college writing
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- Was anyone else struggling to write their intro last night?
- I thought i was the only one
- I had so much troubling writing my thesis statement.
- I did not even know where to start or what to include.
- of course i can
- -Hook -Thesis statement -connection to the topic
- Could you go through each of them?- sam asks
- Grabbing the reader's attentionThis is the first thing the reader will be reading Author Laila Abdalla Says a hook is: Must be relevant to the your topic clear transition between your hook and thesis statment
- On the way to school, Dylan, Tyler, Sam and Becca discussed how they were all confused about the homework they were told to do for their english class last night.
- entire essay revolves the Thesis Statement1 sentence Thesis Statement: Summary of the papers key claim Sets up the rest of the essay, states what you will be arguing a thesis statement should be: -concise -accurate-specific-clear-focused
- The students asked Mrs. Smith how to properly write an introduction paragraph. Mrs Smith explains to the students that there are three things that should be included in a introduction
- -put key ideas in the order you will discuss them in your body paragraphs Connection to your topic -background information on the topic -key ideas questions to answer:who what where when how why
- "the hook is like meeting someone for the first time, you want to make a good impression and start the converstation off strong" says Mrs. Smith. "Your hook can me a memory, a joke, or ask a question" Mrs smith states from "How to write an essay" by Laila Abdalla.
- Intros are as easy as im making them out to be. Nothing to worry about when it comes to introductions
- This makes so much more sense
- I agree
- "Thesis statements can look scary but they really aren't" Mrs Smith says. Mrs Smith refers to "How to Write an Essay Introduction" by John S to help her students understand a thesis statement. "It takes many drafts to perfect a thesis statement".
- Mrs Smith explains that the 5 W's and one H are a perfect way to set up an intro when its comes to connecting your topic to the essay and to the thesis statement.
- By the end of class all the students understood better how to write an introduction paragraph and were so much more confident in their writing.
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