1. Reviewing How to Write Your Claim and Your Introduction
Advanced English 6
Compare/Contrast Essay
Anchor Text: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
February 2017
Mrs. Hampton

2. #EssayGoals I can create my claim statement with three reasons.
I can write a hook that will grab my audience’s attention.
I can summarize the book and write about dystopian worlds.
I can complete a draft of my introduction.

3. Example Claim Statements
Turn to the Claim Notes Page in your Compare and Contrast Essay Packet
Write down these specific examples. Make sure to notice format, wording, and punctuation.

4. Example Claim Statements
Color Coding for Topic, Position, and Three Reasons
Example 1: While the Uglies’ Dystopian society and modern American society share many similarities, they are different from each other due to reason 1, reason 2, and reason 3.
Example 2: Although the Uglies’ Dystopian society and modern American society share differences, they are more similar to each other because reason 1, reason 2, and reason 3.
Cue Words to Start Claim: Although, While, Both, Just as, Even Though

5. What is an Introduction?
An introduction is how you start your essay in one paragraph
An introduction gives your reader a chance to get to know the subject of your essay
An introduction has THREE PARTS.

6. What are the Three Parts?
Set up your tree map now.
Place “Introduction” on the top of the map
First branch: Hook
Second branch: Summary of Book/Issue
Third branch: Claim Statement

7. How Do You Start an Introduction...Hook!
Background information that will catch the reader’s attention
An interesting fact about the setting/characters
An interesting question
So, Mrs. Hampton …what’s the point?

8. Turn and talk. What is interesting about dystopian worlds?
ATTENTION!
Turn and talk. What is interesting about dystopian worlds?

9. What Comes After the Hook?
After you catch reader’s attention with the first sentence, use the rest of the paragraph to lead into your CLAIM.
You do this with a summary of information about the book or the issue.
Double check to make sure it goes with your CLAIM.

10. Turn and talk. How would you summarize uglies? Dystopian worlds?
Summary of Book/Issue
Turn and talk. How would you summarize uglies? Dystopian worlds?

11. How do you finish an introduction?
A CLAIM! You already have examples written down.
Please follow the given format for your claim statement.
Make sure to finish with a period and to separate your reasons with commas.
Did you know? Commas save lives

12. Why we put commas in our writing…

13. The Next Step Write a rough draft of your introduction! Due Tomorrow
Set your lined paper up for a type 3
FCA’s:
Complete Claim Statement (5 points)
Summary of Book/Issue + Interesting Hook (10 points)
Third Person Only (10/-2 points)
TOTAL: 25 POINTS
**please remember to skip lines!**