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Teaching Writing Project Topic Sentences, Organization, and Transitions

Teaching Writing Project Topic Sentences, Organization, and Transitions. Emma Parrish Hannah Stevens Ana Pinsak Holly Mosher Sam Diacont. Objectives:. At the end of the lesson students will: Be able to write effect topic sentences.

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Teaching Writing Project Topic Sentences, Organization, and Transitions

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  1. Teaching Writing ProjectTopic Sentences, Organization, and Transitions Emma Parrish Hannah Stevens Ana Pinsak Holly Mosher Sam Diacont

  2. Objectives: • At the end of the lesson students will: • Be able to write effect topic sentences. • Be able to effectively organize a paper to efficiently convey your point. • Be able to write strong transition sentences between paragraphs. • Be able to write smoothly and cohesively within a paragraph.

  3. Organization • Organization refers to the cohesive arrangement of elements within a piece of writing. • Organize your paper in accordance with your purpose and intended effect.

  4. OrganizationClassical Model • Common and effective way to organize a piece. • Intro- Spark interest • Narration- Establish “why”? • Confirmation- Develop proof and examples • Refutation- Address counterargument • Conclusion- Brings it all together

  5. OrganizationPatterns of Development • Ways to organize your paper according to your purpose • May apply to an entire piece of paragraphs within a piece • Narration • Description • Process Analysis • Exemplification • Compare & Contrast • Classification & Division • Cause & Effect

  6. TransitionsPurpose • To correlate 2 ideas or to show the relationship shared by multiple ideas or paragraphs • To express the importance & relevance of ideas to the topic • To create coherence within a piece of literature • To logically end one idea (or paragraph) and introduce another

  7. TransitionsTransition Words Avoid In conclusion As previously stated First Next Then Also Another point But Utilize Therefore Consequently Otherwise Presently Nevertheless Subsequently Alternatively Conversely

  8. TransitionsExample • Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. Another important thing to note is that the corporation had expanded its international influence • Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. These impressive profits are largely due to the corporation's expanded international influence.

  9. Topic SentencesGeneral Guidelines • Helps you to generate and control your information. It should be carefully worded and restricted • Should show relationships and transitions between paragraphs • Goal: an essay that feels like a cohesive whole • Should function as a mini thesis statement • Can be restated more than once: in the beginning and in the end

  10. Topic SentencesTopic Sentences in the Beginning of a Paragraph Sentence should be brief, clear and strong, contain key words at the end (gets heavy stress and leads naturally into what will follow) • Usually occurs in the beginning of argument paragraphs • Everything that comes after the first sentence elaborates • Should flow naturally from the last paragraph

  11. Topic Sentence Topic Sentences at the End of a Paragraph • Can end a paragraph with the main idea • Topic sentence leaves the reader with a strong main idea, preparing the reader for more information that is yet to come. • The sentences before the topic sentence take the reader through a process or on a logical path, building up to the climax/main idea.

  12. Topic SentencesExamples Subject: Books being banned in the classroom: Good • Books have been severely criticized, even banned, because of objectionable subject matter, characters, even individual words. Bad • The book Huckleberry Finn has been widely criticized due to its use of racial slurs.

  13. Sources • http://classroom.quixoticpedagogue.org/ap-english-iv/writing-guide-mainmenu-251/244-ap-language/1930-topic-sentences • http://books.google.com/books?id=a0O75iBRj64C&lpg=PA62&ots=c0p8ciEiCh&dq=ap%20language%20and%20composition%20topic%20sentence%20guidelines&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=true • http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/partopic.html • http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_mrup_1/33/8660/2216967.cw/index.html • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/ • http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/organize/index.cfm

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