ENTRY 10: Essay (to hand in)

ESSAY BY COMPARISON or CONTRAST (you compare SIMILARITIES, you contrast DIFFERENCES).

Whether you include a balance between/among similarities or differences >>> this should be present in the thesis statement (be careful with LINKERS).

The similarities and/or differences can be in EVERY body paragraph, OR you may include (for example):

- Similarities in body paragraphs 1 & 2

- Differences in body paragraph 3.

Title: NOUN PHRASE that summarises contents ("Refugees", "Migrants in Europe" and the like, DO NOT seem appropriate titles!)

Paragr 1: INTODUCTORY PARAGRAPH (last sentence: THESIS STATEMENT)

Paragr 2: TOPIC SENTENCE 1 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material.

Paragr 3: TOPIC SENTENCE 2 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material.

Paragr 4: TOPIC SENTENCE 3 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material.

Paragr 5: CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH (TS 1, 2 & 3 >>> NO Topic sentence!!)

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Entry 00: Let's start

My name is Julieta Dattoli and I'm 23 years old. This is my fourth and hopefully last year at the Teaching Training College. Before choosing this profession I've been in other places searching MY definite place. A few words Learning is a process which is difficult to define under one perspective ... for some, learning is just acquiring knowledge, for me learning is also a journey, in which people have to be guided and accompanied; it is an experience with obstacles, descents and ascents; a ride that sometimes requires pedalling hard and many others only to be carried away by the inertia itself. I'm sure of something, learning is a path in which a person always has to leave his/her mark. It is a journey and, like any journey, it involves a challenge: "let yourself be surprised". This year I've got surprised by this new proposal: the production of my own blog.

ENTRY 11: Writing strategies | HEDGING and BOOSTING.

VIDEO 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGING Publishing a research should be thought of as making a contribution to the ongoing dialogue in your field or discipline. The focus of all research is problem-solving and collaboration and teamwork often expedite this process. The most useful contributions are made in such a way where the primary writer or researchers will receive credit for his or her unique and original contribution but will also leave room for others to add to the dialogue to build off points made earlier to refine them and reinterpret them. One way to achieve this is through the effective use of HEDGING. Definition of hedging Lakoff defined it as words whose job it is to make things more or less fuzzy. Words that can make statement less clear or absolute Hyland wrote that Hedging is the expression of tentativeness and possibility in language use. It represents an absence of certainty and is used to describe an linguistic item or strategy employed to indicate either a lack of commit...

ENTRY 09: Refugees / Essay Writing and Thesis Statement

Poems "We refugees" by Benjamin Zephaniah A poem written and performed by Year 5 pupils at Avenue Junior School, Norwich in response to Benjamin Zephaniah's poem We Refugees. "Refugees" by Brain Bilston Essay Writing and Thesis Statement (Paddle) Article about refugees A South American Migration Crisis: Venezuelan Outflows Test Neighbour's Hospitality : The deepening of Venezuela's social, economic, and political implosion has resulted in the fastest movement of people across borders in Latin American history. Neighbouring countries have responded with a patchwork of policy measures, though the scale and growing diversity of Venezuelan arrivals have challenged regional actors, as this article explores. Class Group Julieta Dattoli Remón. María de las Nieves Bazán. Mariana Gimenez Foth. Florencia Martínez.

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