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Our Goals for today:To review Jane Schaffer paragraphs

To begin with the ceremony of 12 is odd because everyone has the same birthday. For example, kids get their jobs when they are 12 years old. This shows that it is strange because 12 year old children in the real world are to immature to have responsibilities. For these reasons I think the aging ceremony is weird.

To begin with, the family units in the Giver are very strange. For example, men and women cannot have kids like they do in our world. In the Giver, children are born and raised by nurturers until they are one year old and then they are given to a family. Because parents do not have their children naturally in the Giver, I think it would be hard to develop a loving relationship between them. As a result, love between children and parents in the Giver is more artificial or fake compared to parents in our world who feel a more genuine or real love towards the children they have naturally.

Today we are going to learn about Jane Schaffer paragraphs

Please write the definitions down on your worksheet.

1. Topic Sentence- TSStates the main idea you will be talking about and your opinion about the main idea. It is the first sentence of the paragraph.

Transition

2. Transitions- T Words or phrases that take your reader smoothly from one idea to another.

To begin with, First, For example, This shows that, Next, Because, Then, This also shows that, Finally, As a result

Paragraph: Write your Topic Sentence (TS).

• Start your topic sentence with a transition word/phrase:

• To begin with,• Example:

• To begin with, the family units in the Giver are very strange.

Concrete Detail

3.Concrete Detail- CD Things that are true. Things that you can prove. Facts

Write your first Concrete Detail (CD)

• Remember concrete details are facts or evidence that you find from the book to support your main idea.

• For example, men and women cannot have kids like they do in our world. In the Giver, children are born and raised by nurturers until they are one year old and then they are given to a family.

Commentary

4. Commentary- CM Your thoughts about the facts. Your opinions about what is true.

Write your first Commentary (CM)

• Remember that a Commentary states your opinion and should explain how your Concrete Details support your main idea.

• Begin your commentary with a transition.• Because parents do not have their

children naturally, I think it would be hard to develop a loving relationship between them.

Conclusion Sentence

5. Conclusion Sentence- CS

The last sentence of the paragraph. Your final thoughts and opinion about your main idea.

Conclusion Sentence

• Your conclusion sentence should leave the reader with a finished feeling. Begin it with a transition that is appropriate.

• As a result, Finally, At last • As a result, love between children and

parents in the Giver is more artificial or fake compared to parents in our world who feel a more genuine or real love towards their children they have naturally.

To begin with, the family units in the Giver are very strange. For example, men and women cannot have kids like they do in our world. In the Giver, children are born and raised by nurturers until they are one year old and then they are given to a family. Because parents do not have their children naturally in the Giver, I think it would be hard to develop a loving relationship between them. As a result, love between children and parents in the Giver is more artificial or fake compared to parents in our world who feel a more genuine or real love towards the children they have naturally.