Intro Paragraph - Inform

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a question lead?

• What would you do if you found a dinosaur fossil in your backyard?

• The average person takes about 22,000 breaths a day.

• Imagine a starry night sky in the middle of the desert, where the Milky Way stretches across the horizon like a glowing ribbon of light.

Multiple Choice

If you use a question hook, what must you do?

• answer it!

• tell a stat

• paint a picture

Multiple Choice

Choose an example of a lead using the "Define a topic" hook

• Honeybees can visit up to 5,000 flowers in a single day.

• A habitat is the natural environment where a plant or animal lives and grows.

• Did you know that over 1.3 billion people in the world live without electricity?

Multiple Choice

What is an example of painting the picture for a hook?

• Imagine you are walking through a quiet, snowy forest, where the only sound is the crunch of snow under your boots.

• Every year, Americans throw away enough plastic bottles to circle the Earth four times.

• Do you know why leaves change color in the fall?

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of the use of the hook: Statistic (Stat)

• Over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, but only 3% of it is fresh water.

• Have you ever wondered how astronauts live in space?

• The water cycle is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.

Multiple Choice

Which is providing background information on Ireland?

• Ireland, known as the Emerald Isle for its lush green landscapes.

• The Girl Scouts, founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia

• Japanese architecture, renowned for its blend of traditional and modern styles.

Multiple Choice

Which is providing background information on Dolphins?

• Whales are large marine mammals belonging to the order Cetacea

• Dolphins are highly intelligent marine mammals known for their playful behavior,

• Fish are aquatic vertebrates characterized by their streamlined bodies

Introduction Examples

• Question- Do you think floods only happened in the movies?

• Paint a picture- “Tick, Tick, Tick” Imagine sitting in your living room, hearing the calming sound of ran on your window. Yet, when you look outside, the rush of water and puddles that are forming are growing bigger and bigger.

• Stat! - Natural disasters occur all around the world, but floods are the most common type.

• Define it: A natural disaster is….

Multiple Select

Check all types of Informational hooks

• Question

• Stat

• Paint a picture

• Define

• Quote

Introductions

• Have a hook! This gets your reader excited to read your paper!

• Be clear on what the topic is going to be.
• Can include some fun facts.
- Background information!

• Include a thesis statement

• This is the last sentence in your introduction that tells your reader what the subtopics of your body paragraphs are.