Name of resource: Writing the essay
Link/download: https://unisa.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9af596d7-da6f-4306-bec7-aa760062ab57
Type of resource: Video class presentation
Student or teacher pointed: Student
Description:

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. Includes slides and script

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). 

Teaching points:

academic essay

essay writing

interpreting the task

essay structure

instruction words

reporting verbs

essay writing