Informational Writing

This sentence is the last sentence found in the introduction.

• hook

• thesis

• conclusion

• supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

The thesis statement is used as a map or guide of your paragraphs.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.W.6.2A

What word/phrase should be used at the beginning of each body paragraph?

• Exclamation

• transition

• Noun

• prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

What is the purpose of an informational writing?

• entertain

• argue

• persuade

• inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the thesis statement tell the reader?

• what you had for lunch

• what will be discussed in the body paragraphs

• how much information has been researched

• the summary of the writing

Where does the thesis statement go in the Introduction?

• The very first sentence of the essay.

• It goes no where. You don't have to write one.

• The third paragraph

• The last sentence in the first paragraph.

Audience...

• A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech.
• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.
• Putting things in order.

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Introduction...

• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.
• An introduction of the final comments at the end of a piece of writing.
• To give a short version of something.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

Hook...

• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• To give a short version of something.
• To add more details to an essay.
• To show proof of a statement.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Thesis...

• A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech.
• States the main ideas of the essay that the writer will discuss.
• To add more details to an essay.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D