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1. Follow the directions below to create sentences, and then you will put it all together to make body paragraph 1 🙂

2. After you post, please review another student’s work with a
minimum of 5 sentences, telling them what they did well, what things
they could change to improve, and ask any questions you have.

Part A: Use a transition + Write the topic sentence for your summary paragraph.
Review the lecture on writing a summary to help you.

Remember, a topic sentences for a summary requires the following:

Author and book title + action verb + author’s thesis or big idea in chapters 2,3,4.

Example: In his book Michael Dell turns the PC World Inside Out,
Andrew E. Serwer claims that Dell’s low-cost, direct-sales strategy
and high quality standards account for Dell’s enormous success.

Action Verbs:

argue	state	refute the claim	suggest	criticize
claim	report	argue against	recommend
contend	explain	insist	illustrate
maintain	discuss	posit	observe

Write your topic sentence:

Part B: Briefly discuss major ideas in the 3 chapters

Caution: Do not copy phrases or sentences. Instead, use your own words.

Avoid unnecessary words like “This chapter discussed…” “I am going to tell you about…”

Let the author speak. Keep yourself out of it. Don’t say anything
like this: “To me, the most interesting…” “I was surprised to learn
that…” Statements like these indicate a personal RESPONSE. They do not
belong in a SUMMARY.

Here’s an outline for summary sentences:

Transition + In chapter 2, write 3 summary sentences capturing big ideas.
Transition + In chapter 3, write 3 summary sentences capturing big ideas.
Transition + In chapter 4, write 3 summary sentences capturing big ideas.
[I know you may not have read chapter 4 yet, so no worries. You can add these two sentences in later 🙂 ]

Write your sentences here:

Part C: Write a concluding sentence that uses a simple transition
like in conclusion and then re-states the thesis but in different words.

Write your conclusion sentence here:

Part D: Put your sentences together and write your summary paragraph below: