Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda:
• Essay work
Wednesday- essay work, replacement test
Thursday- Write a five-paragraph essay (whole class, 2 hours)
I will mark these very quickly.
I will start getting your final marks together.
Friday – Final day. We will not meet as a class. You can email me after 9:00, and I will email you back your final mark. I will put your final marks into the office on Friday afternoon.
Last class for this course is Friday, April 23.
You have a break from Monday to Wednesday.
The next quarter, 4th Quarter, begins Thursday, April 29.
Q4 April 29-June 30
Five-paragraph essay
Grabbers/Hooks
- optional attention-getting device for writing
- for essays, for paragraphs
- grabs the reader’s attention, makes them pay attention
Some example of grabbers
i. -general to specific statement, funnel
-say something big and general, then narrow it down to specific
funnel
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Empathy is a very normal and healthy emotion for all humans to feel toward other living creatures. The boys didn’t kill the pheasants because they too felt empathy for the helpless birds.
ii. -short anecdote
short personal story
personalizes, first person
I grew up next to a farm, and I know that killing animals is not easy even though it is necessary. So too, the boys couldn’t …
iii. -historical reference
Humans have been farming for many thousands of years, and harvesting animals is part of farming. However, the boys couldn’t…
iv. -fact or statistic
80%, four out of five, 2/3 of ..., 37,000,000 people...
Living creatures cannot survive for more than a few hours if their core temperature drops and they become hypothermic. TOPIC SENTENCE
v. -question (answered by thesis statement)
Have you ever clubbed a bird?
Have you ever gone hunting? For some people, it is not easy to kill an animal. TS
vi. -relevant quotation by a famous person
Barack Obama once said, “Never club a frozen pheasant.”
My mother said, “Never eat a chicken because we don’t want to kill them.”
Buddha said, “Life is suffering. We must have empathy for all living creatures.”
Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very helpful to reference when you are writing.
vii. -relevant idiom from any language, proverb, saying
-don’t translate well, have a lot of meaning
• In English we call someone who is afraid to do something a “chicken”. However, the boys didn’t act out of fear, but of empathy when they refused to harvest the pheasants.
Clincher – optional attention-getting device for ending the essay
-like a grabber but at the end of the essay
From yesterday’s essay that I wrote quickly:
In essence, BC is my chosen home because it offers so much. BC has a lot of chances to get good meaningful employment. Also, it is one of the most beautiful places on earth in terms of nature. Finally, BC has a rich tapestry of ethnicities, languages, and cultures. BC is the place for me.
CLINCHER - tone: friendly, serious, funny
BC is the place for me.
Come out and see for yourself!
I hope you find your ideal place to live.
Review your essay work. We will try one tomorrow. The topic will be an essay topic.
I will mark them gently. My main interest is that the sentences are good, real sentences.
Next, I want five short paragraphs.
Introductory paragraph
3 body paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
Good challenge!
The first time is always the hardest.
Tomorrow, we are going to jump off the diving board.
We are just kids jumping into the pool for the first time.
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