1. Pre—QUIZ
Please write the question number and answer on a piece of notebook paper and label it Pre-Quiz.
1. Where does the introduction paragraph belong in your paper?
2. What is a hook?
3. Where does it come in your introduction paragraph?
4. What are three acceptable examples of hooks you can use in your research paper?
5. What is a link and what does it do?
6. What is the equation for a thesis statement?

2. How to write an Introduction Paragraph
You will learn:
Why write an introduction?
Hook/grabber
Link
Thesis Statement
(Helpful Hint: Write down everything you didn't know before today)

3. Introduction Paragraph: What and Why?
The first paragraph of your essay is the introduction.
You write an introduction to get your audience's attention and to let them know what the entire paper is going to be about.

4. When you're fishing, what do you need to catch a fish?
Hook/Grabber
When you're fishing, what do you need to catch a fish?
You need a good strong hook with
a fish bait to catch a fish, right?

5. Hook/Grabber
That's what a Hook/Grabber does for your audience. It let's you grab their attention and gets 'em hooked on your paper! Make them excited to learn about your topic!
The Hook/Grabber is first sentence or two of your introduction.
This is something exciting that GRABS your audience's attention.

6. What can you use as a hook/grabber?
First, the hook has got to relate to your topic somehow.
Second, you can use many different things as hooks, but for this paper you can choose between these
three options:
A touching (or exciting) story
A meaningful quotation
A shocking statistic

7. Sample hooks: Topic: Pablo Picasso
A touching (or exciting) story hook: There was a young, lovely boy who had a kind, sensitive heart. His only love in the world was painting, and he began to show his soul through his painting at an early age. Unfortunately, because of this young man's amazing talent, his father vowed to give up painting, his own passion, forever instead of being second best to his own son.

8. Sample hooks: Topic: Pablo Picasso
A meaningful quotation hook: Pablo Picasso believed that “Everything you can imagine is real.”
A meaningful quotation hook: John F. Kennedy, a great art lover said, “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”

9. Sample Hooks Topic: Pablo Picasso
“Dora Maar au Chat” ----->
Topic: Pablo Picasso
Shocking Statistic hook: The piece of artwork named “Dora Maar au Chat” by Pablo Picasso was sold for an incredible 95.2 million dollars in 2006.

10. Your turn to write a Hook!
Please write one of each type of hook (if you need to make up some of the information right now that's okay, it's just practice!).
Topic: (Your name here)
A touching (or exciting) story hook:
An interesting quotation hook:
A shocking statistic hook:

11. Obviously your going to need a hook for your paper, too.
Let's take a break....
Obviously your going to need a hook for your paper, too.
You can either 1) write your hook now or 2) write what you might do for your hook and how & when you are going to get your information.

12. Link/Connector
A link is the bridge between the hook and the thesis—it connects the two together.
Hook Thesis

13. How to write a link
The link is where you introduce the topic and make sense of your hook. You always need to know your hook and your thesis before you write your link because you need to connect the two ideas.

14. Topic: Picasso
Hook:The piece of artwork named “Dora Maar au Chat” by Pablo Picasso was sold for an incredible 95.2 million dollars in 2006.
LINK: Many of Picasso's paintings have sold for tens of millions of dollars. Two of his paintings are in the top ten list for most expensive art because he was such a talented and acclaimed artist.
Thesis: Because of his innovative painting techniques, his push to start a new movement in the art world, and his interesting artist's life, Pablo Picasso is the most interesting artist to have lived in the 20th century.

15. Your Turn: Practice Link
Hook: “I love Mickey Mouse more than
Any woman I've ever known” (Walt Disney).
WRITE YOUR LINK HERE
Thesis: Walt Disney changed the world of animation with his clever ideas, his hard work, and his dedication to success of the Disney company.

16. Topic of Paper + Opinion Statement about topic Main Points of Paper
Thesis Statement
Thesis Statement is the main idea of your whole paper. It's the last sentence of your introduction.
Keep it simple. Just fill in the blanks below!
Topic of Paper +
Opinion Statement about topic
Main Points of Paper

17. Post—Quiz
Write this on the same sheet of paper as your Pre-Quiz. Please write the question number and answer and label this section Post-Quiz.
1. Where does the introduction paragraph belong in your paper?
2. What is a hook?
3. Where does it come in your introduction paragraph?
4. What are three acceptable examples of hooks you can use in your research paper?
5. What is a link and what does it do?
6. What is the equation for a thesis statement?

18. We're done. Great job!