DESCRIBE A PLACE essay
Step 1: Make an outline for a DESCRIBE A PLACE essay. (Monday)
Step 2: In
Evernote, write a 5+ paragraph essay based upon the outline you made. Be as descriptive and detailed as possible. (Tues & Wed.)
Step 3: Put your essay into a Word document, double space
it, and run the spelling and grammar check before you print it. (Thursday)
Step 4: Peer
Review - Have at least one other student help you revise and improve your
essay. (Thursday)
Sample topics for the Describe a Place essay:
One unusual hole at a golf course
Main street during the Wild Rice Festival
Highway #2 on fishing openers
A Valleyfair ride
Your car or truck
Deer Lake swimming beach
Your favorite booth in a restaurant
Possible Thesis statements:
My favorite place is ____________ because _____________.
One place I really hate to visit is ___________.
truly unique place I love to visit is _____________.
__________ is really a very unusual, interesting place.
You can’t imagine what it’s like to visit _________________.
If you need three body paragraphs and don’t know where to start, consider these three subheadings:
Describe it physically
Describe the activities that go on there
Describe how it makes you feel
Use at least one example of simile, metaphor, or personification and underline it in your essay!
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TITLE OF ESSAY
Thesis: Write your
thesis statement here.
I. INTRODUCTION
II. Write your first
topic sentence here.
A. Supporting sentence
B. Supporting sentence
C. Supporting sentence
D. Supporting sentence
E. Closing or transition sentence
III. Write your
second topic sentence here.
A. Supporting sentence
B. Supporting sentence
C. Supporting sentence
D. Supporting sentence
E. Closing or transition sentence
IV. Write your
third topic sentence here.
A. Supporting sentence
B. Supporting sentence
C. Supporting sentence
D. Supporting sentence
E. Closing or transition sentence
V. CONCLUSION
