Room 312 - A View into the Vortex

Today’s Podcast:

• Supporting Paragraphs
• Fireside Book Chats: - Stealing Bradford - Lush - Weapon - Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever - Babysitter IV - Bluford High: A Matter of Trust - Call Waiting

Supporting Paragraphs:

I tell my ninth and tenth graders to initially structure their supporting paragraphs in a formulaic manner.  They always have the liberty mess  with the formula and alter it after they learn it. The basic formula is this:

1. Topic Sentence - links to the thesis
2. Introduction to the Evidence
3. Evidence/Quote
4. Explanation of the evidence

Example:

Early on in his life, James Siberian Kirk embodies the quote “to boldly go where no man has gone before.”  Nothing demonstrates this more than when Kirk is a young kid.  At one point in the 2009 movie trailer, we see Kirk furiously outrunning a cop, skidding his car off the cliff, and barely keeping himself from following.  He is unshaken and confidently answers the cop.  We see from the way he handles this situation and what he did that he has the making of a leader.  He is a risk taker and is not afraid to answer for the risks he has taken.

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