How To Write a Chuck Norris-approved Essay ● Create a new document in Google Drive. ● Name your document: {Student Name}: Assignment ○ e.g., James Colestock: Why Chuck Norris Is My Hero ● Share with Mr. Colestock (
[email protected]) with Edit privileges. ● Set up your document: ○ 1” margins on all sides ○ Double space the whole thing ○ Choose Times New Roman for your font with a size of 12 ● Include an appropriate heading (Name, Teacher, Class and Period, Date etc.). ○ Roberto Vada Mr. Colestock Computer Science, Period 4 14 September 2014 ● Give your paper a title, and center it! (Not sure what to call it? That’s O.K., ask me!) ● Start by creating an outline. ○ Introduction (See below for more specifics!) ○ Body Paragraph #1 ○ Body Paragraph #2 ○ Body Paragraph #3 ○ Conclusion ● Begin to fill in the details, ideas, facts, etc., that you want to include. ● Time to write! Once you’ve got the information and ideas in place, rework them all into complete sentences and paragraphs. Make sure to indent each paragraph! ● Think you’re all done? Wait! Stop, and double-check: ○ Conventions: Spelling, punctuation, word-choice, etc. ○ Read your paper out loud… Does it sounds the way you want it to? ● Revise and improve until you are Chuck Norris would be satisfied with your paper.
Writing a Truly Awesome Introductory Paragraph
Read the model below for a clear example of a strong introductory paragraph. Note how all four pieces are included...