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The first sentence of an essay or story should have a connection of some kind with the last sentence.
The first sentence is called the "topic sentence."
The last sentence is called the "clincher sentence."
Write a topic and clincher sentence for 10 nursery rhymes or fairy tails.
If you choose nursery rhymes, pretend each one is a whole story (not just the short version of the nursery rhyme).
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EXAMPLE:
Nursery rhyme: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Topic sentence: Once upon a time there was a persistent little brown spider who loved to climb.
THINK ABOUT THE STORY AND HOW YOU WOULD TELL IT . . . . THEN WRITE ITS LAST SENTENCE. REMEMBER IT MUST CONNECT TO THE FIRST SENTENCE.
Clincher sentence: The persistent little arachnid set out to climb the water spout again, and he just knew he would be able to do it this time!
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EXAMPLE:
Nursery rhyme: Cinderella
Topic sentence: In a village just outside the royal palace, a young girl cleaned the fireplace in her home until it shone even though most of the cinders seemed to end up on her.
THINK ABOUT THE STORY AND HOW YOU WOULD TELL IT . . . . THEN WRITE ITS LAST SENTENCE. REMEMBER IT MUST CONNECT TO THE FIRST SENTENCE.
Clincher sentence: The royal palace was now her home and no longer would Cinderella wear the ashes of the fireplace, instead she would spend her life helping the people of her beloved village with her husband, the prince, by her side.
Here are some ideas of nursery rhymes and fairy tales that you might want to use to create your topic / clincher sentences.
Feel free to google them if you do not know them.
NURSERY RHYMES
Humpty Dumpty
Jack and Jill
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Hey Diddle Diddle
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Hickory Dickory Dock
This Little Piggy
Little Miss Muffet
Ring Around the Rosie
Three Blind Mice
Georgie Porgie
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Rock-a-Bye Baby
FAIRY TALES
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Little Red Riding Hood
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
The Little Mermaid
Rumpelstiltskin
The Princess and the Pea
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Frog Prince
The Three Little Pigs
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Ugly Duckling
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Fill in the blanks with your TOPIC / CLINCHER sentences.
The name of your Nursery Rhyme or Fairy Tale::
Topic sentence:
THINK ABOUT THE STORY AND HOW YOU WOULD TELL IT . . . . THEN WRITE ITS LAST SENTENCE. REMEMBER IT MUST CONNECT TO THE FIRST SENTENCE.
Clincher sentence:
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Topic sentence:
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Topic sentence:
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The name of your Nursery Rhyme or Fairy Tale::
Topic sentence:
THINK ABOUT THE STORY AND HOW YOU WOULD TELL IT . . . . THEN WRITE ITS LAST SENTENCE. REMEMBER IT MUST CONNECT TO THE FIRST SENTENCE.
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