Elements of a body paragraph.

1. Warm Up 8/23 On your own paper, write your definition of a thesis statement. Next, write an example of a well written thesis statement. Now, write an example of a bad thesis statement. What is the difference between a good thesis statement and a bad one?

2. Agenda Discuss the structure of a well crafted body paragraph. Read an excerpt from “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano,” English 11, or “A Warning Against Passion,” in English 12. Begin work of the worksheet “Elements of a Body Paragraph.”

3. Structure of a Body Paragraph

4. What are the elements of a body paragraph? Sub Thesis (Topic Sentence) Structure Sentence (Claim Sentence) Textual Evidence (Quote) Analysis Summarizing Sentence (Concluding Sentence)

5. Academic Language What is a claim? How is it different from a thesis statement? What is “textual evidence”? What does it mean to analyze a text? What are some characteristics of a well written concluding sentence?