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Writing and Submitting Your Expert Paragraph

9:54 AM Viv Beck 0 Comments

Weekly Learning Objective: Write a 1,2,3,4,2,3,4,2,3,4,1 paragraph with a logical claim and logical evidence.

Your expert paragraph is all about controlling the craft of your writing. There are specific requirements you must meet: Sentence count, sentence structure (see revision requirements below), and the inclusion of an arguable claim supported by anecdotal evidence.

READ THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH AGAIN!!!

Expert Paragraph

Important information...

Claim: and arguable topic sentence
Evidence: anecdotal/experiential
Sentence Count: 11 SENTENCES ONLY


STEP 1: PROOFREAD YOUR PARAGRAPH

  • Proofread your paragraph.
  • Check for capitalization and punctuation.
  • Make changes as needed.
  • Re-read for clarity and logic of each Power 2. (does it point to your claim?)

STEP 2: REVISE YOUR PARAGRAPH
Reconstruct sentences in your paragraph to include the required sentence structure below.

  • 2 compound sentences
  • 2 subordinate clauses
  • 2 appositives

STEP 3: NOW COMPLETE THE DOCUMENT BELOW

Click HERE to Download Word Document

  • Download the document.
  • Save it to your flash drive.
  • Follow directions as given.
  • Save it again.
  • Print it up.

STEP 4: Submit Revised Paragraph

GROUP 1 SUBMIT PARAGRAPH HERE
GROUP 2 SUBMIT PARAGRAPH HERE
GROUP 3 SUBMIT PARAGRAPH HERE