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1
The Introductory Paragraph
  • Northwestern High School
  • English Language Arts 9
  • Mrs. Avery

2
The Way an Essay Looks
  • There are five parts to a standard essay/ECR
  • Introduction
  • Body Paragraph 1
  • Body Paragraph 2
  • Body Paragraph 3
  • Conclusion

3
The Introductory Paragraph
  • Before you write, ask yourself these 2 questions
  • What is your stance on the debatable topic?
  • Are you for or against?
  • Who will read your writing?
  • What do you know about your audience?
    Geographics, race, culture, beliefs, etc

4
The Introductory Paragraph has 2 main parts
  • The Grabber
  • The Thesis
  • But it also has a small part
  • The filler sentences!

5
The Grabber!
  • There are many ways to write a topic sentence,
    but lets focus on three!
  • Asking a question and providing the answer!
  • Using an anecdote (short story)

6
What is a thesis statement?
  • A thesis statement is a statement that tells the
    main idea of your paper to the reader
  • Your thesis tells the reader what point you are
    going to make about your topic.
  • Usually, the thesis statement is found at the end
    of the first paragraph in an essay

7
Why must thesis statements have 3 points?!
  • The thesis must have 3 main points because those
    3 points become the 3 body paragraphs of your
    essay

8
A good way to write a thesis is
  • Two parts of a thesis
  • ANSWER
  • Thesis Phrase
  • Students should not be forced to go to a
    segregated school .because 1__________,
    2_________, and 3____________.

9
What are filler sentences?
  • Filler sentences are sentences that connect your
    grabber to your thesis statement.
  • Usually, there are 2-3 filler sentences.
  • They move the reader from the instant grabber
    to the main point in the thesis

10
Why are they important?
  • Filler sentences are about the topic youre
    writing about
  • Restating the question
  • Quote
  • Facts/Statistics
  • They provide a transition from the excitement of
    the grabber to the seriousness of the thesis
    statement.

11
So an introductory paragraph looks like this
  • ________ Grabber!
  • __________ Filler Sentences
  • _______ Thesis Statement

12
The COMPLETE Intro
  • Grabber
  • Restate the question
  • Quote
  • Facts
  • Thesis
  • (Answer three reasons)

13
Question What important changes does
Northwestern High School need?
  • Introduction Can you imagine what it would be
    like to walk into school everyday, knowing that
    your peers are excited about learning, and that
    your school has the proper resources to support
    them? Thats what could happen if Northwestern
    made some important changes. Students today need
    an environment that supports their needs, and
    makes them feel like they are valued members of
    the student body. To ensure optimal learning,
    schools should try their best to accommodate the
    interests of the students. For many high school
    students, school is where they spend most of
    their day, and because of that, they want to
    enjoy the space they occupy for four years.
    Northwestern High School needs to improve the
    school atmosphere in order to create student
    morale, shorter class periods, and more diverse
    extracurricular activities.

14
You try! Find the Grabber, the Filler, and the
Thesis Statement!
  • A recent survey reported that employers consider
    communication skills more critical to success
    than technical skills. Employees can learn
    technical skills on the job and practice them
    every day. But they need to bring well-developed
    communication skills to the job. They need to be
    able to make themselves understood to colleagues,
    both in speech and in writing. They need to be
    able to work cooperatively as part of a team.
    Employers cant take time to teach communication
    skills, but without them an employee will have a
    hard time.

15
Did it look like this?!
  • A recent survey reported that employers consider
    communication skills more critical to success
    than technical skills. Employees can learn
    technical skills on the job and practice them
    every day. But they need to bring well-developed
    communication skills to the job. They need to be
    able to make themselves understood to colleagues,
    both in speech and in writing. They need to be
    able to work cooperatively as part of a team.
    Employers cant take time to teach communication
    skills, but without them an employee will have a
    hard time. ????

16
  • Some of the parents at your school have started a
    campaign to limit the homework that teachers can
    assign to students. Teachers at your school have
    argued that the homework is necessary. Should
    teachers assign less homework?

17
Think about it and Write!
  • Recently, a group of students from another high
    school were caught writing a derogatory word on
    the bathroom stalls. The newspapers have begun
    writing stories about how this incident is a
    rare, heartbreaking occurrence of racism, but
    that it isnt a common issue and should not be
    overly exaggerated. However, some of your
    classmates are having arguments in disagreement
    of this opinion. Does racism still exist today?
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