- Brainstorm!!! Never start writing an essay until you get some ideas!!!
- Formulate your thesis statement. – the most important sentence in your essay!
- Make an outline – collect your ideas and organize them.
- Make sure that all of your main ideas/points in your essay support your thesis statement. This is what teachers, TOEFL scorers and college instructor look for.
- Start to write your essay! – some people write the body first and then write the introduction and the conclusion. Others write the whole essay from beginning to end. Do what you feel most comfortable with.
- Revise. You might change your thesis statement, or rearrange your paragraphs. Write again.
- Edit. Only after revising and re-writing, check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Publish. Make a beautiful final draft to submit to a teacher, program, or share with friends.
Revised and edited essays will be published on this blog.
This list was taken from a training led by ELFs Chris Meoli and Sarah Carter.
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