Introductions

Do Now for Tuesday, September 6th:

Happy day after Labor Day!

Free-write time! Write about a time when you made a good first impression? Then, write about a time when you made a bad first impression? Did it make a difference? Please explain.

Introduction

First Impressions do matter, right?

It is true that the first impression—whether it’s a first meeting with a person or the first sentence of a paper—sets the stage for a lasting opinion.

The introductory paragraph of any paper, long or short, should start with a sentence that piques the interest of your readers.

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The Importance of Brainstorming Why is it important to brainstorm?

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Brainstorming....

Three strategies: Webbing Stream of Consciousness Bullets

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Webbing

When you create a literal web of ideas.

Ex: Love

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Webbing....

Let’s try Ex: Happiness

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Webbing

You try... Ex: Friendship

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Stream of Consciousness

When you write uninterrupted for 2 minutes given a topic. Ex: Art Ex: Family Ex: Swag

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Bullets

Ex: Evil

Ex: Sense of Humor

Ex: Heartbreak

Parts of an Introduction

HOOK

BACKGROUND/GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TOPIC

THESIS STATEMENT

Types of Hooks:

1. Narrative/ Anecdote- short story2. Qualifier-famous example3. Statistic- doesn’t have to be exact4. Rhetorical question- meant to get reader to think,

not actually answer.

Goal: One of the most important parts of anything—song, book, movie, television show—is the beginning. As a writer, it is our goal to gain the reader’s trust. In order to gain their trust, we must first gain their interest!

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The Hook in Action!

Strategy #1: Narrative (use of personal story)

Example Prompt: In an article for your school newspaper, explain the effects of homelessness on crime rates.

Narrative Hook: Joshua was a straight A student and starting quarterback on his Varsity football team. Joshua had the brightest future imaginable—Ivy League college, fortune, and fame. In a freak accident, Joshua broke his leg, lost his scholarship and job, and was forced to homelessness. Living a life without any resource, Joshua began to steal in order to make it through each day.

How does this look in our introductory paragraph?

Joshua was a straight A student and starting quarterback on his Varsity football team. Joshua had the brightest future imaginable—Ivy League college, fortune, and fame. In a freak accident, Joshua broke his leg, lost his scholarship and job, and was forced to homelessness. Living a life without any resource, Joshua began to steal in order to make it through each day. Homelessness is a state of living that forces people to actions they could have never imagined before. Homelessness has a negative influence on crime resulting in theft, violence, and the sale of illegal substances.

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Let’s Practice Generating Anecdotes/ Narratives Together!

Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, define hope.______________________________________________________________________

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Sample Prompt: In a speech to your graduating class, explain the causes of teen suicide.

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You try generating anecdotes/ narrative hooks

Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, explain the effects of the current financial meltdown on families.

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Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, define failure.

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Strategy #2:QualifiersQualifiers: Famous examples to help you make your point.

What if the reader doesn’t know the example you are describing? You must tell them!

For qualifiers, you should include the NAME OF THE FAMOUS EXAMPLE, WHO THEY ARE, AND HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO THE PROMPT!

Sample Prompt: Define courage.

Example: Rosa Parks (Name of famous person), a prominent Civil Rights activist from Montgomery, Alabama (who they are/were), showed courage by refusing to give up her seat for a white man (how they are related to the prompt). When asked to give her seat to the man she firmly resisted saying years later, “it was not even a difficult decision. I just did what I needed to do.”

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Sample QualifiersSample Prompts: Define what it means to be unified to a team.

Martin Luther King, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sample Prompts: Explain the effects of using technology to high-school students.

Paris Hilton, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sample Prompt: Define creativity.

Qualifier Example #1: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Qualifier Example #2:

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Strategy #3: Fake Stats!Sample Prompt: In an essay for college admission, explain the effects of terrorism in America on travel.

Two weeks after the attacks of 9/11, Newsweek published an opinion poll that revealed that over 85% of Americans identified themselves as significantly less likely to travel by air. Of this 85%, 40% identified that they are extremely less likely to travel by air in the near future. This is an alarming statistic, for airlines and travelers alike.

Let’s Try:

In a speech to your graduating class, explain the effects of teen suicide on other teens.

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You Try:

In an essay for college admission, explain the effects of childhood obesity on a child's health.

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Strategy #4: Rhetorical Question A question that is not necessarily meant to be answered.

Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, define hope.

Sample Rhetorical Question: What does hope mean?

Sample Prompt: In a speech to your graduating class, explain the causes of teen suicide.

Sample Rhetorical Question: What would cause someone to actually end their own life?

You try generating rhetorical questions:

Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, explain the effects of the current financial meltdown on families.

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Sample Prompt: In a letter to your local newspaper, define failure.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Types of Background Information

Define or give a general description of the topic

Give historical context

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Sample Background Info. For Example: I am presented with this prompt-

In an essay for college admission, explain the effects of terrorism in America on travel.

I write my hook-Rachel Davidson, a native New Yorker, was quoted in the New York Times a few months after the attacks of 9/11 saying, “it was just so unexpected and upsetting. Not only did the attacks effect the way I view my country, they also effected the amount of travel I will be doing that involves air travel. I just can’t imagine getting on a plane without extreme fear and hesitation.”

Now I write my background-Terrorism is violence against innocent civilians for political purpose.

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Generating Background Info:

Sample Prompt: In a speech to your graduating class, explain the effects of teen suicide on other teens.

First, write your hook:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Now, let’s write our background:_____________________________________________________________________________

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Sample Prompt: In an essay for college admission, explain the effects of childhood obesity on a child's health.

First, write your hook:__________________________________________________________________________Now, let’s write our background:_____________________________________________________________________________

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Vocab Skits!

(Exit ticket?)

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Do Now for Friday, September 9th:

Quiz on vocab and subject verb agreement!

Then, read article and write reflection. What is the Virginia Sterilization law? (Hint: Sterilization refers to removing the reproductive organs of an individual to prevent them from having offspring). Why was this procedure done in the first place? What principle was this procedure based on?)

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The principle of Eugenics

The belief that one race is genetically inferior/ subservient to another race.

What are the consequences of this belief system?

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Discussion of “Who are We?”

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Notes on the Holocaust!

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Thesis Statements!

What is a Thesis?

By definition, a THESIS statement is: An statement that provides a plan for where you essay is going!

Where does my Thesis belong in an Essay?

A thesis always belongs in the last sentence of an introduction.

How Long is My Thesis?

Thesis statements are generally one sentence long.

Why is My Thesis so Important?

A thesis is the PLAN for your essay. When I am reading your essay and ask, “Does this essay have a plan?” I am looking to your thesis to find the answer.

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Thesis Statements

For Example:

Thesis: Happiness is a supreme choice that consists of diligence, humility, and satisfaction.

Just from this small sentence, we have a good deal of information.

Topic= ________________Body Paragraph #1= ________________Body Paragraph #2= ________________Body Paragraph #3= ________________

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Extended Definition Thesis What does an Extended Definition thesis look like?

Here is an example:

In a letter to your mother and father, define the meaning of hope.

Thesis: Hope is a powerful belief centered around faith, love, and sacrifice.

Formula: (Literally, fill in the blanks and you will have an Extended Definition thesis).

__________________ is a __________ __________ Essay Topic Description

Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and __________.

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Extended Definition Thesis: I do Watch me try with a prompt:

In an article for your school newspaper, define the meaning of fear.

________is a _______ _______ Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

In a letter to your friend, define the meaning of sacrifice.

_____________ is a _______ ________ Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

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Extended Definition Thesis: We do!

In an essay for college admission, define dedication.

____________ is a __________ __________ Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

In a speech to your graduating class, define wisdom.

____________ is a __________ __________ Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

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Extended Definition Thesis: You do! In an essay for college admission, define freedom.

_____________ is a __________ __________ Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

In an article for your school newspaper, define kindness:_____________ is a __________ __________

Essay Topic Description Stand

consisting of ________, __________, and ___________.

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Do Now for Monday, September 12th In all people I see myself - none more, and not one a barleycorn less;

And the good or bad I say of myself, I say of them. Walt Whitman

"Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on one's capacity to put oneself in the other person's place and to experience an appropriate emotional response" Charles G. Morris

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."  Stephen Covey

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own. "  Henry Ford

DIRECTIONS: Read the following quotes above. Then, write a reflection on what you think EMPATHY means. Use the quotes to support your reasoning.

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Connection to “Who are We?” poem Take 10 minutes to read through the poem

again and answer the questions.

How does this poem relate to the notion of EMPATHY?

How might this poem connect to the Holocaust? (specifically, who is the author and what does the author value?)

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Intro to “Night”• 1. Synagogue • 2. Rabbi • 3. Star of David • 4. Torah• 5. Shabbat• 6. Bar Mitzvah• 7. Kabbalah•

Jewish Customs

• Jews pray in a synagogue or temple which is like a church

• The person who leads their services is called a rabbi

Some background on “Night” What do Jews believe?

• In order to understand the novel, you need to understand the Jewish people.

• Jews believe in one God• Jews follow the Old Testament and not the New

Testament like Catholics and Christians• Just like Christians have a symbol: Star of David

The Torah

• Jews pray out of prayer books and also the torah at temple

• The prayer books are usually written in Hebrew, the language of Israel

There are many types of Jews

• There are Jews who are very religious and they are called orthodox

• They are a small percentage of the population

Shabbat

• Jewish people celebrate the Sabbath or Shabbat every Friday at sundown until Saturday

• The word Shabbat means rest

• Jews celebrate Shabbat because when God created the world he required everyone to rest on the seventh day when he was finished

Shabbat

• Shabbat is a time with no television, no rushing to the demands of the telephone or a busy work schedule.

• People don't think about work or other stressful things.

• It's an oasis of calm, a time of stillness in life.

Other Traditions: Bar Mitzvah

• When a child turns 12 or 13 they have a bar or bat mitzvah

• It is symbolic of moving from being a child to an adult

• Afterwards there is a party like a sweet sixteen

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The Kabbalah

• A Jewish text that can be equated to that of the Torah

• Accepted by some Jews, but not others

• The text explores the relationship between a Creator and human beings 4

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Connection to the novel “Night”

• Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father, Shlomo, in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, at the height of the Holocaust and toward the end of the Second World War.

• In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative.

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Passing out of Novels

• What are some things you notice about the cover?

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When analyzing the text...

• As you analyze the text, please make sure you answer the guiding questions.

• In order to do this, you should:– Step 1: Restate the question in a statement

form.– Step 2: Provide text evidence citing lines and

page numbers.– Step 3: Explain how the text evidence is

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Let’s do one together!

• When he arrives at Auschwitz and then at Buna, Wiesel describes scenes he will never for- get. What scenes, ideas, or feelings from the memoir do you find unforgettable?

• Analysis of question in steps:

– There are several scenes, ideas, and feelings that are unforgettable (Step 1) according to Wiesel such as, “ INSERT SPECIFIC SCENE FROM TEXT” (Step 2) The reader can infer that these scenes are significant because they emotionally scar the narrator and lay the foundation for future horrific events to come (Step 3).

– Reading of Chapter 1 (As you read, be sure to take notes on post-its) and answer the guiding questions! 48

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Switch to Writing• Everything we read in class, you could potentially use

in your essays!

• Let’s do a quick review of intros. What are the three parts of an introduction we have discussed?

• Let’s create some extended definition thesis statements for the two prompts below:– A. In a speech to a group of teenage mothers,

explain what it means to be a responsible.– B. In an essay to your fellow peers, define what it

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Cause and Effect Thesis

In an essay for college admission, explain the causes of gang violence.

(______________ has +/- causes/effects including ________________, ________________, and _________________)

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In an article for your school newspaper, explain the effects of teenage pregnancy on a teen mother.

(______________ has +/- causes/effects ( on what/ who?) including ________________, ________________, and _________________)

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Cause/ Effect Thesis

In a letter to your local newspaper, explain the causes of success in motivated students.

(______________ has +/- causes/effects including ________________, ________________, and _________________)

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In a speech to your graduating class, explain the effects of delinquent behavior on parents.

(______________ has +/- causes/effects ( on what/ who?) including ________________, ________________, and _________________)

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Creating Introductions Practice

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Do Now for Tuesday, September 13th: Get out a writing utensil...first exam of the

semester.

The grading focus will be primarily on introductions.

After exam, copy down vocab and then read a section from “The Reader” and answer guiding questions.

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Vocab for this week:Complacent- (adj.) pleased, esp. with oneself, often without awareness of some potential danger; self-satisfied

Inquisitive- (adj.) given to asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious

Reticent- (adj.) disposed to be silent; reserved

Analogous- (adj.) Comparable

Destitute- (adj.) Extremely poor

Impeccable- (adj.) faultless; flawless

Prerogative- (n.) A right or privilege

Truncate- (v.) To cut off; shorten

Insatiable- (adj). Cannot be satisfied by anything

Impervious- (adj.) incapable of being injured or impaired

Prefixes:in- not (ex: inflexible, inappropriate, insatiable)circ- around (ex: circumspection, circtous)

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Do Now for Wednesday, September 14th: