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Assignments:
7th Grade Language Arts -Vocab Writing (F)
Agenda: -JT Essay (end of the class
Tuesday 12/18)
1. Writing introductions
-Lit Circle Presentation (W 12/19))
2. Work time on JT Essay
-Quarter Reading Book Log-
FINAL project (TH 12/20)
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Parts of the introduction:
1. Hook
2. Bridge
3. Thesis
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Definition of a thesis: an idea that you plan to
support
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Important Parts of a Thesis for an Expository Essay
It will tell your audience:
1. What you are going to explain to them
2. The categories you are using to organize
your explanation
3. The order in which you will be presenting
your categories
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Example: The lifestyles of barn owls include
hunting for insects and animals, building
nests, and raising their young.
1. how they hunt for insects
2. build nests
3. raise young
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Ask yourself:
1. What am I trying to explain?
2. How can I categorize my explanation
into different parts?
3. In what order should I present the
different parts of my information?
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Conclusion:
1. Restate your thesis
2. Restate your main points
3. Leave your reader with something
to think about
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Have you ever wondered if authors are trying to teach you something
as you read? This message or main idea is called the theme of a book. In
order to find the themes of a novel, one must look at the big topics. C.S.
Lewis has many big topics in his novel The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe, but three of the most important are courage, hope, and
sacrifice.
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"For Narnia (150)." As Peter steps onto the
battlefield in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe, he utters these words. Peter, his
siblings, and the Narnians help Lewis' readers
see the big topics of courage, hope, and sacrifice
in order to learn important lessons.
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Other hooks:
-Anecdote/Analogy
-Imagine Statement
-Statistic (probably not for the JT essay)
-Begin with an enticing description of the setting
-Describe theme
-Define/describe one of your big topics
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