Wed, 27 Aug 2003

Wednesday 27 August

B Day

7th Grade:

We discussed the transition sentence. The transition sentence has two goals. Sum up the current paragraph, and lead into the next paragraph. Examples were written on the board based on student essays. The format for the second paragraph of the 5-paragraph essay was detailed on the board. The goal of the second paragraph is to thoroughly discuss the 1st important detail. The 1st sentence: Introduce the topic of the paragraph. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sentences: create effective arguments and details that support the topic of the paragraph. The 5th sentence is the transition sentence.

HW--email Mr. Gallagher parent and student contact information. Write the transition sentence for the 1st paragraph. Write the 2nd paragraph following the format.