WEBVTT 00:01.240 --> 00:01.910 OK. 00:01.950 --> 00:05.100 So now let's talk about the writing formula. 00:05.100 --> 00:08.060 This is what you all have been waiting for. 00:08.130 --> 00:11.780 Right you've been waiting to hear about what was the formula for how I do it. 00:12.030 --> 00:17.130 Well I have to take you to that I had to take you through the basics and I had to take you through the 00:17.430 --> 00:18.280 Question Time. 00:18.300 --> 00:26.730 We have to go through the steps and the process everybody but now we're finally here so that we can 00:26.730 --> 00:29.260 discuss and talk about the writing formula. 00:29.550 --> 00:35.310 What is the formula for being able to write the right this question very well. 00:35.310 --> 00:42.200 So in this lecture I'm going to explain to you the formula. 00:42.390 --> 00:48.030 And then after that we're going to do several examples so that I'm actually demonstrating for you and 00:48.030 --> 00:50.950 showing you exactly how it's done. 00:51.230 --> 00:51.830 OK. 00:52.080 --> 00:58.940 So let's just keep moving forward onward and upward. 00:58.950 --> 00:59.300 All right. 00:59.320 --> 01:03.480 Now when you're writing an essay OK very this is a very key point. 01:03.720 --> 01:08.300 When you're writing an essay you basically basically treat an essay like an inverted pyramid. 01:08.820 --> 01:09.150 Right. 01:09.180 --> 01:14.700 Were they talking about the introduction of body paragraphs by the paragraphs or the entire essay. 01:15.030 --> 01:18.580 They are collectively and separately an inverted pyramid. 01:19.820 --> 01:20.930 OK. 01:21.320 --> 01:24.290 For example when you write your introduction. 01:24.690 --> 01:25.350 OK. 01:25.510 --> 01:30.350 When you write your introduction if you can see my hands he would see you can probably see a little 01:30.350 --> 01:32.850 bit better in terms of I would describe it for you. 01:33.200 --> 01:38.960 But when you're doing an introduction for example your first sentence should generally describe what 01:38.960 --> 01:40.430 the general topic is about. 01:40.430 --> 01:47.240 So my hands are spread very very wide and then the next sentence you should explain what is the specific 01:47.240 --> 01:49.900 question that we're being asked to address. 01:49.970 --> 01:56.630 So my hands moved in a little bit closer and then the final sentence the first two thirds of the third 01:56.630 --> 02:00.290 sentence of your introduction is what was your opinion about it. 02:00.300 --> 02:02.010 What's your position on it. 02:02.180 --> 02:04.270 And then your hands move in narrow. 02:04.610 --> 02:05.390 OK. 02:05.570 --> 02:08.590 So that's where we get the inverted pyramid from. 02:08.870 --> 02:11.950 OK wide hands very wide hands. 02:12.020 --> 02:12.650 What is the general. 02:12.650 --> 02:17.250 It was originally information about the topic hands moving a little bit closer. 02:17.270 --> 02:19.930 What is the specific question we have to address. 02:19.970 --> 02:22.370 Hands moving or even closer. 02:22.370 --> 02:23.190 What is my pin. 02:23.210 --> 02:26.580 What is my opinion or position on that specific question. 02:26.950 --> 02:28.060 OK. 02:28.220 --> 02:32.430 When you're writing a body paragraph exact same thing. 02:32.540 --> 02:35.250 We start off hands why Really why. 02:35.270 --> 02:40.420 Really General what's the topic sentence the topic sentence of the paragraph. 02:40.550 --> 02:44.610 What is his body paragraph was the controlling idea. 02:44.750 --> 02:49.640 Then we move in a little bit closer with the second sentence in terms of looking at and then what are 02:49.640 --> 02:52.430 the specific details we're going to use to address it. 02:52.790 --> 02:58.740 And when we explain detail 1 we explain in detail to him that we have a concluding sentence. 02:58.850 --> 03:05.140 So it comes in it starts out really white comes in more narrow narrow narrow to a point. 03:05.140 --> 03:05.850 OK. 03:06.080 --> 03:12.320 And so when you're writing essays when you're writing essays and this goes for even for task number 03:12.320 --> 03:16.390 one it's the same thing has the exact same thing for task number one. 03:16.560 --> 03:21.860 And if you if you watch my lectures for a test number one you will see what I'm talking about is the 03:21.860 --> 03:23.300 exact same thing. 03:23.540 --> 03:24.920 It's an inverted pyramid. 03:24.970 --> 03:26.410 You should be writing. 03:27.010 --> 03:27.980 Right. 03:28.670 --> 03:34.070 So step one of the writing process is you have to be able to understand the question. 03:34.240 --> 03:34.850 All right. 03:34.910 --> 03:37.820 And a lot of students struggle with this. 03:37.820 --> 03:38.410 Right. 03:38.660 --> 03:45.440 And if you struggle with understanding the question then you're going to have a major major major problem 03:45.980 --> 03:47.690 doing it very well in this exam. 03:47.690 --> 03:53.200 A major problem doing very well in this exam you have to be able to understand the essay question. 03:53.640 --> 03:59.900 And one thing that I think students should do is to read read over all the essay questions make sure 03:59.900 --> 04:05.180 you understand them because you have to understand the specific question not the general idea of the 04:05.180 --> 04:13.570 question What is this what is this question specifically asking me to do what must I specifically answer. 04:13.690 --> 04:21.680 And so I'm going to give you all the questions I want to give you all the questions that have been asked 04:22.430 --> 04:29.000 all the questions that have been asked for the past few years called the Isles have some Reto and you 04:29.000 --> 04:33.410 should read through them and make sure you understand them because if you do then when you take your 04:33.410 --> 04:37.110 exam you have no problem with understanding the question. 04:37.130 --> 04:41.610 Step number two is you want to outline the essay. 04:41.870 --> 04:46.040 You have to do this in less than five minutes I think you should do it in three to four minutes but 04:46.040 --> 04:47.380 you want it as you want. 04:47.470 --> 04:52.140 It's very important that you outline the body of your essay. 04:52.490 --> 04:53.120 OK. 04:53.450 --> 04:54.980 Outline the body of your essay. 04:54.980 --> 05:00.290 That's what you want to do because when you outline it makes your writing so much better so much more 05:00.290 --> 05:03.480 organized the way you outlined it. 05:03.490 --> 05:09.500 You have to think of the idea that each body paragraph will be about controlling ideas and then you 05:09.500 --> 05:14.040 want to think of your two details for each controlling idea. 05:14.690 --> 05:21.140 A couple of points the controlling ideas are given for the following questions in advantage disadvantage 05:21.610 --> 05:26.320 a problem solution or discuss both sides a two part question with those questions. 05:26.330 --> 05:30.950 You don't have to think about what your controlling ideas are going to be because the question tells 05:30.950 --> 05:34.570 you right if you have an advantage disadvantage question. 05:34.580 --> 05:39.310 You know the controlling idea of your body Number one is going to be about the advantages your controlling 05:39.340 --> 05:40.290 idea for the body. 05:40.330 --> 05:42.610 The number two is going to be your disadvantages. 05:42.830 --> 05:47.330 If you have a problem solution question you know the controlling idea for your body is going to be the 05:47.330 --> 05:51.470 problems for controlling idea of your body is going to be the solutions. 05:51.470 --> 05:59.920 So for some question types the controlling ideas are basically given to you you must come up with your 06:00.320 --> 06:02.440 controlling ideas yourself. 06:02.450 --> 06:07.850 If you have an opinion question or an agree or disagree question with those questions they don't tell 06:07.850 --> 06:09.790 you what the controlling ideas are. 06:09.800 --> 06:13.880 You have to think of what they are and that might for some students that's a little bit more challenging 06:13.880 --> 06:16.240 to be able to do. 06:17.200 --> 06:22.320 Right now it's very people say well well why do you why should I do an outline. 06:22.370 --> 06:25.110 Why why should I do that why should I take that time. 06:25.290 --> 06:29.450 Odd number one even before I get into this. 06:29.970 --> 06:35.900 A lot of students what they do is they look at a question and then they read it and they start writing. 06:35.900 --> 06:37.160 They have no plan. 06:37.190 --> 06:38.680 They don't know where they're going. 06:38.960 --> 06:48.400 And the writing is often often very messy as they have a big problem with coherence their details in 06:48.390 --> 06:54.160 a topic sentences never agree because there's no plan in writing for you're writing from your stream 06:54.160 --> 07:00.550 of thought and also you go slower because when you don't have an outline you're constantly stopping 07:00.760 --> 07:10.490 thinking erasing stopping starting thinking stopping erasing is a very very cumbersome. 07:10.660 --> 07:12.580 And I don't recommend it. 07:12.810 --> 07:19.070 It makes you write faster Mark makes you write more organize it makes you directly answer the question. 07:19.270 --> 07:24.040 And also you learn how to write with quality right when you're writing you can really spend your time 07:24.040 --> 07:27.110 thinking about what kind of sentence do I want to write here. 07:27.190 --> 07:30.340 I want to make this a cop out so it is a complex sentence. 07:30.380 --> 07:32.770 I want to use natural applause here. 07:32.780 --> 07:37.320 You could think about the things that are going to help you to be able to get a good grade. 07:37.330 --> 07:42.940 Step number three is introductions for introduction for the child's exam or you only need to do three 07:42.940 --> 07:49.900 sentences not four not five six three sentences in the first sentence you're going to give me a general 07:49.900 --> 07:52.570 idea of what the essay topic is about. 07:52.570 --> 07:57.640 Tell me some general information about the main about the main idea of the question in your city is 07:57.640 --> 07:58.400 number two. 07:58.660 --> 08:02.820 You're going to paraphrase a specific question tell me what the question wants you to do. 08:03.250 --> 08:07.540 What is your goal in the question what does this question want you to answer. 08:07.960 --> 08:11.020 And in a sense isn't but three you've got to give me your thesis statement. 08:11.140 --> 08:12.410 Tell me your opinion. 08:12.530 --> 08:15.480 And the controlling ideas of your body paragraphs. 08:15.480 --> 08:16.330 That's what you're going to do. 08:16.330 --> 08:21.130 You're going to you're going to give me your thesis statement head I'm I'm going to do several introductions 08:21.130 --> 08:29.680 for you in terms of lectures and you're going to have a really good a really good chance to to see and 08:29.680 --> 08:33.210 witness how introductions are done properly. 08:35.540 --> 08:39.660 Write So when you're doing an introduction these are the three questions you wanted. 08:39.670 --> 08:46.510 You want to be able to answer was my job with the first sentence to discuss the main idea was my job 08:46.510 --> 08:53.520 for the second sentence was a question asking me to do was my job for a sentence what is my opinion. 08:53.770 --> 09:02.460 Introductions are all about general specific opinion General specific opinion General specific opinion 09:04.510 --> 09:07.940 for the body paragraphs or two different methods you can use. 09:07.970 --> 09:09.250 I like method number one. 09:09.250 --> 09:15.410 The most I think is do I think is the more streamlined and organized way of doing it. 09:15.450 --> 09:15.850 Yeah. 09:15.990 --> 09:22.630 Five sentences for a body paragraph for each body paragraph you need to be able to finish a body paragraph 09:23.170 --> 09:30.530 in eight to ten minutes eight to ten minutes to be able to do it and you're sitting there. 09:30.540 --> 09:33.150 But what is your topic sentence. 09:33.580 --> 09:39.470 You're going to tell me what is the controlling idea and your position for that for that paragraph. 09:39.920 --> 09:43.560 And your second set is you're going to tell the two specific details. 09:43.580 --> 09:47.630 Do you use to support your position in controlling idea. 09:47.850 --> 09:50.770 Citizen rethreading unexplained detail one. 09:50.790 --> 09:55.720 So there's that before you're going to explain in detail two sentences three and four where a lot of 09:55.720 --> 09:57.990 students don't do well and why they don't do good. 09:58.030 --> 09:59.730 They don't get good grades. 09:59.860 --> 10:01.350 They're not able to. 10:01.480 --> 10:04.950 They don't have the ability to explain themselves very well. 10:05.050 --> 10:12.730 They don't have the ability to really talk about what what the essay question is about in terms of explaining 10:12.820 --> 10:14.770 and answering the question. 10:14.920 --> 10:19.610 Having your fifth set answer you should do a concluding sentence or a transition sentence at the end. 10:19.940 --> 10:22.400 OK. 10:24.280 --> 10:27.040 And you're in the second method. 10:27.190 --> 10:28.570 We have a second method. 10:28.840 --> 10:30.640 And in this method it's a little bit different. 10:30.640 --> 10:35.960 We of course have a start off with a topic sentence and then our sentence to the present detail was 10:35.960 --> 10:42.390 that this re-explained detail once it is for its present detail to satisfy the explain detail too. 10:42.520 --> 10:46.730 And we have a six that is which is our concluding transition sentence. 10:46.780 --> 10:51.310 So this is this is more of the traditional way that some students learn to do it. 10:51.310 --> 10:53.580 Either way is fine either way works. 10:53.580 --> 10:56.330 Like I said my preference is method number one. 10:56.360 --> 10:58.810 And as the method you're going to see me use the most. 10:58.810 --> 11:03.940 But I'm also going to show a method number two also. 11:03.970 --> 11:06.870 Sometimes you have to do an opinion paragraph. 11:07.330 --> 11:12.850 If you do don't do more than three sentences you just have to express what is your opinion and why you 11:12.850 --> 11:13.770 have it. 11:13.780 --> 11:19.100 Remember sometimes sometimes you have an opinion question for it discuss both sides question you might 11:19.120 --> 11:25.780 have an opinion question for a advantage disadvantage question which one is better you're Which which 11:25.780 --> 11:27.850 is which one is better in your opinion. 11:28.040 --> 11:36.940 Which one is that is the more prominent side of advantages or disadvantages in terms of a conclusion. 11:36.940 --> 11:42.250 Conclusions are really straightforward really really straightforward you know summarize the main point 11:42.250 --> 11:43.710 of your essay. 11:43.720 --> 11:47.990 Restate that thesis statement make a recommendation or a suggestion. 11:48.610 --> 11:53.080 The conclusion is not where you're going to get a lot of your points but it's something that you have 11:53.080 --> 11:55.100 to do or do properly and do well. 11:55.400 --> 12:00.800 And so in the upcoming lectures you're going to see how you're going to see for me how to do conclusions 12:00.820 --> 12:04.530 so that you'll be able to know also how to do a really good job. 12:05.410 --> 12:06.020 OK. 12:06.160 --> 12:10.060 So that's going to do it in terms of our writing process. 12:10.060 --> 12:13.760 And now let's move on to the examples of the next few lectures. 12:13.870 --> 12:19.680 You're going to learn how to do the outlines the introductions the body paragraphs and the conclusions. 12:19.690 --> 12:20.050 All right. 12:20.060 --> 12:23.950 So I will talk to you soon and thanks a lot.