Parts of an informational paper
What should you be writing when you write an informational paper?
Facts
What is the first sentence of an introduction called?
Hook
How many body paragraphs are there in an informational paper?
Three
What do you start a concluding sentence with?
In conclusion,
What is capitalized?
Anything with a name and the start of a sentence or the title of something.
What are facts?
something that can be proved
What is a hook?
It is a quote or question to get the reader interested in reading what you wrote.
What is the mistake students make the most with their paragraphs?
They don't stay on topic.
What is minimum number of sentences that a conclusion needs?
Three
What is the number one problems students have with their paragraphs?
Staying on topic
Fact or Opinion
30,000 protesters took to the street fighting climate change.
FACT
After hook, how many sentences should an introduction have.
4
What is the first sentence of the body paragraphs called?
Topic sentences.
What is the job of a concluding paragraph?
Let's the reader know what is important and that its the end of the paper.
Write out on the board how to write this with quotations:
Penguins lay an egg and stay on the egg until it hatches.
"Penguins lay an egg and stay on the egg until it hatches."
How many paragraphs do informational papers have?
5
After the hook, what are the other sentences you write about?
What your paragraph will be about.
What is the MINIMUM amount of sentences a body paragraph should have?
4
What does a concluding paragraph NOT have?
details
How do you cite?
According to the article...
Fact or opinion:
World leaders need to do something now for climate change.
opinion
What sentences do you put into the introduction after the hook called?
topic sentences
Where do you find what you will be writing about in your paragraphs? (I AM NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING YOU READ OR WATCH)
Introduction
What are 2 things you can put in your concluding sentence?
A quote OR a question
What is wrong with this...
the girl , who was new to school was nice.
The girl, who was new to school was nice.