Wednesday/Thursday, December 5th/6th

Class today: 

1. Independent reading. 

2. Finish your Step 7 Writing the Rough Draft integrating Source Material.  Double check that you have the following: 6 specific examples, a warrant for each example, 3 direct quotes that have been contextualized, introduced, cited correctly, and explained. These quotes will function as backing. The word transition written in where transitions should be placed. 

PRINT THIS STEP OFF BEFORE YOU ALTER IT FOR STEP 8 (you will attach this to all of your other steps of writing). 

3. Step 8 of Writing: Write rough drafts integrating transitions.

Things to know: 

• The Steps of Writing are to take us through the body of a paper... Introductions and conclusions are a different animal. 
• Step 7 and 8 will be simultaneously... we are just learning them separately to focus on the skill).
• Steps 5-6 are essentially outlining. Step 7 starts the writing of the rough draft of the body of your paper. 

What are transitions and how are they used?

• transitions are phrases or words used to connect one idea to the next
• transitions are used by the author to help the reader progress from one significant idea to the next
• transitions also show the relationship within a paragraph (or within a sentence) between the main idea and the support the author gives for those ideas
• different transitions do different things....

Transition Handout

TYPES OF TRANSITIONS:

• Transitions between sections: Particularly in longer works, it may be necessary to include transitional paragraphs that summarize for the reader the information just covered and specify the relevance of this information to the discussion in the following section.
• Transitions between paragraphs: If you have done a good job of arranging paragraphs so that the content of one leads logically to the next, the transition will highlight a relationship that already exists by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting something of the content of the paragraph that follows. A transition between paragraphs can be a word or two (however, for example, similarly), a phrase, or a sentence. Transitions can be at the end of the first paragraph, at the beginning of the second paragraph, or in both places.
• Transition words between sentences: As with transitions between sections and paragraphs, transitions within paragraphs act as cues by helping readers to anticipate what is coming before they read it. Within paragraphs, transitions tend to be single words or short phrases.

FOR FRIDAY: 

Complete Step 8 of Writing (Transitions) for your 1 Boot Camp Topic (the one you have already written for Step 7).   Print this off for class on Friday!!