Michael Tartaglia 3/13/17

Today in class Mr. Rivers taught the class how to write an introduction and conclusion paragraph. He first started with the introduction paragraph and told us what not to do. Do not put in a rhetorical questions or a broad focus. He wants us to pull in information from our body paragraphs and put them in our introduction to inform the reader what the scholarly paper is all about. He showed us the introduction for Pirates of the Caribbean where Jack Sparrow introduced himself and the movie. Mr. Rivers had the class analyze the introduction and groups and then we all discussed it with the class. Mr. Rivers asked the class, What does this scene introduce? How? after watching the clip. As a class we combined what we said in our groups to the entire class. Mr. Rivers explains how the time period is not being told it is shown through the clothing, the buildings, the wooden boats, and the language used by Jack Sparrow and his crew. Mr. Rivers then explained what not to do in a conclusion paragraph. He explained that you never start a conclusion paragraph with "In conclusion" or anything across those lines. There needs to be a focus on moving backwards and forwards. There needs to be "why is this topic worth it" and what it means to the importance of the topic. There needs to be a smooth transition from the body paragraph to the conclusion and the conclusion should not be neglected.