WEEK 9 (MARCH 23-27)

Dear All,
Effect essays are almost like Cause essays, yet you need to be careful in terms of wording.
Some key words and phrases are important while writing your thesis statement.

Mainly Chiefly Basically Primarily

Lead to Cause

Negative Adverse Dramatic

Effects Impacts Influences Consequences

Several Many Numerous A number of A couple of Various

Main Basic Primary Adverse Bad Negative

Write a cause and an effect essay on the topics below (choose two) by 29 March, 2015 (Sunday evening).

1- Why do so many marriages end in divorce?
2- Why do many college students prefer sharing a flat to staying in college dormitories?
3- How would it affect you if you stopped watching television for six months?
4- Discuss the effects of moving house many times during your childhood.

WEEK 7&8 (MARCH 9-20)

Dear All,

This week, we mostly focused on Introduction. Let's remember the strategies for a good introduction.

1. Working on the Key Words in the Topic Question: Work on the key words and think of some related information.
2. Starting with an Opposing Idea: In a cause essay, you can mention some possible effects of the topic or vice versa.
3. From Past to Present: Mention the progression of an issue from the past to the present.

Below are some samples:

Cause and effect essay from hacersivil

As you may remember

• some key words and phrases are important  while writing your thesis statement.

Remember to you synonyms:

a number of numerous several some various a variety of

reasons for causes of caused by stem from arise from result from

refrain from avoid stay away from keep away from

linked to associated with related to

because of on account of due to owing to

• there should be more than one subtopic in the thesis statement.
• each subtopic must be discussed in a separate body paragraph.
• Concluding paragraph has the following parts:
• a sentence connector

To sum up, To conclude,	In summary, In conclusion,
All in all, On the whole, On balance,	All things considered, Taking everything into consideration,

• thesis statement (rewrite)
• final comment
• a thought-provoking message, or
• a suggestion, or
• a warning, or,
• a concern

1-  Although we practiced in the class, refer to page 91 Youth Violence and write body paragraphs on pages 92 and 93.
2-  Write conclusions on pages 95-96.
3- Write a full essay on the following topic. Make sure that you edit your essay before (refer to the information on page 96).

Have a nice weekend!


Below you will see further information:

WEEK 5&6 (MARCH 2-13)

Dear All,
This week we started Essay Writing at last. As I always tell you eassys are the expanded forms of paragraphs. I mean when you are good at paragraph writing, you will definitely write good essays.
Previously, we learnt some ley words and phrases for cause paragraphs. We will be using the same wordsand phrases whike writing cause essays as well. Obviously we will apply the same method for other types of essays.

Lets remember some of the key words and phrases for both for a Cause Paragraph and Essay:

due to               because of                contribute to
arise from          on account of          result from.......
stem from          as a result of


Below is an example that helps you understand how to turn a paragraph into a full essay.

Essay structure from hacersivil

 As you may know, Introduction is so important because you need to write General Statements and a Thesis Statement so that you could start from a broad idea and narrow it down.

Look at the slides below and see what to care about while writing each paragraph.

Essay organization fpe from hacersivil

Well, it is time to write a whole essay.

Look at the short video below

Write a full essay on why it is difficult to learn a language....

Deadline: 16 March 2015