1. Introductory Paragraphs
9th grade Pre-AP English

2. Kahoot Review

3. “What is Your Life’s Blueprint” Martin Luther King
Discussion about speech and rhetorical devices

4. Introductory Paragraphs

5. Introductory Paragraphs
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION: One to two sentences that provide broad information about the general topics/concepts of the text, time period, etc. Also includes one to two sentences that provide a brief summary of text.
BRIDGE: One to two sentences that smoothly shift the focus of the writing from the introductory sentences to the MAIN TOPIC of the essay.
THESIS: TAG+SUBJECT+POSITION Thesis statements contain a SUBJECT and POSITION. They need to be an ARGUMENT the essay will explain and prove.

6. Sample introductory paragraph for What Literary Elements convey a theme:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling is the concluding novel in a seven book series about a boy growing up in a world that most people don’t know exists. Harry has attended Hogwarts for the last six years and has made many friends as well as a few enemies. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger befriended Harry from the very first novel and are still by his side in the final book. Harry, Ron, and Hermione face intense conflicts as they run from Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Without the structure of school, they are on their own and must rely heavily on one another to survive. In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling uses conflict and characterization to illustrate the theme that in true friendships, people working together and relying on each other’s skills will allow them to overcome any obstacle.

7. Practice Together
Using the novel Animal Farm, write a well- developed essay in which you address how a character’s behavior affects the work as a whole.
How does a character’s behavior affect the work as a whole? (Work as a whole = effect on theme, literary elements, author’s purpose, readers, etc.)

8. How does a character’s behavior affect the work as a whole?

9. Write Your OWn
Write a rhetorical analysis essay in which you explain how Martin Luther King Jr.’s use of rhetorical devices helps convey the theme of his speech.
HOMEWORK: WRITE ONLY THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR THIS PROMPT
What are the differences between reading MLK’s non-fiction speech and your fiction pieces...the scarlet ibis, fahrenheit 451, animal farm, etc.?
What is different about this prompt vs. previous prompts?