1. Writing a Five Paragraph Essay
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Writing a Five Paragraph Essay

2. Work on your introduction for the “Who am I?” essay.
Homework
Work on your introduction for the “Who am I?” essay.

3. AIM
Students will learn and understand the parts of an essay to create writings that are organized and demonstrate their knowledge of communication through written language. Students will recognize parts of an essay, giving specific examples of parts of an essay, and finally, writing a five paragraph essay.

4. DO NOW
What is the purpose of an essay?

5. Learning to Write
There are things that one needs to know that contribute to excellence in writing.
They are not hard to learn.
Once you know them, they do take practice to gain proficiency.
That practice makes all the difference in the world.

6. The Five Paragraph Essay
Think of the five paragraph essay as having five separate parts.
Learn to master each of the parts one at a time.
Writing the introduction and the conclusion are strongly linked.
Working on them in sequence will make the job easier.
Then tackle the body paragraphs, one at a time.
With the inclusion of transitions, you will get the feel and flow of the essay.
Put them all together, and you will have the first draft of your essay.

7. THE INTRODUCTION The introduction has two main purposes:
to draw the reader in and make him/her want to read more
to prepare the reader for the direction that the essay is going to take.
The introduction usually has three parts:
The grabber (or lead) consists of several sentences that pull the reader into the essay.
The transitional sentence (optional) connects the lead to the thesis statement.
The thesis statement is a single sentence that states the main idea of the essay.

8. THE GRABBER or LEAD
There are many types of grabbers (also referred to as leads, motivators, or openers) that you can use.
Stating fact or opinion: a piece of information that will get your reader's attention
Rhetorical question: a meaningful, unanswerable question that gets the reader thinking about your topic
Anecdote: a brief incident that relates to the theme of the essay
Quotation: someone else's words that relate to the topic
Description: a brief description of a scene, person, or object that appeals to the reader's senses

9. Stating fact or opinion

10. Rhetorical Question

11. Anecdote

12. Quotation

13. Description

14. You Try!
Write in your notebook an introduction using one of the five grabbers on the following topics:
Your favorite sports team
Your favorite automobile
Why you came to Cardinal Hayes High School

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