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AgendaPlease Do Now (10)Grammar Lesson: Introductory and
concluding sentences (15)Thesis Statements and Paragraphs
(10)Writers Workshop (15)Review Vocab (15)Summarize (5)
Introductory and Concluding SentencesIntroductory
SentencesContext background informationPrimer leads into the main
topicConcluding SentencesSummarizer review what has already been
statedExtension elaborates on what has already been saidBoth
introductory and concluding sentences should always CONNECT back to
the rest of the paragraph or passage.
Thesis Paragraphs start broad.Context (background
information)
Thesis Statement
and become narrow.
Sample Thesis Paragraph 1The American Dream is the belief that
through hard work, any one in America can make a successful living
for his/her family. While there are millions of real life examples
of this occurring, there are also millions of them not. In Arthur
Millers play The Death of a Salesman, the main character, Willie
Loman, struggles to find success and happiness in his average life.
He is quoted as saying, a small man can be just as exhausted as a
great man. Lomans life experiences proves this to be true, as in
his quest for the American Dream, he battles a rocky relationship
with his son, becomes unemployed and incurs a substantial amount of
debt, and upon realizing that he will not reach the American Dream,
chooses death in order to allow his sons to reach it instead.Sample
Thesis Paragraph 2Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the
most celebrated novels of our generation. Its commentary on race
relations in reconstruction era America led the way for other
writers and artists to expose the injustices that were still
occurring, despite what people called equality. However, through
all of the social issues brought up by the novel, what could be
overlooked are the character lessons intertwined within the plot.
One of the most prevalent lessons is that of perseverance. In the
novel, the main character, Atticus Finch comments that its when you
know youre licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see
it through no matter what. Through his perseverance in fighting a
trail that seemed unwinnable, pushing through threats on him and
his family, and continuing to believe in his core values despite
all the asperity surrounding him, Finch proves his own words to be
true. Sample Thesis Paragraph 3In John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men,
the audience is taken through the journey of a friendship during
Americas dust bowl era, as two characters, George and Lenny escape
the loneliness of farming in the Salinas Valley by becoming good
friends with the shared dream of having their own farm one day.
However, all of this turns sour when Lenny accidentally kills the
wife of their boss. Because he doesnt want to put the innocent
Lenny through the ordeal of being punished and killed by their
boss, George decides to kill Lenny himself. Slim, a seemingly
inconsequential character, tells George afterwards, never you mind.
A guy got to sometimes. This quote is insincere because it does not
take into account the strength of George and Lennys friendship,
assumes that there were no other alternatives for George, and is
spoken by a character that does not recognize the depth of George
and Lennys relationship.Vocabulary List #21. adjudicate2.
centennial3. countenance4. disgruntle5. equilibrium6. expedite7.
gird8. gratuitous9. illusory10. implacable11. luminary12.
manifesto13. mesmerize14. precedent15. spurious
