Writing for specific assignments: .... Writing the essay

Writing the essay

1. Essay writing 1 Class video presentation (18:25 mins)

Video presentation for students prepared by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Covers interpreting the essay task, the writing process, writing critically, essay structure, integrating evidence and referencing, paraphrasing and summarising, and reporting verbs.

This presentation can be shown to students as a video, or as an interactive online presentation, which can be controlled by the student. The students watch the presentation on 'players' which allow them to move forward or back through the slides, progress at their own speed, annotate or highlight individual slides, and search the text. (See more information).

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details).

Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a11e3870-aa3b-4dac-aaeb-aa76005d5254 You can also download the presentation (161 MB) as a video file from this link (more information).

Download the slides (you can adjust to suit your class) ( 823 KB)

Download the script (you can adjust to suit your class) ( 18 KB)

Give students an interactive online presentation ( 14.7 MB) (See more information)

2. Essay writing 2 Class video presentation (14:10 mins)

Video presentation for students prepared by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Covers what an academic essay is, essay structure, instruction words, reporting verbs, organisation of the body, and examples of introduction, body and conclusion.

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details).

Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9af596d7-da6f-4306-bec7-aa760062ab57&query=writing%20the%20essay You can also download the presentation (138 MB) as a video file from this link (more information).

Download the slides (you can adjust to suit your class) ( 717 KB)

Download the script (you can adjust to suit your class) ( 30 KB)

Give students an interactive online presentation (Zip file, 11.3 MB) (See more information)

3. The essay 2017 Class video presentation (8:03 mins)

Video presentation for students prepared by Dr Shashi Nallaya. Covers the essay writing process and structure, with examples of the sections, and including information on demonstrating critical thinking.

Watch the video in the Panopto viewer (It will open in a new browser window, and you may need to log in with your UniSA login details).

Give this link to a class to watch individually (more information): https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=994d49a5-ed3a-4a61-8769-aa7a000b11bf You can also download the presentation (60 MB) as a video file from this link (more information).

Download the slides (you can adjust to suit your class) ( 257 KB)

Give students an interactive online presentation ( 8.6 MB) (See more information)

4. Essay writing workshop Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a full class presentation on writing an essay, including interpreting the task, locating sources, essay structure, use of 'voice' in discussion, reporting verbs and language usage.

Download the PowerPoint slides (900 KB)

5. Essay writing workshop 2 Presentation slides

PowerPoint slides for a short class presentation on writing an essay, including unpacking the topic, introduction, body, conclusion and providing evidence.