Body Paragraphs with "The Veldt"

Body Paragraphs with "The Veldt"

by Christia Ouellette

Poll

How do you feel about writing essays?

• Really confident. They're very easy for me!

• I definitely can write a solid essay

• I can write one, but I struggle

• I have a VERY hard time writing

Open Ended

Table discussion!!!! Why do you think it's important to plan out your thesis statement AFTER you've located the evidence you are going to use in the essay?

Open Ended

The most difficult part of writing a paragraph for me is ________________

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is most likely the topic sentence of the paragraph?

The best trip my family ever took was to New Orleans, Louisiana. We drove there in two days. I didn't think it would be very interesting, but I was wrong. We saw the Mississippi River, rode a horse carriage in the French Quarter, and visited a cemetery where everyone was buried above the ground. I liked the food best, especially the New Orleans doughnuts called beignets.

• I didn't think it would be very interesting, but I was wrong.

• We drove there in two days.

• The best trip my family ever took was to New Orleans, Louisiana.

• I liked the food best, especially the New Orleans doughnuts called beignets.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is most likely the topic sentence of the paragraph?

No one likes to eat with a dirty knife, fork, or spoon. It is important to completely wash all utensils before using them. Using clean, soapy water is best. Clean utensils won't transmit germs and bacteria. They also are more pleasant to eat with. No one likes to pick up a fork with food stuck on it!

• No one likes to eat with a dirty knife, fork, or spoon.

• It is important to completely wash all utensils before using them.

• Clean utensils won't transmit germs and bacteria.

• They also are more pleasant to eat with.

Open Ended

Write CONTEXT/BACKGROUND (2-3 sentences) for the following quote:

"And here were the lions now, fifteen feet away, so real, so feverishly and startlingly real that you could feel the prickling fur on your hand" (Bradbury 2).

Multiple Choice

When warning Eckels about the rules of the trip, Travis declares, "The stomp of your foot, on one mouse, could start an earthquake" (Bradbury 3).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Bradbury writes "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship." (1).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly?

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky pp 55).

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation (Kurlansky 55)."

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation." (Kurlansky 55)

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky 55).

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of analysis in a paragraph?

• To restate the prompt

• To summarize the evidence

• To explain how the evidence supports the prompt

• To analyze how the evidence proves/supports the thesis statement

Open Ended

Prompt: How do authors create realistic settings to engage the reader?

"And here were the lions now, fifteen feet away, so real, so feverishly and startlingly real that you could feel the prickling fur on your hand" (Bradbury 2).

WRITE THE ANALYSIS for this quote to respond to the prompt (2-4 sentences)