7 SHOCKINGLY Easy Steps to Writing, Planning & Brainstorming Your Essay

Are you having trouble figuring out how to write an argumentative essay? Are you confused about where to start?

In this video, I walk you through an example to help you understand how to write an essay that answers your argumentative question. First, I show you how to analyze your question from the audience's perspective so you can understand what key ideas you need to clarify. Second, I model how to brainstorm all the answers to your question and how to focus it on one through research. Third, I teach you to brainstorm all of the reasons that support your claim. Fourth, we look at counterclaims and breakdown all the issues and questions your audience might have. Fifth, we think about whether some of your answers and topics can be broken down into subtopics. Sixth, I help you take your brainstorm and focus it on the best topics and reasons. Lastly, we just get started writing.

My goal is to help you understand how to write an awesome essay by brainstorming, breaking down, and analyzing your essay question.

0:00 Introduction to Planning an Essay
0:58 How to Understand Essay Question
2:39 Research and Brainstorm Essay
3:28 How to Plan an Essay
4:25 Plan Counterclaims for Essay
5:39 Subtopics for Essay
6:15 Review, Revise and Edit Essay Plan
7:11 How to Write an Essay

If you are a teacher, you can use these to help teach your students. If you are a student, you can use these to help guide you through writing your essay.

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Whether you are a teacher trying to help ALL your students navigate the writing process, a parent struggling at home to help their child with distance learning, or a student that just got a massive essay in class, this channel is for you! I walk you through the entire writing process from start to finish. In this channel, you will find research-based, classroom-tested, student approved literacy skills for equitable education!

My hope is that these videos will help you as you write in school and at home. I am a classroom teacher myself, so I know how hard teaching writing is. I use all these videos in my own classroom to support and differentiate the learning for ALL my students. I have found these videos extremely helpful for ALL students especially English Language Learners. I also provide free classroom materials to help you teach writing to ALL your kids.

[MisterMessinger]

Which superhero do you think is the greatest in the D.C. Universe?

[angelren]

Thank you Mister these videos really help my son's writing even for his essay in Chinese.

[shed]

Hello! This is so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make these.

[kennethlopez]

This series of videos are the ones I needed right now!! Thanks !!

[samm.]

Wow Mister Messinger thank you for these helpful tips! I will definitely use these tips and tricks in the next essay I make!

[boing]

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[RankingTheMouse]

"Convincing nonsense" is super accurate, that really is what it is. The future of AI is scary though & what it could mean for cheating, plagiarism, etc. Love that systems are being created to detect AI-written articles though. So glad you're covering this Mister Messinger

[jellymilman]

This is pretty amazing! My 9 year old son really enjoyed listening to this! his favorite dc superhero is...SUPERMAN! ; )

[gracejoydasa]

Mordecai says that with Green Lantern's power ring can over come any other superhero. ( He means Batman.).

[snopdoggx]

my school forced this video apon me. not dissapointed.