WRITING IN PRE-AP and AP COURSES

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WRITING IN PRE-AP and AP COURSES
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BUT THIS IS GEOGRAPHY

• Not English!!
• Writing is a very important skill in life.
• As an educated person, you will need these skills
  more and more as you grow up.
• AP classes will require you to write! Get used
  to it! Its going to happen dont fight the
  inevitable.

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Writing Tips

• When writingpretend that this is English class.
  Youll be graded accordingly.
• Use correct grammar
• Use complete sentences
• Use proper mechanics
• Spell words properly
• Dont know how to spell them? Look them up! It is
  called a dictionary! Use it!

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Writing Tips

• When writing B.S.
• BE SPECIFIC! (get your minds out of the gutter!)
• Go into detail!
• Imagine that your audience does not know anything
  about what you are talking about!
• It is your job to educate your audience about the
  subject.

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Writing Tips

• Most importantly
• ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARE ASKED!!!
• Opinions and assertions are not supposed to be
  used unless they are backed up by hard facts.
• This is not the editorial section of the
  newspaper. A professional piece of writing in
  social studies requires analysis and facts.

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Writing Tips

• Take your time. It is NOT a race.
• Do not regurgitate information onto the page.
• Put thought into what youre writing.
• Organize it!
• Like a math equation
• 1 Intro. paragraph3 Body paragraphs1 conclusion
  paragraph5 paragraphs

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Writing Tips

• Each body paragraph or topic
• 3 facts analysis per topic

• Refrain from using first person (I, me, etc) and
  second person (you)
• Refrain from using contractions (cant, wont,
  etc)

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Introduction Paragraphs

• Begin with a thesis
• A good essay has a good thesis.
• A good thesis answers the specific question in
  the prompt.
• It is essentially a road map of where your essay
  will go.

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Thesis Statements

• When writing in Social Studies, it is a little
  different than English
• You will have to separate the two.
• Good thesis statements
• Prompt The Civil War was fought due to a variety
  of reasons. Discuss why the difference between
  the North and the South.

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Thesis Statement

• The Civil War was fought for a variety of reasons
  including the differences in ideology of the
  North and the South in regards to slavery. Also,
  the idea of states rights further worsened the
  relationship between the two sides.

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Cheating Plagiarism

• Cheating, including plagiarism, is academic
  suicide.
• If you do it, you will be exited from the Pre-AP
  program.
• Other consequences will also apply.
• Simply put, dont let it happen to you!
• If you do it in this courseyoure toast!