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10thGradeEnglish
April14,2015
TransitionSentenceTemplates

Theseareexamplesoftemplatesyoucanusewhentransitioningfromsources.Thesewillalso
helpyouthinkabouttherelationshipsthatsourcesmayhave.Astheteacherreviewsthelesson,
makesuretotakenoteoftherelationshipthatthetemplateimplies.

Alongthesamelines,source2arguesthat___________.

Inthesamewaythatsource1statesthat___________,source2statesthat__________.

Likewise,Source2reinforcesthispointwhenhe/shesays___________.

Similarly,

___________.

Incontrast,__________.

Ontheotherhand,___________.

Onthecontrary,source1disagreeswiththebeliefthat_______.Instead,shearguesthat_____.

However,Source2goesagainstthe_____viewthatsource1presents.

EventhoughSource1states______,source2goesfurtherandclaimsthat___________.

Consequently,___________sideacanbeappliedto__________.

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ModelBodyParagraphStructure
Thisisafullbodyparagraphfromanessaythatisusingtwosources.Theparagraphhasbeen
brokendowninordertofocusonhowthewriterstructuresit.Sometemplateshavebeen
underlined.Underlineanyotherusefultemplatesthatyoumayfind.

WomeninMacbeth
donotplaythetraditionalpassiveroles
TopicSentence
expectedofwomen.

InWaysofSeeing,JohnBergerpresentsthistraditionalrolein
Quote1
,
artandliterature.Hewritesmenlook,womenwatchthemselves
beinglookedat .

Thisstatementhighlights
howpassivewomenare.Menarethe
Analysis1
oneswhodotheactoflooking,whilewomenreceivetheaction.

However ,
Shakespearegoesagainstthetraditionalfemalerolethat Transitionto2nd
Bergerpresents.Ratherthanreceivingtheaction,itiswomenwho Quote
Macbeth
dotheactionsin . Thistransitiontellsus
thedifferencebetween
thetwosources.

Macbeth
In andIssuesofGender,Samuel illustratesthiswhen
Quote2
shewrites,
itiswithgreatsurprise...thatweseethisgreatmanof Illustratesthishelps
thebattlefield...broughttohiskneesbythepowersof connectthisquotetothe
manipulation,andpersuasionbythewomenoftheplay .
transitionsentence.

Inmakingthiscomment ,
Samuelemphasizes womenspowerover
Analysis2
Macbeth.Womenarenotthereceiversofactions,buttheoneswho
dotheactionsofmanipulation,andpersuasion.Theyarenot
themanipulated,butthemanipulators.Theyarenotthepersuaded,
butthepersuaders.

Therefore,onecanclearlysee Macbeths
how womenstrayaway Closingsentence
fromthepassivewomenthatJohnBergerdescribes. Reinforcestopic
sentence.
AlludingtoBergerhelps
strengthenrelationship.




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BodyParagraphMiniUnit

Context:ThisfollowstheIntroductoryParagraphminiunit,inwhichstudentslearnedabout
hook,topic,supportingstatementsandthesis.

LessonNumber Topic Specifics/Context

1 IntroductiontoBodyParagraph Introducedtobodyparagraph
Structure components:topicsentence,
quoting,analysis,closing
sentence..

2 TopicSentence Learnedhowtowriteatopic
sentencebasedoffoftheir
thesis.

3 TopicSentence Reviewedpurposeofatopic
sentence(focuson1main
point).Wrotetheirowntopic
sentencebasedoffofthesis
statement.

4 Quoting Learnedaboutfindingrelevant
quotes.Chosequotetosupport
topicsentence.

5 QuotingIntegrating/introducing Lookedatexamples&appliedit
quotes+properpunctuation toyesterdaysquotation.

6 Analysis Revieweddefinitionofanalysis
+examplesofit.

7 Analysis Introducedtotemplates&
techniquesforanalyzing.
Analyzedquotetheyvebeen
workingon..

8 ClosingSentence Oncehavingwrittenatopic
sentence,integratedquote,
analyzedit,studentslearned
aboutclosingtheirparagraph..

9 IntroductiontoWorkingwith
Multiplesources/ideas
10 RelationshipsBetween
Sources
11 Integratingtwosourcesinto
thebodyparagraph
12 TransitionsbetweenQuotes
***Todayslesson
ResourceSheet
Reviewedtypesof
relationshipssourcescanhave
witheachotherandhowthey
cananalyzeit:compare,
contrast,application(cause
andeffect).
ReadChangingthe
EducationParadigm&
Literature...Identifiedmain
ideassoastodetermine
relationshiptheyshared.Used
thistoanswerpromptwitha
thesisstatement.
Reviewedmodelbody
paragraphstructure.Learned
whereintheparagraphto
place1stquote/analysisand
2ndquote/analysis.Attn
broughttoimportanceof
transitioningbetweenideas.
Willbeintroducedto
transitionsentencetemplates..
Theteacherwillgivetopic
sentences(basedoffofthe
thesis/readingsfromlesson
10).Studentswillfocusonthe
analyzingandtransitioningof
twoideas(followingthemodel
ontheleft).Specialfocuswill
beontransitionsentenceused.