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Golden Book Paragraphs

Golden Book Paragraphs. Theme notes Two-chunk essay notes. Theme. A theme is a message or moral of a story. A theme occurs in a story, but is also true in real life. Two-Chunk Essay – Intro Paragraph.

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Golden Book Paragraphs

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  1. Golden Book Paragraphs Theme notes Two-chunk essay notes

  2. Theme • A theme is a message or moral of a story. • A theme occurs in a story, but is also true in real life.

  3. Two-Chunk Essay – Intro Paragraph • Hook: Something that grabs your reader’s attention; could be a question, bold statement, or something everyone can relate to • Follow-up: A statement that expands upon your hook/takes it one step further • Thesis: Most important sentence in your essay; tells what you will prove throughout your essay; includes title and author • Example: In (name of story) by (author) , (protagonist or antagonists names) learns (theme) .

  4. Two-Chunk Essay – Body Paragraph • [TS]: Introduce what the paragraph is about; relate it to the prompt • [CD1]: Your first fact that supports the theme • [CM1 & CM2]: Your thoughts connecting your first CD to your theme • [CD2]: Your second fact that supports the theme • [CM1 & CM2]: Your thoughts connecting your second CD to your theme • [CS]: Restates the theme (Doughnut?)

  5. Two-Chunk Essay – Conclusion Paragraph • Restatement of thesis: Use different words; don’t mention title and author again • Follow-up: A statement that expands upon your restatement/takes it one step further • Final thought: A statement that relates to the whole world, and then brings it back to the character or literary work • Example: Each and every one of us can learn (thesis) , just like (character) .

  6. Prompt • Write a two-chunk essay detailing the theme in your Golden Book.

  7. Today… • Read your Golden Book “kindergarten style” • Show pictures! • Be animated! • As a group, determine your theme • Begin a T-chart • Put the prompt at the top! • Everyone should have the exact same notes • Get T-chart okayed • Start to write your paragraph

  8. Tomorrow… • Work on and complete your paragraph • Get paragraph okayed • Begin poster • Everyone works on poster • Each person writes a sentence or more • Someone draws • Someone does the title

  9. Final Day… • Finish poster • Turn it in! • Due at the end of the period

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