Helping College Students with Disabilities to Write Great Essays

It is usually said that all of us are equal. This I truly believe but some people just need to be told that a little more often. I am speaking about dyslexic students. These are students who usually have some sort of difficulty in learning otherwise known as LD. They are mostly misunderstood but when they are given the attention that they require, they can achieve wonders. Their main problem is organization. This makes it particularly hard when it comes to essay writing. I am going to focus on helping college students with disabilities to organize their thoughts so that in the end they have a coherent essay.
First thing you should do is to draw a mind map. Your diagram should begin with a circle in the middle of a sheet of paper. Inside the circle, write the topics name. Draw an appropriate number of lines out into the page from your circle. Ensure that the lines are spread out. Draw other circles at the end of each of the lines that you have drawn. You know where I am going, right? In the first circle, you put the topic and now in these other circles put sub topics or the main points that you want to make. You should follow a procedure in that if you want to argue out a point, write the main arguments and if you are describing a process, write the necessary steps that are to be followed. Again, draw other lines and circles from these main points. In each of these circles, write the information that supports the main points. Clearly when this is done, you have the basic idea of what your essay will entail.
Now let us move to the introductory paragraphs. When you look at the first part of this article, you will see that an introductory paragraph tells you what the whole article is about. The same applies for your essay. The reader should know what the essay entails by just reading the first paragraph. Remember the diagram you drew? Now look at it and decide what the main point you will be making is. The first part of the introductory paragraph states the topic whereas the second part states the point of the essay. The introduction should attract the reader’s attention so that he wants to read the whole essay. To get attention, you can use an attention grabber like a fact you think is interesting, an anecdote and so on.
Let us look at how to go about the body. Use the ideas in the circles that are outside to write each paragraph. The paragraphs should be five or more sentences. Each point you write, should be written in such a way that it seems you are talking to a person. You should point out the opposite viewpoint and not just your own. This way, you will look like you have considered other arguments and viewpoints as well.
The conclusion should sum up all of your points and you should state your stance in the conclusion. Finally, after writing the conclusion you should revise your essay so that you can correct any mistakes that you come across.
In short, writing an essay all starts with a picture. You get the picture right, you get the essay right.

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Helping College Students with Disabilities to Write Great Essays

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