Essay Writing Genre: Factual / Expository

1. What is factual essay ?

2. • An essay to ask on 'what', 'how' and 'why'.
Eg: Covid-19 - How to prevent covid-19?
Theme Topic
Health & Fitness What makes a healthy diet? Explain.
Environment Why we should encourage recycling? Explain.
Transport Why we should take public transportation. Explain
Science & Technology The benefits of laptop. Explain.

3. More examples
What is the importance of ..........
How can air pollution be solved........
Why does the Internet is useful ..................

4. Key words
• way
• benefit
• importance
• advantage
• impact
• effect
• affect
• reason
• factor

5. Let’s recap
A factual essay writing will never ask you to narrate
or write a story.
It’s all about the current situation or issue which
strongly related to us.
Theme: Health, environment, Science & Technology
etc.

6. The format of writing an essay

7. 1. Must be at least 160 words (4 to 5sentences in 1 paragraph)
2. Write 5 to 6 paragraphs.
1-Introduction :hook, thesis statement topic sentence
2-Body paragraph 1 supporting detail
3-Body paragraph 2 concluding sentence
4-Body paragraph 3
5- Conclusion

8. Connectors used in writing an essay
连接器

9. Body Paragraph
Introduction
First of all
First and foremost
Body Paragraph
On top of that
In addition
Moreover / Furthermore / Moreover
For instance / For example
Last but not least

10. Concluding sentence:
Therefore
Hence
Thus
In short
Conclusion:
In conclusion
Lastly
Finally
To sum up
To summarize
To conclude

11. Question time:
1.What is factual essay? (1 mark)
2. Choose which is factual essay.
( ) The importance of Saving Water
( ) Describe how do you spend your time.
( ) What is the benefit of exercising? (2 marks)
3. Name 2 connectors can be used in introduction.
_____________, ________________. (1 mark)

12. 4. List any 3 connectors used in supporting details.
_____________,____________,_______________. (2 marks)
5. List any 2 connectors used in concluding sentence.
_______________, _______________. (1 mark)
6. List 1 connector used in conclusion.
______________. (1 mark)
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13. 7. Write an alternative introductory paragraph;
The hook :
Thesis statement: 1.
2.
3. (4 marks)
8. Write an alternative concluding paragraph;
Restate thesis statement:
Overall conclusion: (4 marks)
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