Writing Your IntroductionAdvanced English 6My First Argumentative EssayMs. Butler

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.

How do you start an introduction?

Background information

An interesting fact

An interesting question

So, Ms. Butler…what’s the point?

ATTENTION!

Roll of Thunder Openings

Background informationExample: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a book about a sharecropping family in the 1930’s depression.

An interesting factExample: 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 questionExample: Did you know that kids that sharecropped only had to go to school 5 months a year?

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.

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.

Example Introduction Set Up

First Sentence: Opening Line

Second through Fourth: Connecting Sentences

Fifth Sentence: Thesis.

Example Introduction 1Roll 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.

BreakdownRoll 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.

The Code Explained

Red=Opening Line to grab attention

Blue=Connected Sentence to link

Green=Thesis Statement to go on to the next paragraphs

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) 10Have a good opening/Thesis rewrite 10Correct spelling 10/-2

**please remember to skip lines!**