Week of September 13/15 -- Writing Assignment for Writing Class!

Today (Tuesday...Thursday students, ignore this until after class on Thursday!) in class we talked about the organization of paragraphs and how to make sure we have paragraphs that make sense.  We discusses five, six and seven sentence accordion paragraphs.  This is how they look:

Five Sentence Paragraph      

Topic Sentence

Reason/Detail/Fact

Reason/Detail/Fact

Reason/Detail/Fact

Conclusion

Six Sentence Paragraph

Topic Sentence

Reason/Detail/Fact

Explain

Reason/Detail/Fact

Explain

Conclusion

Seven Sentence Paragraph

Topic Sentence

Reason/Detail/Fact

Explain

Reason/Detail/Fact

Explain

Explain

Conclusion    

***Parents:  This might look a little foreign to you, but trust me, your kids should know exactly what it means!  We looked at examples and practices writing paragraphs like this in class.  If you or your student is lost, please e-mail me!  mfernihough@asd20.org

For homework, each student is to write an 8 sentence paragraph and the topic is movie/tv show.  Follow the accordion format below!

Eight Sentence Paragraph

Topic Sentence

Reason, Detail, Fact

Explain

Reason, Detail, Fact

Explain

Reason, Detail, Fact

Explain

Conclusion