1. British Literature “It’s a taught-thought Thursday!” February 21, 2008 Ms. Smith

2. Agenda 1. Keytrain Followup Bellringer 2. Lead Example 3. “Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood” Discussion – You must take notes on the discussion. Use your notes to help brainstorm for your essay. 4. Review Elements of a Body 5.Homework: Complete the body for your argumentative essay.

3. To frighten his sister, big John concocted or made up a story about monsters. 1. As used in context, the word concocted most nearly means: A. to fabricate B. to frighten C. to tell D. to remind

4. Sally never got in trouble. She never caused any harm and never annoyed anyone. In contrast, her brother was nothing like her. He had a reputation for his impish behavior. 2. As used in context, the word impish most nearly means: A. polite B. proper C. annoying D. nothing like

5. Lead Quickwrite Imagine that you have come up with the following thesis statement. Write a LEAD that could bring the reader into an essay on this topic. High school students should take their core subjects – English, Math, Science and Social Studies – with students of the same gender. All- girl and all-boy classes would allow for greater concentration, increased class participation, and reduced discipline problems.

6. The Body of the Paragraph Organize your REASONS (most to least important; least to most important) Each paragraph should develop a REASON SUPPORT with facts, examples, evidence

7. The Body of the Paragraph Personal commentary: elaborate, interpret, give YOUR reaction, thoughts ADDRESS the opposition: State the opposing view Use smooth transition statements between paragraphs

8. The Body of the Paragraph The topic sentence of this paragraph will include Reason #1 from your opening paragraph. Back it up with specific example

9. Transitional Words for example not only/but also most important on the other hand likewise in addition therefore first next finally however another in spite of similarly as a result for this reason since

10. Persuasive Essay Outline I. Introduction A. Get the readers attention by using a “hook” – a lead B. Give some background information if necessary. C. Thesis statement.

11. II. First body paragraph A. Topic sentence explaining your first reason from the thesis statement. 1. First example to back your point. 2. Second example to back your point. 3. Third example to back your point. B. Transition into next paragraph.

12. V. Fourth body paragraph A. Opposing viewpoint (so reader will know you have considered another point of view). 1. First example to opposing viewpoint. 2. Second example to opposing viewpoint. 3. Third example to opposing viewpoint. B. Transition into concluding paragraph.

13. Homework Complete the body for your six-paragraph essay.