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Ep #17 Writing the Introduction
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Do you want to know the secret to helping students perform better on writing assessments?
Teach them to write strong introductions.
Studies in education show that a good introduction helps in structuring thoughts and arguments more effectively. And that leads better writing overall.
But what if you have a student who struggles to write introductions?
This is a very common problem I see in my students every year, which is one reason I created this episode.
Not only will you learn effective strategies for writing great introductions but also what practices lead to bad introductions.
In this episode, I discuss
- the purpose of introductions and why the first sentence is so important
- why starting your introduction with a dictionary definition is a bad idea, plus eight other ways to write a bad introduction (not what you want to do!)
- strategies that will help you create engaging introductions
- how long your introduction should be and whether you should write it first
- how to have students practice writing introductions
This episode walks you through exactly what you need to know to teach this important skill.
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