1. iNTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Ms. De La O
English 9

2. The 3 Elements of the Introduction
The General Statement of Subject
The Thesis
The “Method Statement”

3. The General Statement of Subject
DO NOT INCLUDE A HOOK!
The paper’s specific subject
Based on the prompt
Includes TAG
The hook for the reader is simply setting up a specific enough subject that we ask “so what will you show us about this”
TAF: Title Author and focus of work

4. Clear and straightforward about what the paper will support
The Thesis
The overall claim
Clear and straightforward about what the paper will support
Formula: Who +does what +how OR so what
A good thesis does not use the same language as any one topic sentence, but coheres with all of them

5. The “Method Statement”
The road map
Lists the main ideas of each paragraph
Do not list ideas but FRAME the ideas
Clarifies the subjects of each paragraph in the same order as will be presented in the paper
Should not use the same words as a topic sentence

6. Building the thesis and method statement
Show  Tell Method
Topic: Although teenagers, the boy and the girl are too immature to form a relationship with one another.
Show: Method Statement
Tell: Thesis
Show tell similar to cause and effect

7. LETS PRACTICE!!!

8. The 3 Elements of the Conclusion
Restate thesis
Why is the thesis important to the topic
Why should the reader care

9. Restating the thesis DONT SAY "in conclusion,..."
" Throughout the novel​, then,​​ ..." "Overall," “in general, “
Keep the same idea but RESTATE it with new words
Combine the condensed version of your thesis with a simplified method statement
keep the same order of 3
What you “showed”
or similar phrase so that the reader actually knows that it’s a conclusion, not another body paragraph.

10. Why is the thesis important to the topic
Share the importance to the subject/ character/ or issue
ASK: How is this claim important to my subject?
THINK: What is the effect of what happened?

11. Why should the reader care
What is the connection to the real world
Keep in third person
“One”
“Readers”

12. LETS PRACTICE!!!