During Class
Assignment 5.1; You submitted your first point and supporting sentences (all of this will make up your first paragraph), now do the same thing for the next two main points. So, for this assignment, you need to submit the following:
1) your thesis statement and essay map on "being scared"
2) your outline on "being scared"
3) your first paragraph on "being scared from 4.6
4) your next 2 paragraphs on "being scared" (this is the new stuff)
Submit Assignment 5.1 (40 pts)
Discuss in class: pp 81-86 on the topics "How to Write a
Good Lead-in" and "Avoiding Errors in Lead-ins"
especially noting the paragraph just above
"Avoiding Errors in Lead-Ins of page 86 (20 min)
Most of the papers you will be writing for me are called
“5 paragraph essays”. Take a good guess why…
A “5 paragraph essay” is made up of the three paragraphs
you wrote for Assignments 4.6 and 5.1 as well as an “intro
paragraph” and a “concluding paragraph”.
At this point, you have done the "hard stuff". Now you will
start filling in the blanks and making the paper flow, make
sense, and be just doggone awesome.
This section deals with writing the intro paragraph.
Look at the 16 examples of “lead in” devices on pp 83-85 to get some ideas of different methods of writing the Lead-in
The intro paragraph must “grab” the reader’s interest, start in a general manner and then focus to your specific topic, with the last two sentences your thesis and essay map.
Going from a general manner and focusing on your specific topic is the confusing part sometimes.
Let me give an example.
Let’s say you are trying to convince people to eat poptarts for breakfast in the morning. Generally speaking you could mention that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and carbs are good to get your energy level up quickly. Being more specific, you could then say, poptarts are simple to fix thereby making sure you don’t skip breakfast and they give you the carbs you need for that jumpstart in the morning.
Notice I went from general (breakfast is important)
More specific (carbs are a good choice for breakfast)
Even more specific and leads into thesis statement (pop tarts fill that need for breakfast and carbs)
As you noticed from the examples on pages 83-85, there are lots of different ways to write the Lead-in. Pick one and try it.
Remember, do something to get my attention, go from general to specific, and then finish the paragraph with the thesis statement followed by the essay map as the last two sentences of the intro paragraph.
Given these topics, write 3 lead-ins. These should be about 3-5 sentences long.
Here are your choices:
--does money make people happy?
--why is it necessary for sibling to fight?
--why are hobbies important?
--should cell phones be allowed in school?
--should we allow voluntary euthanasia?
--books or movies the best?
The intro paragraph should be about 5-7 sentences long. Don't get carried away with a story and have 50 bazillion sentences in the intro. Just give me enough info to make me want to read the rest of the paper.
Outside Homework
Assignment 5.2
Write a 2 lead in paragraphs on "being scared" using the book’s advice, then go from general to specific, then add the thesis statement and essay map. This means that I want you to use a couple different methods to write the lead-in. For example, on your lead in on being scared, you might use a question for the first lead in paragraph and for the second one, use a relevant story. Once this is done, you will have two intro paragraphs to choose from.
(30 minutes)
Submit Assignment 5.2 (25 pts)
Unit #5
Intro to Expository Writing
