- Really think about your thesis! The thesis is the heart of your essay and determines what each and every paragraph in your essay will be about. Please make sure your thesis outlines what you will cover in your essay. I had a few groups that created thesis sentences that were actually introduction sentences.
- Introductions are so important! They will either hook your reader or not. This is why we call the first sentence of an essay the hook! You want to grab the readers attention in some way to make them want to keep reading. You could create a visual description (of a biome for example), you could ask a question, give an interesting fact, or a quotation.
- Think before you capitalize. Capitalize the first word in a sentence. Capitalize a person's name. Capitalize the title of a book. But, don't capitalize biomes, seasons, or animals.
- For example, look at this sentence -- In the Desert, Snakes burrow under the ground during the Summer season to avoid the heat.
Today, I'm introducing you to Jane Goodall. She is a remarkable scientist (specifically ethologist), who started off with no science background at all. Her research revealed remarkable insights to humans about our understandings of chimpanzees and all animal species in general. I had the fantastic opportunity last year to hear Jane speak in Minnesota. And I'll be sharing some of her insights along the way. Today, if our short time permits, we'll begin watching Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees, which was a movie created for IMAX theatres.
As the movie begins today, we will focus on note taking about the biome. What does it look like there? How would you describe it to someone else? Thinking about these questions, I'm going to ask that you write a descriptive paragraph about this biome to share with the class tomorrow.
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