Lesson 3 | Writing - How to write an introduction

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How are you feeling today?

Slide 1 - Open question

Aim
At the end of today's class, you will be able to write an introduction.

Slide 2 - Slide

Hindsight
What did we do last week? And what did you learn?

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Read these paragraphs
1. Hi, my name is Peter. I am 18 years old, and I live with my cat. I also have a plant called Tony, he's my little friend, perhaps you can meet him someday. However, today is not about me, I am going to talk about cars.

2. Cars are used for the means of transport, we can travel a long distance in a short amount of time if travelled by a car compared to travelling on foot. It was first invented in 1769 by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot in France, but the vehicle he invented was a three wheeled automobile which was quite heavy and had very slow speed, and it worked only with steam.

Slide 4 - Slide

What's the difference?

Slide 5 - Open question

What is something that an introduction always has?

Slide 6 - Open question

Topic sentence

Slide 7 - Slide

What is a good topic sentence / what does it do?

Slide 8 - Open question

Topic sentence
A topic sentence is the most important sentence in a paragraph. It's specific enough to give a clear sense of what to expect from the paragraph, but general enough that it doesn't give everything away. You can think of it like a signpost: it should tell the reader which direction your argument is going in.
It grabs the reader's attention.

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Questions?

Slide 11 - Slide

Practice
Add a good introduction
your essay subject is: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
timer
40:00

Slide 12 - Slide

Aim
At the end of today's class, you will be able to write an introduction.

Slide 13 - Slide

Next time
How to write body paragraphs

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How did you like today's class?
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Slide 15 - Poll