September 20 - Organization
Warm-Up: Read the following essay below entitled "Big Person's Shoes." Using your 6+1 Traits rubric, evaluate the use of Organization in the essay. Please score the essay as either a 1, 3, or 5. Please write at least three sentences justifying your answer by referencing examples from the text.
Today we will be using our Only Child/Siblings webs from yesterday in order to come up with an inviting introduction and an effective conclusion. Keep reading to learn how you can include both of these characteristics to include in your next essay.
Hook Your Reader!7 Ways to Create an Engaging Introduction: 1. Bold Statement: Make a strong, confident statement and prove it throughout your essay. - Shakespeare is the most phenomenal playwright in all of literary history. 2. Interesting Fact: Share something unusual about your topic. - Shakespeare, one of the most influential writers of all time, was not a very well-educated man. |
3. Comparison: Make a comparison about your topic using a simile, analogy, or metaphor.
- Reading Shakespeare's sonnets is like listening to a string quartet on a moonlit summer night.
4. Definition: Define a word that describes your topic or a word that might be unfamiliar to your audience.
- According to the Merrium-Webster dictionary, wonder is defined as "a feeling caused by something that is very surprising, beautiful, or amazing."
5. Quotation: Give a quote about your topic.
- "Gentles, perchange you wonder at this show, but wonder on until truth makes all things plain."
6. Question: Ask your reader a question.
- Did you know that Shakespeare wrote over 100 sonnets in honor of a gentleman who paid for him to write?
7. Command: Tell your reader to do something.
- You need to read Shakespeare's magnificent play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Choose one of these methods to start off your essay introduction today. You must:
- Reading Shakespeare's sonnets is like listening to a string quartet on a moonlit summer night.
4. Definition: Define a word that describes your topic or a word that might be unfamiliar to your audience.
- According to the Merrium-Webster dictionary, wonder is defined as "a feeling caused by something that is very surprising, beautiful, or amazing."
5. Quotation: Give a quote about your topic.
- "Gentles, perchange you wonder at this show, but wonder on until truth makes all things plain."
6. Question: Ask your reader a question.
- Did you know that Shakespeare wrote over 100 sonnets in honor of a gentleman who paid for him to write?
7. Command: Tell your reader to do something.
- You need to read Shakespeare's magnificent play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Choose one of these methods to start off your essay introduction today. You must:
- Have four sentences in your intro.
- Use one of the 7 methods above for your introduction.
- List which introductory hook you used.
Effective Conclusions1. Quotation: Use a quotation that agrees with your opinion.
2. Make a prediction: What will happen in the future as a result of your essay? - Shakespeare's plays will continue to be read for many years to come. 3. Strong Statement: Forcefully restate your opinion. - In conclusion, I truly believe that Shakespeare's is the greatest playwright of all time. Read his plays and find out for yourself! 4. Question: Ask a question! 5. Lesson / Moral of the story: What does your essay teach the audience? Using one of the above methods, write a conclusion for your Only Child vs. Siblings essay. Your conclusion must:
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Turn in your completed work to Miss Shaffer to receive full credit for your assignment. You must turn in your web, introduction, and conclusion. You may also write out each of your body paragraphs using the Step Up to Writing Paragraph Model for extra credit.