Tips for new educational journey

This is the time for your new educational journey! How do you feel? Happy, curious, or exited?

This is the tips :

1.       Be Prepared!
Prepare all the things you need to bring to school or to campus. If necessary, make a list. And, don’t forget to check it again the night before, so you won’t miss a thing even if you are a bit late in the morning.

2.       Be Ready!
Not only do you need to prepare things, but you also to be physically and mentally fir and ready. You need to take good care of your health during the school break too. Leave all stress behind, and think positively about everything.

3.       Be Neat!
Remember that you will spend several days in an open space. If your hair is long, tie it in ponytail or braid it. For, boys, don’t forget to trim your hair too. Tug your shirt into your pants/skirt properly. Your seniors usually check for tidiness.

4.       Stay Fresh!
To beat the heat, drink plenty of iced water. If possible, dab cold water on your wrists and on the back of your neck to cool your blood temporarily. Be confident from day one as a freshman on campus!

Contoh Essay

by : elissa nindia rarasati

Topic  : Money can buy amusements but not happiness

Outline :  not always make you happy

                Only while satisfaction

                Not always can buy everything

Thesis : To be happy is not always having a lot of money, but actually if we realize that everything surrounding us, is our happiness.

Conclusion : Money is important for human need. Money can buy everything and make someone feel satisfaction. But happiness is from someone who care and love you not from your money. So our environment and surrounding is our source of happiness.

Essay

            Nowdays there are many necessities, especially in big cities. People have to work hard to get big earnings that will keep them financially secure even into the future. People who live in big cities and have a lot of money usually have individual characteristic and they feel happy if they come from rich family. Whereas, to be happy is not always having a lot of money, but actually if we realize that everything surrounding us is our happiness.

            People who come from rich family have everything. They can fulfill everything they need and want. But, some rich people not always feel happy because there’s something in their heart need more than a lot of money that is love. Cause love make everyone feel happy.

            Many people consider that a big salary is the most important things in their life, because with a big salary they can have a lot of money. But, money is only a while satisfaction. An example someone who is from a rich family live in apartment alone, her/his family was dead and haven’t friends. If he/she feels happy but is no longer, he/she still feels sad.

            And people who have a big earnings can buy everything they want like a car, house, motorcycle, apartment, horse, plane, shopping at malls everyday and etc. But one thing they can not buy that is happiness or love. Source of happiness that there’s someone who complete your life with love.

Writing an Efective Introductory Paragraph for an Argumentative Essay

An essay is a piece of writing that is several paragraphs long. It is mainly about one topic (just like a paragraph). However, since the topic of an essay is broader, the essay is divided into paragraphs, one for each major point. To tie all the parts together, an effective introductory paragraph at the beginning, as well as a concluding paragraph at the end, is necessary.

Basically, the introductory paragraph has two parts, namely :

·         The general statements, which give the reader background information about the topic of the essay. These statements get the reader interested in the topic;

·         A thesis statement, which introduces the main idea of the essay. This statement is similar to the topic sentence in a paragraph, but is is broader and gives the controlling idea for the whole essay. The topic sentence(s) of the body paragraph(s) should relate to the thesis statement. The thesis statement is usually the last sentence of the paragraph.

A thesis statement:

1.      Should be a complete sentence
 
2.      Should express an opinion, an idea, of a belief.  It should be something that people can argue about. It should not be a plain fact.
Example :
NOT a thesis statement : Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation in 1977.
A thesis statement : Anybody in the whole can be as successful as Bill Gates.
 
3.      Should not be a detail or an example.
Example :
NOT a thesis statement : In 2003, the Forbes listed Bill Gates as the world’s richest man.
A thesis statement : Indonesia business people cannot compete with their foreign counterparts.
 
4.      May state or list how it will support an opinion.
Example :
Indonesia is still considered the home of the world’s best badminton players for several reasons.

Source: Broukal, Milada, weaving It Together: Book 3, p.16-18, Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1994

Location Topic Sentence

            A paragraph is the elaboration of a single idea. Therefore, all the sentences must have a common purpose – the expansion of the central idea. The central idea is usually contained in a topic sentence. In an essay, there is generally an introductory paragraph, one or more body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.

            The introductory paragraph contains general statements and the thesis statement, which replaces the topic sentence. The thesis statement is the overall main idea of an essay. The position is often at the end of the paragraph.

            In the body paragraphs, the topic sentence can take different positions. To locate the topic sentence in a body paragraph, quickly scan the details.

            In the concluding paragraph, a concluding statement takes the place of the topic sentence. Usually placed at the beginning of the paragraph, the concluding sentence is often a brief summary or restatement of the thesis statement.

Adapted from ATB B – Reading Part 1, and Reid, Joy M., The Process of Composition, Prentice – Hall, Inc., 1988