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Assignment

Close your eyes and relax. Concentrate on what 

you feel (your sense of touch, not your 

emotions.) Write three sentences describing 

what you feel-and nothing else.

Model

The fingers of my right hand touch the 

leather on my shoe. My eyes are tired and 

welcome the moment's restful closing. My 

ear itches slightly.

Yours

.....write your paragraph in the composition 

book

Student Model

Share with the partner on your side of the 

sandwich.

Partner A Shortest partner reads first.

Partner B listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

switch roles

Partner B reads.

Partner A listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

Teacher Model

My fingers feel the tapping sounds that 

emanate from my keyboard. The keys are 

smooth. I feel the edges of the keys and 

the empty spaces between them.

Revision 1

Now look over your three-sentence 

paragraph. Do you want to improve it in 

any way?

If so, do so by crossing out and rewriting. 

Revision 2

Think up a short title for your paragraph. 

Write it in the space above your 

paragraph.

Assignment

A news article answers factually the 5W's within 

the first paragraph. Who? What? Where? 

When? Why? or How?

Write a three sentence paragraph that strictly 

follows this rule about any incident that recently 

happened to you or someone you know.

Be sure to answer the five questions-and 

nothing else. 

Model-

Yesterday, I lost my job as a part-time 

salesperson at Fuller's downtown branch. I 

told the manager that he was an unfair 

tyrant. He fired me on the spot.

Yours

.....write your paragraph in the composition 

book

Student Model

Partners are top crust/top crust, 

                 bottom crust/bottom crust

Partner A Shortest partner reads first.

Partner B listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

switch roles

Partner B reads.

Partner A listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

Teacher Model

Sally Matthews received a phone call at 3 

p.m. in the afternoon. The caller told her 

that her dog had run away, because the 

front gate had not been locked. The dog, 

named Spot, later was found outside of 

Starbucks.

Revision 1

Now look over your three-sentence 

paragraph. Do you want to improve it in 

any way?

If so, do so by crossing out and rewriting. 

Revision 2

Think up a short title for your paragraph. 

Write it in the space above your 

paragraph.

Assignment

Use one of the following statements in your 

three sentences.

"I don't care."

"Call the police."

"I've waited for this for a long time."

"It's worth trying."

"Find out what Al thinks."

Model-

"Call the police!" I heard someone shout in 

the corridor. I ran to the door and opened 

it. There, down the hall, I saw a sight that 

will haunt me as long as I live.

Yours

.....write your paragraph in the composition 

book

Teacher Model

Jackson stared at his partners in crime, 

one hand full of cash, the other full of 

jewels. "What do you want me to do with 

the cash? Jackson yelled to his friend.

"Throw the jewels in the trash, I don't 

care. Keep the cash and run!"

Student Model

Partners are top crust/top crust, 

                 bottom crust/bottom crust

Partner A Shortest partner reads first.

Partner B listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

switch roles

Partner B reads.

Partner A listens and gives a compliment using a 

detail from the writing.

Revision 1

Now look over your three-sentence 

paragraph. Do you want to improve it in 

any way?

If so, do so by crossing out and rewriting. 

Revision 2

Think up a short title for your paragraph. 

Write it in the space above your 

paragraph.

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