WORKOUT #6 Develop a Paragraph WRITING WORKOUTS Brought to you by: Academic Success Center Funded by: US Dept of Education, Title V-HSI WRITING WORKOUTS

Topic:_______________________________ Thesis:______________________________ Intro Reason 1 (Body Paragraph) Example 1 Supporting Detail 1 Supporting Detail 2 B. Example 2 (optional) Reason 2 (Body Paragraph) Reason 3/counterpoint (Body Paragraph) Conclusion

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Develop a Paragraph Topic Sentence Clarify / Explain topic sentence Transition [generalize / embedded point] Introduce / Provide example Give supporting details about example Give supporting details about example Draw conclusion – relate to thesis/topic sentence

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Model Body Paragraph Even though collies are beautiful dogs, they are also known to be protectors. They seldom harm other animals and often turn guardian of their charges. They have been know to protect small children and other pets and can keep them from being harmed. When someone tries to commit a crime against the owners, collies come to the rescue. For example, when Charlie was a child, he had a collie named Sally that often helped catch loose rabbits when they got out of their cages. One evening, she barked at the back door until someone came. She had found a baby rabbit who had fallen out of the wire cage, had picked it up gently in her mouth, and had brought it to the house unharmed. Another time, when a strange man tried to break into the house, she positioned herself between the family members and the stranger. Baring her teeth and growling deeply, she stopped him. The family always felt everything was under control as long as they had their “best friend.” ESL 8/English 28 PARAGRAPH

Model Body Paragraph Slave spirituals often had hidden double meanings. On one level, spirituals referenced heaven, Jesus, and the soul, but on another level, the songs spoke about slave resistance. For example, according to Frederick Douglass, the song "O Canaan, Sweet Canaan" spoke of slaves' longing for heaven, but it also expressed their desire to escape to the North. Careful listeners heard this second meaning in the following lyrics: "I don't expect to stay / Much longer here. / Run to Jesus, shun the danger. / I don't expect to stay." When slaves sang this song, they could have been speaking of their departure from this life and their arrival in heaven; however, they also could have been describing their plans to leave the South and run, not to Jesus, but to the North. Slaves even used songs like "Steal Away to Jesus (at midnight)" to announce to other slaves the time and place of secret, forbidden meetings. What whites heard as merely spiritual songs, slaves discerned as detailed messages. The hidden meanings in spirituals allowed slaves to sing what they could not say. ENGLISH 101 PARAGRAPH