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Title: Transitional Paragraphs


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Transitional Paragraphs
  • English IIAcademic

2
Transitional Paragraph
  • What is it?
  • A paragraph giving good background information
    about the topic.
  • Where is it located?
  • Second paragraphright after introduction
  • Why do I need it?
  • Gives your audience the information they need.
  • Establishes your credibility.

3
Topic Sentence
  • The umbrella for your transitional paragraph.
  • Everything else in the paragraph should fit under
    your topic sentence.
  • Piggyback (or continue from) the background
    information you included in your introduction.
  • If you used a summarizing statistic, begin with a
    definition. If you used a definition, begin with
    a summarizing statistic.

4
Transitional Paragraph
  • Year-round schooling is a modified school
    schedule for elementary, middle school, and high
    school students.

5
Information
  • Your A and B from your outline
  • Two or more pieces of background information that
    relate to your topic.
  • These pieces of background information should
    relate specifically to your opinion.

6
Information
  • In year-round schools, terms last forty-five to
    sixty days. After these forty-five to sixty day
    terms, students take a two to three week break.

7
Address the Opposition/ Make a Bold Claim
  • Give me a a phrase/sentence that addresses the
    other side of your argument.
  • Follow that phrase/sentence with a solid
    statement reinforcing your opinion.
  • Many times this will start with the word
    although

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Address Opposition/ Make Bold Claim
  • Although many people think that year-round
    schooling prevents kids from really being kids,
    this is not true. Year-round schooling helps
    kids become better students it does not stop
    them from having fun.

9
Hint at a Call to Action
  • Your A from your conclusion (V).
  • This is only a hint
  • Do not make this a commandmake it a suggestion.
  • A good tip is to start with the word if

10
Hint at Call to Action
  • If year-round schooling were implemented,
    students could more frequent breaks and reap the
    benefits of a continuous educational system.

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Whole Paragraph
  • Year-round schooling is a modified school
    schedule for elementary, middle school, and high
    school students. In year-round schools, terms
    last forty-five to sixty days. After these
    forty-five to sixty day terms, students take a
    two to three week break. Although many people
    think year-round schooling prevents kids from
    really being kids, this is not true. Year-round
    schooling helps kids become better students it
    does not stop them from having fun. If year-round
    schooling were implemented, students could enjoy
    more frequent breaks while reaping the benefits
    of a continuous educational system.
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