1 / 8

Effective Strategies for Drafting Introductions and Body Paragraphs in Academic Writing

This guide outlines clear objectives and structured activities for students learning to draft introductions and body paragraphs in academic writing. Students will engage in warm-up exercises, peer revision, and writing practice from March 18-19, 2014. The focus will be on creating compelling introductions that highlight the importance of the issue with clear examples, a solid thesis, and logically structured body paragraphs that include topic sentences, evidence, and commentary. Students will gain feedback from peers to enhance their writing skills.

kareem
Download Presentation

Effective Strategies for Drafting Introductions and Body Paragraphs in Academic Writing

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Prepare for class by… • Take a seat. Work on warm up. • Warm Up: • Please, fix the tables. Thank you! Senior English Independence and Inquiry • Agenda: • Warm Up • Introduction & Introduction Pass • Body Paragraph & BP Pass • Writing time March 18-19, 2014 • Objectives • Students will be able to use their research and outline to begin drafting

  2. Introduction

  3. Introduction • Write an introduction that includes the following: • Make the issue clear through an example: • Hypothetical example • Historical example • Anecdote (story) • Make it clear why your issue is important • Write a clear thesis • (optional) forecast your major reasons WRITE LEGIBLE, THIS WILL BE REVIEWED BY PEERS

  4. Introduction Peer Revision • When you find the feature, underline and make a note. IF YOU DON’T FIND IT, make a note at the bottom that it’s missing: • Makes the issue clear using an example • Says why the issue is important • Has a thesis.

  5. Why is this paragraph good?

  6. Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Evidence (more than one support) • Commentary on Evidence • Why and how does the evidence support your argument? • Only one idea is explored in the paragraph • Write your own body paragraph… (write legibly)

  7. Body Paragraph Peer Revision • When you find the feature, underline and make a note. IF YOU DON’T FIND IT, make a note at the bottom that it’s missing: • Topic Sentence • 2 pieces of support/ evidence • Commentary that explains why or how the support proves the argument.

  8. Body Paragraphs • Revise your introduction and body paragraphs if necessary. • Write a couple more body paragraphs.

More Related