1. Robbie Butze History P2 English P1 12/11/12

2. The Immigration Story  Immigration  Tenement Housing  Nativism  Working Conditions  Social Reforms

3. Immigration  “Inside the building, there were rails, and many people inline.”

4. Tenement Housing  “Our living area is very small. Not enough room for my family.”

5. Nativism  “The owner discovered I was an immigrant. He looked at me and kicked me out of his factory. I fell into a small depression.”

6. Working Conditions  “Working conditions are dangerous. It is very easy to poke yourself, and start bleeding.”

7. Social Reforms  “One of the reforms I experienced was more Tentement Housing.”

8. Essay Structure  Funnel paragraph  Topic Sentences  Evidence introductions & explanations

9. Funnel Paragraph  Intro paragraph that funnels down all the information.  Intro, Hook, Bridge Thesis

10. Topic Sentence  The sentence in the paragraph that describes what the paragraph is about

11. Evidence introductions & explanations  Start by introducing a sentence then a quote.

12. Walk-through/Essay Thesis  The one sentence that tell the reader what the whole story is about

13. Purpose of supporting paragraphs  To defend your thesis. Backing the thesis up with information in the paragraph.

14. Evidence to prove my argument  Quoted sentences are evidence from the story

15. reflection