Essay Introduction Paragraph outline

What sentence gets your reader interested in reading your essay?

• Information

• Thesis

• Statement

• Hook

Which sentence in your introduction paragraph summarizes the passages in 1 to 3 sentences?

• Statement

• Hook

• Information

• Thesis

Which sentence restates the prompt and is the central point of your essay.

• Hook

• Thesis

• Statement

• Information

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CCSS.W.8.4

Which sentence is an example of a good hook sentence?

• This essay is about insanity.

• Passage 1 and Passage 2 are about insane people.

• Do you think the sanity of someone affects their life experience?

• My essay is about passage 1 and passage 2.

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CCSS.W.8.3A

Which sentence is a good example of a thesis for the prompt below?

Write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze how the mental state affects each main character’s life. In your writing, consider how their physical, personal, and relationships are impacted by their mental health. Your response must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passages. .

• The characters are both insane and are affected by their physical environments.

• Do you think insanity can alter relationships in a negative way?

• In passage 1, “Tell Tale Heart”, is about a man that is insane who kills the old man he takes care of because of his eye. In passage 2, “Ten Days in a Madhouse”, is about a sane young woman who is a reporter and pretends to be insane to reveal the conditions of an Insane Asylum.

• The mental state affects each main character’s life because the narrator in Tell Tale Heart is insane and thinks he’s sane. Whereas, the narrator in “Ten Days in a Madhouse” is sane but pretends to be insane. The physical, personal, and relationships have a negative impact on others.

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CCSS.W.8.1A

Which sentence(s) are a good example of information in the outline.

• In passage 1, “Tell Tale Heart”, is about a man that is insane who kills the old man he takes care of because of his eye. In passage 2, “Ten Days in a Madhouse”, is about a sane young woman who is a reporter and pretends to be insane to reveal the conditions of an Insane Asylum.

• In passage 1, “Tell Tale Heart”, is about a man that is insane who kills the old man he takes care of because of his eye

• The mental state affects each main character’s life because the narrator in Tell Tale Heart is insane and thinks he’s sane. Whereas, the narrator in “Ten Days in a Madhouse” is sane but pretends to be insane. The physical, personal, and relationships have a negative impact on others.

• Both passages are about character's mental state.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the formula for the Introduction paragraph?

• S.E.E.: Statement, Evidence, Explain

• Summarize the stories

• H. I. T. : Hook, Information, Thesis

• RT. S: Restate thesis, Summarize what you wrote

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CCSS.W.8.2A