Monday, October 8th

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Monday, October 8th

• Agenda
• Notes Introduction for Research
• Write Introduction

• Reminders
• You need a clean copy of Lord of the Flies by
  October 23rd!

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Intro. for Research Paper

• What you need
• Attention Getter
• Summary of Controversy (both side of the issue)
• Thesis

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Intro. Attention Getter

• First line of your intro.
• Needs to capture the readers attention
• Can be
• Fact/ statistic 84 of Americans eat fast food
  more than 3 times a week.
• Question Is Americas dependency on convenience
  leading to obesity?
• Something different Song lyrics Fast food is so
  prevalent in American society, it is even
  beginning to appear in music, Another supper
  from a sack/ A ninety-nine cent heart attack.

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Intro. Summary of Controversy

• You need to present both sides of your
  controversial issueexplain why it is a debatable
  issue.
• This should be about 3-5 sentences long
• Ex Cloning
• Americans have long debated the place of ethics
  in science. This debate only became more heated
  with the advancement of cloning. Those for the
  continuation of scientific exploration believe
  that cloning will. On the other side of the
  issue many think that there are ethical
  considerations of faith and morals that
  scientists should take into account

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Intro. Thesis

• REMEMBER thesis is ALWAYS the LAST sentence of
  your intro.
• The first part of the thesis should state the
  side YOU are taking on the issue/ arguing for in
  your paper (and YES you must pick a side even if
  you dont PERSONALLY feel strongly about this
  issue)
• The last part of your thesis needs to list your 3
  points/ pieces of evidence that proves your side

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Intro. Thesis cont...

• EX Capital punishment is the worst form of
  justice in our judicial system (my stance on the
  issue- disagree with death penalty) because it
  does not allow for rehabilitation, it continues
  the idea of killing and it could end the life of
  an innocent person. (The underlined
  parts-evidence that supports my side which I will
  prove in each paragraph)