EAL: Language Analysis

[Acid]

Hello everyone,

I have a query regarding EAL language analysis, since we don't have a SAC for it.  
Do you guys feel it is better to include an introduction and a conclusion in the analysis  since there is no criteria which suggests we should. Also, if you were to include an introduction, would you integrate it within the three body paragraphs or do it separately? I've seen student examples on the VCAA website, clearly they all have an introduction, but then again they're not 29-30 scoring samples. What have your teachers taught you?

Any help would be appreciated!

[heids]

Don't know if this post answers your question or not.

[literally lauren]

If you're still uncertain, my current understanding of the EAL requirements, (keeping in mind that I did mainstream English so your teacher's recommendations should still probably take precedence here,) is that the intro/concl. aren't required, but making your first sentence sound a little bit 'introduction-y' and your last sentence sound a little bit 'conclusion-y' is all you need.

You can put them in separate paragraphs if you really want, but it's fine to just have three body paragraphs with one sentence at the start like 'The author ____ contends in his piece entitled ____ that...' and then one at the end like 'Therefore the author intends to elicit ____ from readers in order to imply that...'

Anyone else who's heard differently is welcome to jump in though, since I'm just basing this on what I've heard from about three or four teachers and there might be other alternatives of which I'm not aware.