Writing Paragraphs TIER PARAGRAPHS RESPONSE TO LITERATURE Writing

Writing Paragraphs TIER PARAGRAPHS- RESPONSE TO LITERATURE

Writing PEEC Paragraphs The goal of the PEEC strategy 1. To write effective paragraphs using supportive evidence from the text. 2. To strengthen your ideas with insightful commentary.

P is for Point P- POINT (Write in RED) What is your point? This is your HOOK (Topic Sentence) and should be a strong, interesting statement.

E is for Evidence EVIDENCE WITH A LINK- (write in green) Find evidence in your text to support your HOOK (Topic Sentence). Write two or more sentences explaining your evidence. For example, write a sentence using the 4 W’s. Then add a sentence that explains how your evidence supports your point. (Do this 2 nd because you can’t make the link without the evidence).

E-Evidence for Documentation E – Evidence Documentation (Write in BLUE) Now you MUST quote your evidence directly. Document the source in parentheses.

C for commentary C – Commentary (Write in BLACK) Think about how your point and your evidence and how relate to you, your life, or life in general. Without repeating anything you’ve said so far, write a sentence or two relating your point to the real world – ie. the overall THEME. (ZOOM OUT!) Finish your paragraph with a sentence that reaffirms your point in your hook (topic sentence).

NOTE: The order for the thought process before writing is 1, 2, 3, 4 The order for the written TIER is 1, 3, 2, 4 1. HOOK (TOPIC Sentence) (Write in red) What is the point you are making? This is your thematic or Hook statement for your paragraph. 3. INTERPRETATION (Write in blue) Link the evidence to the hook statement by explaining the who, what, when and where. 2. EVIDENCE WITH DOCUMENTATION (Write in green) Choose the evidence to support your point and enclose it in quotation marks. Document the source in parentheses. (Do this 2 nd because you can’t make the link without the evidence). 4. RELATE (Write in black) Relate the evidence to the overall Point in the Paragraph. Apply it to “real life. ”

PEEC example The article “Coming out to my Parents” tells the story of a 17 year old teenager named Lucas Johnson, and his struggle not only with his sexuality, but also with coming out to his family and friends. He first comes out to his friends, as he believed that it would be easiest to start with them, and then afterwards, after coming to better terms with his sexuality, he would come out to his parents. Since he had “always been especially close with [his] mother, ” he comes out to her first, and even though he is never able to get the words out of his mouth to tell her, she understands what he is attempting to say and accepts his decision (Johnson 1). He now faced the real challenge in telling his father. He struggles with telling him and eventually realizes he cannot, to which his mother tells his father. After a few weeks, Lucas and his father finally talk to each other on the subject and to Lucas’ amazement, his father had gone out and educated himself on the subject before coming to talk to him. Over the next few months, Lucas becomes more comfortable with his identity and really starts to be amazed with his father’s acceptance. Not only was his father comfortable making culturally sensitive remarks about his sexuality in a humoristic manner, but at his work, he also identified “his office as a safe space” proving to Lucas that his father was entirely accepting of who he was (Johnson 2). Lucas then goes on to say that he did not write the article to be a LGBT activist, in reality he wrote it to show that not only is he proud of being gay, but he is even more proud in his father.

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Assignment Write a written response to the following question: Describe a time when you had to adapt in an unforeseen situation or circumstance? Use the PEEC strategy to help you write the paragraph. Your response should be one to two paragraphs.