1. Writing Your Introduction Advanced English 6 My First Argumentative Essay Ms. Butler

2. What is an introduction? An introduction is how you start your essay in one paragraph An introduction gives your reader a chance to get to know the subject of your essay An introduction has THREE PARTS.

3. How do you start an introduction? Background information An interesting fact An interesting question So, Ms. Butler…what’s the point?

4. ATTENTION!

5. Roll of Thunder Openings Background information Example: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a book about a sharecropping family in the 1930’s depression. An interesting fact Example: Cotton was first planted in America in 1607, but our country would never know the impact it would have on African American sharecroppers. An interesting question Example: Did you know that kids that sharecropped only had to go to school 5 months a year?

6. How do you finish an introduction? A THESIS! You already wrote these in your Argumentative Packet. Please check to see if it needs revision. Please copy this word for word when you are finishing your introduction. Make sure to finish with a period and to separate your reasons with commas.

7. So what goes in the middle? Connect your opening sentence to your thesis statement with 2 to 3 sentences Include a variety of background sentences or questions The whole introduction will be 5 sentences in length.

8. Example Introduction Set Up First Sentence: Opening Line Second through Fourth: Connecting Sentences Fifth Sentence: Thesis.

9. Example Introduction 1 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a book about the Logans, a sharecropping family in the 1930’s Depression Era. Many families struggled during these times to make money. While people often had jobs such as shopkeeping and cleaning houses, most African-American families chose to sharecrop land. This meant that they rented the land from white owners. The land was important to the Logans in the text because it united their family together in an effort to live, they had to fight to keep their land from the white landowners, and it stood for a metaphor for hope despite difficult times.

10. Breakdown Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a book about the Logans, a sharecropping family in the 1930’s Depression Era. Many families struggled during these times to make money. While people often had jobs such as shopkeeping and cleaning houses, most African-American families chose to sharecrop land. This meant that they rented the land from white owners. The land was important to the Logans in the text because it united their family together in an effort to live, they had to fight to keep their land from the white landowners, and it stood for a metaphor for hope despite difficult times.

11. The Code Explained Red=Opening Line to grab attention Blue=Connected Sentence to link Green=Thesis Statement to go on to the next paragraphs

12. The Next Step Write a rough draft of your introduction! Set your lined paper up for a type 3 FCA’s: 5 sentences with proper setup (opening, connecters, thesis) 10 Have a good opening/Thesis rewrite 10 Correct spelling 10/-2 **please remember to skip lines!**