1. With Kelley Ross’ additions! Literary Response Paragraphs

2.  Topic sentence – main idea of your paragraph, tells what the paragraph is about

3.  Concrete Detail (CD) – stuff from the story –the what – can be quotation or paraphrase – facts; examples; illustrations; evidence; support; plot references; citations; What really happened in the story? ; play-by-play announcer

4.  Commentary – (CM) – stuff from your head - the “so what?” - words with feelings behind them that you can describe to me analysis; interpretation; a character’s feelings; opinion; inference; insight; reasons; color commentator

5.  Ratio – the amount of CD:CM in a body paragraph  In English the ratio is 1:2+

6.  Concluding sentence – Completes or summarizes main idea of paragraph

7.  Chunk – One CD followed by two CM’s  A 2-chunk paragraph would have two sets of CD’s and CM’s  CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM  Of course, all chunks must be surrounded by a topic and concluding sentence

8.  Sentence #1 -Topic Sentence – TS  Sentence #2 – CD –starts with “For example”  Sentence #3 – CM - (This shows that)  Sentence #4 – CM – (This also show that; This is because; This is important because)  Sentence#5 – Circle Sentence – CS – Sums it up and ties back to the thesis (As a result)

9.  In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry is a champion to many of the more insecure students at Hogwarts. For example, when Malfoy takes Neville’s Rememberall, Harry takes a broom and gets it back. He cannot stand someone who picks on others. Harry is now a hero to those less fortunate. He has found a place where he belongs and wants to protect the vulnerable.

10.  For a nine year old boy, playing football for the Barren County Little League Cowboys is like a dream come true.

11.  For a nine year old boy, playing football for the Barren County Little League Cowboys is like a dream come true. For example, in Campbell’s first season on the team, his 2 nd grade year, the J.V. and Varsity teams won both the league and Glasgow League championships.

12.  For a nine year old boy, playing football for the Barren County Little League Cowboys is like a dream come true. For example, in Campbell’s first season on the team, his 2 nd grad year, the J.V. and Varsity teams won both the league and Glasgow League championships. This clearly shows why he enjoyed football his first year.

13.  For a nine year old boy, playing football for the Barren County Little League Cowboys is like a dream come true. For example, in Campbell’s first season on the team, his 2 nd grade year, the J.V. and Varsity teams won both the league and Glasgow League championships. This clearly shows why he enjoyed football his first year, despite the long, cold, wet season of games and many practices. His J.V. team also won every game it has played since the beginning of last season. This, in and of itself, has created this air of pride in Campbell for being a part of such an incredible team. For the first time, after many years of being involved in organized sports and being successful in academics, he truly understands what it means to have pride in the work and effort he has dedicated to football—a dream indeed. Hopefully, this sense of pride will carry over into all of his endeavors.