Assignment 1.6: Write it Up

2.2. First Draft

Once you have a clear thesis statement - the main idea of your essay - and you have written a plan for the essay in the form of an outline, you are prepared to write the first draft of your essay.

• Your supporting paragraphs should be in the order you determined in your plan.
• Have clear topic sentences for each paragraph.
• Use clear methods of development (chronological, step-by-step, etc.)
• Don't use first person point of view (I)
• Don't use 2nd person point of view (you)
• Use transition words to make you writing flow smoothly.
• Each paragraph should contain about 5-8 sentences.