The Outsiders Body Paragraphs CREATING A FINAL DRAFT

Overall Requirements Write your theme statement at the top of the page Write three body paragraphs Separate from theme statement at the top Indent each paragraph (press tab at the beginning of each paragraph)

Body Paragraph Requirements Each body paragraph needs the following: Clear Two topic sentence pieces of text evidence Context for evidence Citations for evidence (Hinton #) Two pieces of reasoning/commentary for each piece of evidence Transitions between sentences and paragraphs

Example Look at “The Outsiders Body Paragraph Example” on SWIFT and notice: Strong Clear topic sentence at the beginning context before quotes Relevant evidence Thorough and thoughtful explanations Organization makes sense

Resources “Evidence Check” on SWIFT Complete with partner Ignore section about “ethos” “Rates Review Power. Point” on SWIFT Skip to slide 10 Ignore “Restate the Question” and “Answer the Question” Just replace these with your topic sentence!

Words to Use, Words to Avoid Words to Use: Words to Avoid Shows, demonstrates, illustrates Proves, verifies Compare/contrast, similarities/differences Evidence, quote Setting, characters, plot, theme Reasoning, commentary, explanation Also, in addition, additionally, furthermore “Theme statement” In the text, for example, for instance, Hinton states Really, very Implies, suggests, indicates Big, small However, on the other hand, then again Things, stuff Overall, above all, in conclusion Good, bad, happy, sad

Final Body Paragraphs Rubric Organization Reasoning/ Commentary 4 3 2 1 The theme statement clearly and The theme statement clearly The theme statement outlines the The writing is missing insightfully outlines the main idea of the essay, the topic key components, essay, the topic sentences build logically sentences build somewhat from incomplete, or missing. and skillfully from paragraph to paragraph, evidence is highly relevant and strongly evidence is relevant and supports evidence is somewhat relevant supports the topic sentences, easily the topic sentences, understandable and relates to the topic understandable context is provided, transitional sentences, context may or may transitional phrases seamlessly connect phrases connect sentences and not be provided, transitional sentences and paragraphs, and near paragraphs, and strong conventions phrases are inconsistent, and flawless conventions help convey a clear meaning. mistakes in conventions can meaning. confuse meaning. The reasoning is detailed and thorough, The reasoning is thorough, explains The reasoning is less detailed, strongly explains the deeper significance of the quote, may scratch the surface of the quote, clearly relates the evidence to the larger quote’s significance, doesn’t to the larger ideas being explored, and employs always relate the evidence to the employs strong word choice and highly adequate word choice and fluent larger ideas being explored, and fluent language. word choice and fluency is limited. The reasoning is insufficient, nonsensical, incomplete, or missing.