We had quite a busy day today! Today we learned different techniques on how to “hook” a reader. We typed up our Introduction paragraph on Google Classroom as well. Many students persevered with this new topic and I was very impressed with their hard work. Not all students were able to finish their introduction in class and have a sentence or two to finish up before class tomorrow. Please allow for them to sign into their Dearborn Google accounts (click here) and either open up their document at https://classroom.google.com OR go into their drive and open up their argumentative essay from there. It will be easier to find on our classroom though. Please be sure to sign into their Dearborn Google accounts (again, it can only be accessed from this website) BEFORE trying to go to our Google Classroom.
For interesting ways to hook a reader, visit this page: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ucnhefjqGrw/VpLPKrW04nI/AAAAAAAAMBk/mUCJ21otoJE/s400/hook%2Byour%2Breader%2Bdefinitions.png
Thesis = Claim (what is your opinion and what are your reasons for thinking this?)
Introduction paragraph format:
- Hook your reader
- Introduce your topic (background information, explain what your topic is)
- End with your claim (I believe ______ because __(reason 1)__, __(reason 2)__, and __(reason 3)__.
The number of reasons they need is based on their color group. They were informed of this in class today.
They may also come in at 7:30 am tomorrow if they wanted to work on their introductions with me in class before school begins!
Homework
- Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
- Finish Introduction paragraph if you didn’t in class!!