Introductions

Language Arts Agenda:

Wednesday – November 18, 2015

Learning Target: Today I will use Monday and Tuesday’s lessons to put together and type my introduction. I'll know I've learned it when I have completed my introduction.

  

Today’s task:

1.   open a Word or Google document

2.   Type in the grabber you liked best from yesterday’s lesson

3.   Skip several lines

4.   Type in the thesis we wrote Monday

5.   Read over what you have written so far.

6.   Write a connecting sentence in the space you left blank.

7.   Take out any extra spaces, put your name on it and print a copy for me. (add the number of t he grabber style you used

8.   Read

Anatomy of an Introduction - EXAMPLE

There are 3 parts to an introduction

    1)   Grabber: First sentence, grabs the reader’s attention.

When Merlin, my Great Dane, sees his leash and my bike helmet, he makes noises just like Chewbacca in the movie Star Wars.  Merlin loves to run beside me as I ride my bike down the street.

    2)   Main Idea: Gives the reader a basic idea of the topic

Merlin is a great dog, but he is also a lot of work.

    3)   Thesis:

·        Is the last sentence in the introduction

·        Follows the formula:  Claim because 3 reasons

People need to think before they get a giant breed dog (belief statement), because they are a big responsibility (reason #1), they cost a lot to feed cost (reason #2), and they take up a lot of room. (reason #3).

When done, your introduction should look something like this:

     When Merlin, my Great Dane, sees his leash and my bike helmet, he makes noises just like Chewbacca in the movie Star Wars. Merlin loves to run beside me as I ride my bike down the street.Merlin is a great dog, but he is also a lot of work. People need to think before they get a giant breed dog (belief statement), because they are a big responsibility (reason #1), they cost a lot to feed cost (reason #2), and they take up a lot of room. (reason #3).