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Five Themes Paragraph

Five Themes Paragraph. Overview. You will be writing a paragraph applying three of the five themes of Geography to Montrose In the following steps, you will be outlining this paragraph and checking your work with your partner. Step 1: Themes. Pick three of the Themes of Geography to work with

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Five Themes Paragraph

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  1. Five Themes Paragraph

  2. Overview • You will be writing a paragraph applying three of the five themes of Geography to Montrose • In the following steps, you will be outlining this paragraph and checking your work with your partner

  3. Step 1: Themes • Pick three of the Themes of Geography to work with • Write a definition for each of these themes • Check with your partner to make sure you got the definitions right and understand them

  4. Step 2: Examples • For each of the three themes, write down one thing about Montrose • These are your examples • Check with your partner to make sure that these are correct, detailed, and that they fit the theme

  5. Step 3: Thesis • Come up with a single statement that describes how the three themes of Geography can be applied to Montrose • This will be your thesis • Check this with your partner

  6. Step 4: Topic Sentence and Conclusion • Take your thesis and add something to it to make it sound interesting and to make people want to read your paper • Ask an interesting questions, put something interesting about Montrose, etc. • This is your Topic Sentence • Take your thesis and add something to it to expand on your paper and leave people thinking • Relate Montrose to other places, ask an interesting question, etc. • This is your Conclusion

  7. Step 5: Put it all together • Your paragraph should go in the following order: • Topic Sentence • First Theme with definition • Example • Second Theme with definition • Example • Third Theme with definition • Example • Conclusion

  8. Step 6: Peer Editing • Trade papers with somebody other than the partner that you have been working with • Check each others papers for all of the following: • A good topic sentence • Tries to grab the reader’s attention and contains a thesis • Three good themes with definitions • Good examples for each theme • A good conclusion • Restates the thesis and expands on the paragraph • Grammar and style • No structural problems, no spelling errors, everything makes sense, no first person, no contractions, no slang • You have to either find three things that your partner needs to fix or write a paragraph explaining why your partner’s paper is so good

  9. Step 7: Final Draft • Your final draft is due on Monday, 8/26

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