Warm-Up

❖ How many paragraphs is a six-chunk essay?

❖ When is your rough draft due?

❖ What is a body paragraph?

Learning Goals

❖ I will create perfect body paragraphs.

Homework

❖ Type up rough drafts of your body paragraphs

Today’s Plan

❖ Body paragraphs introduced

❖ Body paragraph example

❖ Computer check out

❖ Work time!

Body Paragraphs

2 Chunk Body Paragraph Structure

➡ Topic Statement ➡ Embedded Concrete Detail (a quote from the text)

➡ Commentary➡ Commentary➡ Embedded Concrete Detail (quote from text)

➡ Commentary➡ Commentary➡ Concluding statement

3 Chunk Body Paragraph Structure➡ Topic Statement ➡ Embedded Concrete Detail (a quote from the text)➡ Commentary (your analysis and explanation of

how the quote helps support your thesis statement)

➡ Commentary➡ Embedded Concrete Detail Commentary➡ Commentary➡ Embedded Concrete Detail ➡ Commentary➡ Commentary➡ Concluding statement

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