PA 71 Do Now Answer the following in your writing notebook Who will be reading this essay What does that reader care about Turnandtalk sharing your answers Why is the first paragraph important ID: 816560
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SWBAT Introduce the topic of their essay using a "hook" and creating a thesis statement.
PA @ 71
Slide2Do Now
Answer the following in your writing notebook: Who will be reading this essay? What does that reader care about?
Turn-and-talk,
sharing
your
answers.
Slide3Why is the first paragraph important?
The first paragraph of an essay is meant to introduce the topic and to "hook" the reader-get the reader interested in continuing to read.
Slide4First step – the “hook”
Who will read this essay?
What does the reader care about?
Slide5HookReader – the teacher
Cares about – that you understood both stories and the
ideas and strategies
used in both.
Firoozeh
Dumas and
Mawi
Asgedom
both write about their experiences as American immigrants.
Slide6Group activityHow would the hook change if your readers were your classmates instead of your teacher?
Rewrite the hook with your classmates as the reader.
Slide7Background information
The background information gives some quick basic information about the topic before introducing the thesis statement.
What does the reader need to know about both texts before reading the essay?
Slide8Background information
In “Funny in Farsi”, Dumas details her funny experiences dealing with Americans who don’t know much about her country, Iran.
In “Of Beetles and Angels”,
Asgedom
reflects on his struggles in America as he came from Ethiopia through his graduation from Harvard University.
Slide9Thesis statementThe thesis statement in an informative essay is what you will be discussing.
Here, you will mention
how the two memoirs are alike, and also how they are different.
This is called a Compare/Contrast statement.
Slide10Thesis statement – How are they similar?
Both authors explore
immigrant experiences.
Both authors discuss interacting with American culture.
Both authors detail personal experiences as immigrants to America.
Slide11Thesis statement – How are they different?
Dumas and
Asgedom
have different perspectives on America.
Both authors use different strategies to convey their different perspectives.
Slide12Sample thesis statement:
Although both Dumas and
Asgedom
detail personal experiences as immigrants to America, these authors use different strategies to convey their perspectives on their new home.
Slide13Signal words for compare/contrast:
Similar
Both
Also
In addition
Likewise
Similarly
Too
As well as
Similar to
Much like
each
Different
Although
But
however
In contrast
Otherwise
Even though
Instead
On the contrary
while
Slide14Completed first paragraph:
Firoozeh
Dumas and
Mawi
Asgedom
both write about their experiences as American immigrants. In “Funny in Farsi”, Dumas details her funny experiences dealing with Americans who don’t know much about her country,
Iran. In
“Of Beetles and Angels”,
Asgedom
reflects on his struggles in America as he came from Ethiopia through his graduation from Harvard University. Although both Dumas and
Asgedom
detail personal experiences as immigrants to America, these authors use different strategies to convey their perspectives on their new home.
Slide15ActivityCreate
an introduction paragraph using a “hook”, background information and a thesis statement.
Use the examples on pages 176-177 to help create a thesis statement.
I will be helping you as needed.