Tips and tricks for writing a good essay

There is no denying the fact that some people are good at one particular thing while others are good at some other thing. Similarly, some students have the natural aptitude for writing great dissertations or papers while others struggle to come up even with a few lines. But if everyone cannot perform the same while writing a piece of literature, then why do teachers still insist on tasking the students with essays? The answer to this is that these dissertations are a way to express one’s views and opinions. And in order to gauge the understanding of a certain topic, tutors assign them to the students.  

Who will do my essay for me?- is the question that pops in your head every time a teacher mentions an essay, then you need to know some simple steps which are necessary for writing a perfect essay that is bound to get you a high score. Before we move to these tips there is one important thing that needs to be mentioned: there are several writing agencies that can write your paper or do your assignment for you but they should always be the last resort. It is very important to try your best before giving up and hiring a professional to help you.

Let’s take a look at those points.

·         Plan your essay before you start writing it. That may seem like common sense (and it definitely is) but often students just dive into writing the essay without actually planning it. This results in a mess of jumbled thoughts with no clear message.

·         Stick to the topic of the essay. It is often too easy to deviate from the topic at hand and you can end up starting your essay with one topic and ending it on an entirely different topic. Read the topic carefully before writing.

·         An essay should be about quality rather than quantity. If you can make a point in one short paragraph, then there is no need to write useless sentences just to increase the length of the essay. Some teachers may find it annoying.

·         An essay boils down to three things-the introduction, the body paragraphs and the conclusion. In the introduction, start with a general overview of the topic of the essay and then move on to some specific case in the body paragraphs of the essay. Depending on the type of the essay, the body paragraphs can have different structures. Then in the end, conclude the essay by reiterating your opinion or thoughts about the topic.

Different Aspects of Concluding a Reflection essay

A reflection essay is the one which depicts your life story, your experiences or the situations you had faced in your life. People who write diaries, especially girls, find it easy to write such essays. But for others, reflection assignments are much more difficult. When you combat with too many hassles every day, it is hard to remember one in particular. People may have some vague memories about the life time event, but timings, places and dates must be faded. In times of writing such papers you need help.

To write a good reflection research paper, start with brainstorming. Write down all the important points related to the topic. Scan the topic comprehensively. Understand the nature and demand of the paper at first.  You need to mention a life time experience in your essay or a mind change on any subject due to reading. Write about yourself in a summarized way, aspects of your experiences in parts and other stand outs in your first draft. Think about the images, pictures you might have taken, sound, any lecture or other incident.

Sort out things clearly. Make columns and give them headings like description of event, evaluation in terms of good or bad and then the cause or the effects of the event. Reflection essays require your reaction to the situation or incident you have mentioned. People do have their established mindset, beliefs and values about certain issues. How these values affect their decision making and perception of that incident needs to be mentioned.

To deduce the conclusion about your feelings you must ask some questions to yourself. Those questions will judge your intentions. Those queries could be;

·         Has it affected your life style? Is it compatible with your primary beliefs or you changed the way you think?

·         Does the reading, lecture or experience leave something inside you? Does it feel like something missing?

·         Did the writers or the people involved in your experience fail to take some prompt action?

·         Compare and contrast with your past experience and readings you have done with the new emerging ideas in your mind.

Follow the word count when you are preparing your essay, Do not include irrelevant details after all. Extract important points and keep it sweet. Give the reader your expectations and feelings and develop a thesis statement. In the end, write a conclusion by summing up your personal beliefs regarding the event that occurred.

Guidelines to Eliminating Assessment Fog

a driver has to pass through a thick fog to reach his required destination. It becomes increasingly difficult for him to navigate his way and avoid all the sharp turns as the fog thickens and his apprehension grows. Same is the case with assessment fog as instructors find it difficult to pinpoint individual needs of students due to this assessment fog.  Unlike the road fog, assessment fog, most likely, is invisible so it is difficult to avoid and navigate ones way in it.

Once the instructors are able to break through the fog of logistical guidelines and learning targets, it becomes very easy to differentiate instruction patterns according to the needs of learners and understand the purpose of assessment. Discussed below are three strategies that can be used to eliminate this assessment fog and help students in the long term.

                                             i.            The main element of quality teaching is to have clear targets and expectations. Many students just have a superficial understanding of the subjects; this is useless as far as quality knowledge is concerned. Students should know what is their academic target and the instructors should clarify at the beginning of the course, what are the expectations of the students towards the instructor and course.

                                           ii.            Students should be provided with different options to demonstrate their learning. Some students excel in writing assessment paper and assignments, while some are good at practical work. It is highly unjustified and biased to assess the skills of all the students using one yardstick. If the instructor chooses to use one form of assessment, the data generated via such assessment will be skewed and most of the capable students will not be able to show their skills and potential.

                                          iii.            Logistical requirements should not be mixed with assessment, as this can muddy the assessment. For example, if the student was required to write a five paragraph essay and a seven paragraph essay was submitted, this should not hamper the grading as the learning outcome was to judge the content and writing style of the essay.

Misleading and skewed data should be replaced with clean data in order to get results that are truly depicting the picture of where the students lie. Instructors need to look past the assessment fog and look into the individual capabilities and needs of the learners to in actuality help the students.