lesson 8: opening paragraph
In the last lesson, we wrote our thesis statement for our literary analysis essay.
Remember that we are writing a 5 paragraph essay lesson-by-lesson.
In this lesson, we will write our introductory paragraph.
Before we get started, it would be a good idea to get your notes from the poem and the essay (probably the Wordsworth graphic organizer and Muir graphic organizer will be most useful) and the thesis you write for lesson 7.
Got that stuff?
Great!
Get ready to write your first 5 sentences of your essay--your introductory paragraph.
Remember that we are writing a 5 paragraph essay lesson-by-lesson.
In this lesson, we will write our introductory paragraph.
Before we get started, it would be a good idea to get your notes from the poem and the essay (probably the Wordsworth graphic organizer and Muir graphic organizer will be most useful) and the thesis you write for lesson 7.
Got that stuff?
Great!
Get ready to write your first 5 sentences of your essay--your introductory paragraph.
write an introductory paragraph
Write a paragraph of about 5 sentences that introduces your essay to your reader.
Make sure it:
Gets your reader's attention
Provides any background information your reader may need
States your thesis
Slide 2 gives you very detailed information on how to get your reader's attention.
Slide 3 gives you an understanding of how to construct the middle part of your introduction
Slide 4 summarizes the lesson and reminds you of the essay prompt.
The information is not that vital. If you can write an introductory paragraph without 3 slides of information telling you how to do it, you can skip those three slides. I trust you. If you do it wrong, I'll give it back to you to do over.
Remember that your thesis should be the last sentence of your intro.
Make sure it:
Gets your reader's attention
Provides any background information your reader may need
States your thesis
Slide 2 gives you very detailed information on how to get your reader's attention.
Slide 3 gives you an understanding of how to construct the middle part of your introduction
Slide 4 summarizes the lesson and reminds you of the essay prompt.
The information is not that vital. If you can write an introductory paragraph without 3 slides of information telling you how to do it, you can skip those three slides. I trust you. If you do it wrong, I'll give it back to you to do over.
Remember that your thesis should be the last sentence of your intro.
assessment: portfolio
on slide 5 of the lesson you are givne the Effective Introduction Worksheet to complete.
PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE IT.
Instead, I'd like you to write your introductory paragraph on the same Word doc that you wrote your thesis on in the last lesson.
Upload that into the lesson's drop box.
Excellent!
PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE IT.
Instead, I'd like you to write your introductory paragraph on the same Word doc that you wrote your thesis on in the last lesson.
Upload that into the lesson's drop box.
Excellent!
YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO VIEW DROPPED Assessments
If you see this message on your dropbox page, don't panic! It means that you are not required to do the assignment and the teacher closed the dropbox.
Move on to the next lesson!
There are only 5 more lessons before the collaboration project is due and the semester exam is opened!!
Move on to the next lesson!
There are only 5 more lessons before the collaboration project is due and the semester exam is opened!!