement head I'm I'm going to do several introductions
for you in terms of lectures and you're going to have a really good a really good chance to to see and
witness how introductions are done properly.
Write So when you're doing an introduction these are the three questions you wanted.
You want to be able to answer was my job with the first sentence to discuss the main idea was my job
for the second sentence was a question asking me to do was my job for a sentence what is my opinion.
Introductions are all about general specific opinion General specific opinion General specific opinion
for the body paragraphs or two different methods you can use.
I like method number one.
The most I think is do I think is the more streamlined and organized way of doing it.
Yeah.
Five sentences for a body paragraph for each body paragraph you need to be able to finish a body paragraph
in eight to ten minutes eight to ten minutes to be able to do it and you're sitting there.
But what is your topic sentence.
You're going to tell me what is the controlling idea and your position for that for that paragraph.
And your second set is you're going to tell the two specific details.
Do you use to support your position in controlling idea.
Citizen rethreading unexplained detail one.
So there's that before you're going to explain in detail two sentences three and four where a lot of
students don't do well and why they don't do good.
They don't get good grades.
They're not able to.
They don't have the ability to explain themselves very well.
They don't have the ability to really talk about what what the essay question is about in terms of explaining
and answering the question.
Having your fifth set answer you should do a concluding sentence or a transition sentence at the end.
OK.
And you're in the second method.
We have a second method.
And in this method it's a little bit different.
We of course have a start off with a topic sentence and then our sentence to the present detail was
that this re-explained detail once it is for its present detail to satisfy the explain detail too.
And we have a six that is which is our concluding transition sentence.
So this is this is more of the traditional way that some students learn to do it.
Either way is fine either way works.
Like I said my preference is method number one.
And as the method you're going to see me use the most.
But I'm also going to show a method number two also.
Sometimes you have to do an opinion paragraph.
If you do don't do more than three sentences you just have to express what is your opinion and why you
have it.
Remember sometimes sometimes you have an opinion question for it discuss both sides question you might
have an opinion question for a advantage disadvantage question which one is better you're Which which
is which one is better in your opinion.
Which one is that is the more prominent side of advantages or disadvantages in terms of a conclusion.
Conclusions are really straightforward really really straightforward you know summarize the main point
of your essay.
Restate that thesis statement make a recommendation or a suggestion.
The conclusion is not where you're going to get a lot of your points but it's something that you have
to do or do properly and do well.
And so in the upcoming lectures you're going to see how you're going to see for me how to do conclusions
so that you'll be able to know also how to do a really good job.
OK.
So that's going to do it in terms of our writing process.
And now let's move on to the examples of the next few lectures.
You're going to learn how to do the outlines the introductions the body paragraphs and the conclusions.
All right.
So I will talk to you soon and thanks a lot.