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To Introduce and Conclude
My Notes
3. Craft and Structure: Look again at the main claim and the main ideas in each paragraph. How does the student structure her ideas?
4. Craft and Structure: Analyze the author’s word choices. Is the style consistently formal? Highlight text that helps you answer the question.
Working from the Text
5. Look again at the introduction and conclusion of the essay.
• What does the speaker do to introduce the argument?
• What does the speaker do to conclude the argument?
• How effective are the introduction and conclusion to this essay? Explain your answer.
Check Your Understanding
Argumentative Writing Prompt: Create an outline and then generate ideas for a potential introduction and conclusion to your class-constructed body paragraph. Use the sample essay as a model for beginning and ending your essay. Be sure to:
• Introduce your claim in an introduction.
• Include a hook, a connection between the hook and the claim, and the claim.
• Provide a conclusion that supports your argument. (Why does the claim that you made matter? What should the audience do based on your claim?)
Independent Reading Checkpoint
You have read a variety of sources relating to your topic. Which information supports your claim? Which information counters your claim? How can you use this information to strengthen your argument? Record your ideas in your Independent Reading Log.
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