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College Reading Skills II: October 20 th , 2010 Presentation. Thor Gibbins Montgomery College, Silver Spring/Takoma Park. Agenda. Parts of the Paragraph RFR Exercises 4-6 Practice The Price of Karma
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College Reading Skills II: October 20th, 2010 Presentation Thor Gibbins Montgomery College, Silver Spring/Takoma Park
Agenda • Parts of the Paragraph • RFR Exercises 4-6 • Practice The Price of Karma • Label Introductory, Transition Reversals, Topic Sentences, Specific Details, and Stating the main idea • Homework: Finish RFR Exercises 4, 5, & 6 the problems not done in class; Label types of sentences and stating main ideas for all paragraphs in the 1st and 2nd sections of The Price of Karma article
Topic Sentences • Topic sentences put the main idea into words • Main idea is the thought that connects all the sentences together. • Topic sentences can be in any place a paragraph and sometimes not be there at all.
Introductory Sentences • Introductory sentences: • Gain a reader’s interest • Give Background information • Do not summarize the main idea of the paragraph
Transition Reversal • Transitions Reversals signal a contrary opinion or argument • Common Transitional Phrases: • But • Conversely • Even so • However • Nonetheless • On the contrary • On the other hand • Unfortunately • Yet
Paragraph Patterns • Pattern #1 • Topic Sentence • Specific Details • Specific Details • Topic Sentence • Pattern #2 • Introductory Sentence • Topic Sentence • Specific Details • Pattern #3 • Introductory Sentence • Reversal Transition • Topic Sentence • Specific Details • Pattern #4 • Introduction • Topic Sentence • Specific Details
Shared Writing Activity • Choose a Topic • Brainstorm Details • Write Paragraph with Introductory Sentence, Topic Sentence, and Details • On your own: Choose a different paragraph pattern and write a paragraph with the same main idea as our class paragraph
Situate Practice • Get out The Price of Karma articles • Let’s read and label the parts of each paragraph • After labeling the parts of the paragraph, write down the main idea in the margins
Homework • Finish RFR Exercises 4, 5, & 6 the problems not done in class • Label types of sentences and stating main ideas for all paragraphs in the 1st and 2nd sections of The Price of Karma article