Friday 9/7- 7th grade Various Subjects

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain

• To persuade

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

Expository writing should be...

• creative

• entertaining

• funny

• factual

What do you call the first paragraph in a formal essay?

• Beginning
• Grabber
• Hook
• Introduction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the purpose of an introduction?

• It supports the thesis statement
• The introduction grabs the readers attention and gives the reader a path to follow
• To provide evidence and facts
• The introduction should re-state the thesis

Select the best hook for an essay explaining why women should be allowed to play on major league baseball teams.

• Batter up… she swings… it’s a home run! Maggie Verdoia is the first woman to hit a home-run in the history of major league baseball!

• Since 1931, women have been banned from playing in the MLB because the sport was deemed too strenuous for women by the baseball commissioner.

THREE ... WERE ARRESTED TODAY

• MAN

• MEN

• MANS

• MEAN

MOST ... DISLIKE BEING FLATTERED IN PUBLIC PLACES

• WOMAN

• WOMANS

• WOMEN

• WOMANISE

MOST ... DISLIKE BEING FLATTERED IN PUBLIC PLACES

• WOMAN

• WOMANS

• WOMEN

• WOMANISE

.... BROADENS THE MIND

• JOURNEY

• TRIP

• TRAVEL

• TRAVELS

The whole army is out of step __ Fred.

• accept
• except