2015-09-04 Writing: transitions and paragraph

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 48 practice 6 - write supporting details for each topic sentence
2 a exams
  b stress
  c time management (getting up early, balancing studying and activities, etc.)
3 a someone else prepares your food, washes clothes, etc.
  b you don’t have to pay rent
  c you always have people to talk to
4 a disciplined (with good time management)
  b responsible
  c hard-working
5 a friendly
  b easier to meet professors
  c smaller classes mean it’s easier to learn (paragraph 3 on p. 45 is about this topic)
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p. 49 - transition signals for (the supporting details in) listing-order paragraphs
(Remember that “finally” is for the last supporting detail, NOT for the conclusion.)
p. 53 - transition signals for the conclusion
(The conclusion sentence should review or repeat the ideas from the rest of the paragraph, it should NOT introduce a new idea.)
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Find the cluster about a specific job that you made on Tuesday. Write a paragraph about the (3 or 4) most important characteristics someone needs to be good at that job.
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	A good teacher must have three important characteristics. First of all, good teachers need to be able to… In conclusion, people who are ____, ____, and ____ can become very good teachers.
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Homework: finish your paragraph at home, check for sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization (like we talked about last week)
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REMEMBER: NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7