This Boy's Life - the final essay

This post is for juniors only.

Now that you have written your three body paragraphs, your task is the following:

1. Compile your three body paragraphs into one document.
2. Insert transitions between body paragraphs 1 and 2 and between body paragraphs 2 and 3.
3. Write an introduction that includes a hook, a link, a thesis and a bridge.
4. Write a conclusion that briefly reflects on how Toby changes throughout the book and, more importantly, discusses the importance of individuals changing throughout their own lives.
5. Revise all spelling and grammar - paying special attention to the grammar we've covered in class (commas, etc.) as well as tense (present) and person (third only).
6. Print off and hand in.

Your introductory paragraph must include these elements:

• a hook that truly grabs the reader's attention (a quotation from another source, an interesting story, a specific rhetorical question)
• a link that ties the hook into the thesis and states the title and author of the book you are discussing
• a thesis along the lines of: "Toby has a life changing experience that changes him from one person to another."
• a bridge that states exactly what Toby is like at the start of the book, what the life changing event is, and what kind of person he becomes by the end.

Here are some note you might find helpful. (Click on the picture to enlarge.)