After picking your subtopics, find a minimum of two articles on each subtopic to create your own informational paragraph. Use a quote or two cited from one or the other source to strengthen the creditability. Construct a quality paragraph clearly stating your topic, subtopic, and claim in the topic sentence. Then explain your subtopic using details quoted and paraphrased with your interpretation. End strong with a conclusion paragraph. Be sure to include multiple facts to help people understand your Shakespearience topic.
Example including directions restated.
These paragraphs are just like our Cultural Literacy Friday reading and writings.
Read two or three sources on a subtopic of your topic and interact with the text by copying notes or printing and highlighting facts. Then decide your best evidence to use in a paragraph to explain your subtopic to others. Remember that a Topic Sentence has a topic, sources, and a claim. Your claim should be how the evidence leads you to believe.
Example Topic Sentences –
Weapons used both offensively and defensively in Rome came in many superior and tactful varieties as supported by webpages by Mandy Barrows and T.J.
Example Supporting Details of Paragraph including a quote from each document -
Weapons included what a fighter would wear into battle including a sword or gladius, shield called a scutum, helmet or cassis, half-swords or semispathea, mail, javelin, bow, and dart.
Other weapons included specialization of cavalry.
"The gladius was a very effective sword. It was a smaller sword used for thrusting instead of a long, heavy one, because a long, heavy one took too much energy to fight with" (J.T.)
Example Concluding Sentence -
Weapons clearly helped Rome become a conquering powerful nation.
Barrow, Mandy. "Roman Soldiers for Kids - Pictures and Information." Roman Soldiers for Kids - Pictures and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.
J., T. "Roman Weapons and Tactics." Roman Weapons and Tactics. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.
After picking your subtopics, find a minimum of two articles on each subtopic to create your own informational paragraph. Use a quote or two cited from one or the other source to strengthen the creditability. Construct a quality paragraph clearly stating your topic, subtopic, and claim in the topic sentence. Then explain your subtopic using details quoted and paraphrased with your interpretation. End strong with a conclusion paragraph. Be sure to include multiple facts to help people understand your Shakespearience topic.
Example including directions restated.
These paragraphs are just like our Cultural Literacy Friday reading and writings.
Read two or three sources on a subtopic of your topic and interact with the text by copying notes or printing and highlighting facts. Then decide your best evidence to use in a paragraph to explain your subtopic to others. Remember that a Topic Sentence has a topic, sources, and a claim. Your claim should be how the evidence leads you to believe.
Example Topic Sentences –
Weapons used both offensively and defensively in Rome came in many superior and tactful varieties as supported by webpages by Mandy Barrows and T.J.
Example Supporting Details of Paragraph including a quote from each document -
Weapons included what a fighter would wear into battle including a sword or gladius, shield called a scutum, helmet or cassis, half-swords or semispathea, mail, javelin, bow, and dart.
Other weapons included specialization of cavalry.
"The gladius was a very effective sword. It was a smaller sword used for thrusting instead of a long, heavy one, because a long, heavy one took too much energy to fight with" (J.T.)Example Concluding Sentence -
Weapons clearly helped Rome become a conquering powerful nation.
Sources in MLA after copying URL into www.easybib.com
Barrow, Mandy. "Roman Soldiers for Kids - Pictures and Information." Roman Soldiers for Kids - Pictures and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.J., T. "Roman Weapons and Tactics." Roman Weapons and Tactics. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.