Topic / Clincher Connection Assignment

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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.

1.  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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Topic sentence:  

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How to Write the Procedural Portion of Your Essay (at bottom of story)

Write the Introduction: Start by introducing the procedure. Explain what it is and why it’s useful or fun.

The "procedure" embedded in your essay should flow with the story. You will not be able to go into great detail in the story part of your essay. Below the story, you should write the procedure in a clear, straightforward way.

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How to Write the Procedural Portion of Your Essay (at bottom of story)

List the Materials: Before describing the steps, provide a list of everything needed to complete the procedure.

Write the Steps: Use clear language and action words to describe each step in the process. Make sure to:

Use short, simple sentences.
Describe one step at a time.
Make sure the steps are in the right order.


Edit and Revise: Read through your essay to check for mistakes. Make sure your instructions are clear and easy to understand. Ask a friend or family member to read it and give feedback.

Format Your Essay: Make sure it’s neat and organized. Check for proper spelling and grammar.

THISTLE KWO Cooking is Easy

 Create a handwritten KWO for this information

 Cooking is Easy for Us!

Cooking can be easy these days, but it wasn’t easy for the early American settlers.

They mostly used open fires to cook. Food took a long time to cook. It all had to

be boiled in one pot because only one pot could fit over the fire. People ate a lot

of stews, soups, and chowders. (P1 /5 sentences)

 

They also liked to eat wild turkey and pigs. People say that they ate every part

of the pig but its squeal! (P2 /2 sentences)

Corn was easy to grow, so they had lots of it. They also had apples, nuts, maple

sugar, and honey. These were easy to find at different times of the year. 

They were also simple to prepare.  (P3 /4 sentences)

Today we can find almost any food at any time of the year in the grocery store.

We do not have to cook over an open fire or all in one pot. Compared to the

days of the early settlers, we have it easy! (P4 /3 sentences)

Roman Hypocaust Systems DUE 9-27-23

Submit your work in this order (stapled at the top left)

1) Essay Final Draft with properly indicated stylistic techniques (DRESS UPs and OPENERs)   ON TOP

2) Checklist

3) KWO (handwritten)    ON BOTTOM

THE REQUIRED STYLISTIC REQUIREMENTS:

DRESS UPs
w/w =  one who or which clause

bc = one because clause (inside the sentence --> DRESS UPs never start the sentence)

ly  = an adverb ending in "ly" that modifies a verb

QA = quality adjective

SV = strong verb

OPENERs

(1)  =  A sentence that begins with the word "Because." Make sure it is a complete sentence and that it has a comma after the "because clause."

(6)  = vss / a very short sentence / 5 words or less

Remember that you may consult outside sources in order to gain a little bit more information. Include the source / website at the bottom of your final draft

KWO the outside information, and include it in your main KWO

NO banned words, contractions or dialogue (famous or fitting quotes are acceptable)

Here is a link to the template for your CHECKLIST.   It is also available on the side bar of this website.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tB95vO37zy7I0hfu6eauE6QeM6lXAU6h6jBzHgV87jI/edit?usp=sharing

Juggling Words (Scarlett/Struedel/County Fair)

Take the  (S) subject opener sentence and change it (minimally) to create each OPENER style sentence.

Indicate properly. NO banned words, contractions, or dialogue.

Remember that your (1) OPENER must have a real “cause and effect.”  There must be a real reason for the word “because.”

Here is the (S) OPENER sentence.

(S) Scarlett baked an apple strudel that won first place at the County Fair.

After completing this part of the classwork, add dress ups . . . . choose a different sentence for each dress up.

Career Essay (2 Phases)

Write your essay about a career you are interested in OR on someone who has/had the career that you are interested in.

Phase ONE

Examples:
If you are interested in becoming an astronaut, you might want to write about John Glenn or Neil Armstrong.

If you are interested in teaching, you might want to write about Aristotle or St. Elizabeth Ann Seton or Anne Sullivan.

If you are interested in becoming a lawyer, you might want to write about Abraham Lincoln or Sam Houston or Teresa Collett.

If you are interested in becoming an artist, you might want to write about Botticelli or Caravaggio.

If you are interested in working to forward the pro-life movement, you might want to write about Abby Johnson or Tim Tebow.

If you are interested in becoming an engineer, you might want to write about Nikola Tesla, Elon Musk or Sarah Guppy.

If you are interested in becoming a doctor, you might want to write about Dr. Michael DeBakey, Hippocrates, or Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell

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Phase TWO

Address details such as:

Best schools for this major 

Average time to complete the education necessary for this career  (Explain)

Different hiring scenarios   (What companies or other options are there?) 

Demand in the marketplace for this career

Average beginning salary

Average workload