6.07 Effective Introduction Worksheet
Complete the following steps and your introduction will be written!
Writing Prompt: How have these two authors expressed their relationships with nature? After reading
and analyzing "The Calypso Borealis," an essay by John Muir, and William Wordsworth's poem "I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," write an essay in which you describe how each author views nature
and answer the question. Support your discussion with evidence from the text.
1. Look back at the list of hook techniques. Which two techniques could you use to introduce your
essay effectively?
2. Choose one of those techniques for your HOOK and briefly explain why you chose that
technique.
3. Write the HOOK for your essay in the space below.
4. Write a two- to four-sentence BRIDGE to connect your hook and thesis statement.
5. Write your THESIS STATEMENT.
6. Now, copy and paste the sentences from numbers 3, 4, and 5 (above) into one paragraph in the
space below. Congratulations! You have your introduction written!