English 330: Writing and Communicating in EducationFall 2017The List Essay DirectionsThe following is not a linear or step-by-step order, for your essay. It’s a description of what the presentation needs to include. Remember, you’re taking a list essay and presenting it through PowerPoint for an audience of teachers:What do you need to include in your list essay? By now you’ve discovered that most of the list essays have a title (but I’d avoid any title that says “top __things” because that type of research is much more involved than what you’re done. Your title should be catchy and help you lead into your list of three, five, seven, things teachers can do to incorporate shift___. Get the idea? You don’t have to write the title first; it may come to you after you’ve written the list.You will need an introduction to your list. Look back at the examples of the list essays you’ve read. How did each writer begin? You may want to work with “imitating” some of the sample introductions. The following link on design principles also had information on the introduction:http://www.presentation-pointers.com/showarticle/articleid/374/Your essay should include the list. You’ve researched several articles and have read what the authors said closely. Look at the models from the example list essays. How did the writer approach the text included? Look back to the essentials/possibles lists you created and draft the text for each of the “things teachers can do to ___shift___”. You will draft the text of your lists that include the essential characteristics and any possibles you want to include.How does an essay end? You need to include a conclusion that answers the question “So What?”. Why is the information you presented important? Look back to the conclusions that various writers included in the text models. How do they end? Below are some tips on writing conclusions: Ways to conclude: Answer the question “So What?”: Show your readers why this paper was important. Show them that your paper was meaningful and useful.Synthesize, don’t summarize: Don’t simply repeat things that were in your paper. They have read it. Show them how the points you made and the support and examples you used were not random, but fit together.Redirect your readers: Give your reader something to think about, perhaps a way to use your paper in the “real” world. If your introduction went from general to specific, make your conclusion go from specific to general. Think globally.Create a new meaning: You don’t have to give new information to create a new meaning. By demonstrating how your ideas work together, you can create a new picture. Often the sum of the paper is worth more than its parts.Attend to the register appropriate to the audience of teachers. Pay close attention to your sentence structure and vocabulary.
Format: PowerPoint Presentation using the List Essay GenreAudience: Educators in a PLC or Faculty MeetingFont: 12 Point, Times New RomanLength: 8-12 slides