ENG1150 Five-Paragraph Essay Assignment: Three Transferable Skills for Your Career and Classes (Week 4 Lesson 2 Assessment)

ENG1150 Five-Paragraph Essay: Three Transferable Skills (Week 4, Lesson 2 Assessment)

In this first-year composition assignment, students write a five-paragraph essay explaining how three transferable skills will contribute to success in their future career, their classes, or both. The lesson walks through choosing skills, planning, drafting and revising.

Choose Your Three Skills

Choose three transferable skills from the list below and explain how they will contribute to your success in your future career or classes at UMA. You may discuss both. These skills can show up in many ways; for example, organisational skills can help with time management in classes, while adaptability can help you handle high-stress situations at work. It may help to list the skills on paper and reflect on how they relate to you.

1. Communication
2. Dependability
3. Teamwork
4. Organization
5. Adaptability
6. Leadership
7. Decision making
8. Empathy
9. Initiative
10. Technology literacy

Suggestion: once Word is open, write your three skills at the top of the page.

Plan (suggested step, not submitted)

Use the essay planning practices from earlier in the course, then write a thesis statement that identifies your focus and your three skills.

Draft

Save your document frequently while you write.

1. Introduction paragraph: include a hook, background information and/or details that lead to your thesis; at least five sentences; the thesis statement is the last sentence.
2. Three body paragraphs: each has a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence; each is at least five sentences; each relates to one of the skills in your thesis.
3. Conclusion paragraph: include a restatement of your thesis, a summary of your main ideas and a compelling ending sentence; at least five sentences.

Revise

Before you submit, review your paper for clarity and grammar using the course revision checklist. Revision strategies are covered in more depth in the next lesson.