Unit 1.5 - Introductions and Conlcusions.

Part I : Warm-Up

In small groups students will discuss the following questions:

1. When you begin an essay do you start with your introduction or do you start with some other part? Are there advantages to starting somewhere else?
2. Do you think introductions are difficult to start? Why?
3. After you write your conclusion do look back at your introduction and make changes? Do you revise the conclusion as well?

Part II: Inductive Learning Activity

Students should open the INTROS AND CONCLUSIONS HANDOUT. Read through all the intros and conclusions and, with a partner or small group, discuss whether each set is effective or not and then find the 3 sections of in each paragraph and try to name them.

Part III: Lecture on Intros and Conclusions

Listen as the instructor goes through the INTROS CONCLUSION PPT.

Part IV: Paragraph Analysis

Go back to the INTROS AND CONCLUSIONS HANDOUT. Now look at all the paragraphs and see if they meet the criteria students learned about in the PPT. Fix any of the paragraphs that do not meet the criteria. Copy & Paste your rewrites into the GROUP GOOGLE DOC.

Part V: Class Discussion of Paragraphs

Students should discuss with the class what mistakes they noticed in the paragraphs and what kinds of hooks and broader implications are in the paragraphs.

Part IV: Peer Reviewing

In pairs, students should pull up their diagnostic essays. Students should use the INTROS CONCLUSIONS PEER REVIEW HANDOUT to peer review their partners’ diagnostic essay introduction and conclusion. If finished early, they should spend time revising and editing their papers.