Thursday: Introduction and Conclusion

Goals: Adding introduction and conclusions to your essay. 

Agenda:
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Introduction: The first paragraph of your essay needs to have the following things in complete sentences. 

1. The names of the authors and the titles of their work. 
2. A brief summary (one-three sentence) of the gist of each creation, text or film.
3. A thesis statement that explains how the author and director use similar or different techniques to create the irony, moods, and themes in their works.

Conclusion: The conclusion of your essay needs to have the following things in complete sentences. 

1. Restate your claims, hint look at the beginning of each of your body paragraphs. 
2. Restate your thesis statement from the introduction. 

Reminders: 

Keep writing. Draft of your complete essay is due Monday 3/19 (before school) for writing groups. 

Final draft will be due 3/22.