Good Draft of Narrative Due! Late = 1 grade down a day!
Be ready to read and record the narrative for a presentation grade.
Parents, if you can proofread your child's paper, that would be great!
Maybe you could also listen to your child read his/her paper. This would give him/her practice before getting up in front of the class. Today:
We discussed the purpose of an introduction. The first section of the intro is the handshake. It greets the reader and draws him in. The handshake then transitions into the thesis, which is the statement that tells the reader what the paper is about.
In most classes, we discussed how the intro reflects the structure of the paper. The intro also leads to the conclusion. I gave them a sheet with five examples of just introductions and the conclusions. I cut out the body of the narrative to show that you should be able to read the two parts by themselves.
Here are the four types of handshakes I discussed in class today.
Question- A question
provokes thought and helps the reader become involved in your subject matter.
Your job in the paper is to provide the answer to this question.
Do you believe that all dogs go to heaven? Do dogs have souls like people? The night my dog was hit by a car in front of my house, I wanted to hide in my room and cry. I wanted to run away from the pain. Instead, my dad told me to help him. When I buried my dog, I learned an important lesson about death.
Quote- Your quote
should tie into your subject matter and come from a recognized authority in the
field. (Try this site for quotes.)
Using a quote will give your writing believability and help convince your
reader to read on.
Joseph Addison, an American writer, once mused,
“Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom
is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.” The night my dog got hit by a car, I
wanted to hide in my room and cry.
I wanted to run away from the pain. Instead, my dad told me to help him, and I am glad he did.
That night, my dying dog taught me some wisdom I would never forget.
Amazing fact or statistic- Either one of these hooks is intended to disquiet the reader with its bluntness or frankness.
Every year 10,000 family pets
are hit on the road in front of their houses. While not all accidents can be prevented, people should be
more careful, for both the safety of their pet and for the safety of motorists. The night my dog got hit by a car,
I wanted to hide in my room and cry.
I wanted to run away from the pain. Instead, my dad told me to help him, and I am glad he did.
In the middle- Your
handshake puts the reader right in the middle of the action. It’s like you suck them from their
world into yours.
We were all standing around the
animal in the middle of the road.
The sun was going down, as were our hopes for our family’s pet surviving
the night. We knew we had to do
something, but we were afraid that anything we would do would put the poor
thing in even more pain. The night my dog got hit by a car, I
wanted to hide in my room and cry.
I wanted to run away from the pain. Instead, my dad told me to help him, and I am glad he did.
