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Homework Assignment # 1 - Revolutionary France
Homework Assignment # 1 - Revolutionary France
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Class Discussion - Core Concepts
Class Discussion - Core Concepts
Main Point - The French Revolution is a case study in the difficulty of building a stable democracy because of the time needed for a population to learn how to participate in a democracy and build the institutions used for managing a democracy.
Main Point - The French Revolution is a case study in the difficulty of building a stable democracy because of the time needed for a population to learn how to participate in a democracy and build the institutions used for managing a democracy.
Class Discussion - Timeline
Class Discussion - Timeline
Why did it take France almost a century to build a stable democratic government?
Class Discussion - Skills Development
Class Discussion - Skills Development
Class Assignment # 1 - Choosing Facts
Class Assignment # 1 - Choosing Facts
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Three Big Ideas in Writing
1. Good writing is about making it easier for the reader to understand the information being presented. It is not about making the writer look smart. Writing well involves following standard writing conventions, writing in direct active voice sentences and using common words.
2. Good writing is organized with a clear point, supported with evidence that is explained. It is not an "information dump" that forces the reader to make sense of the information.
3. The process of writing is really a thinking process that involves organizing ideas and gathering evidence. The actual process of writing happens after the thinking process.
Structure of a Paragraph
The organizational structure of a paragraph is designed to make it easier for the reader to understand the information being presented. A paragraph begins with a topic sentence that states the claim that is the focal idea of the paragraph. The body of the paragraph is made up of evidence that supports the claim in the topic sentence and reasoning that connects the evidence to the claim. This structure makes it easier for the reader to understand the information because the topic sentence tells the reader the content of the paragraph and prepares them for the evidence in the paragraph. The reasoning in the body of the paragraph shows the reader how the evidence supports the claim made in the topic sentence. It is important to recognize that a paragraph needs all three things to work in delivering information to the reader. The chart to the right makes the analogy between the parts of a paragraph and the parts of a bicycle. The key point is that all the parts have to be used correctly in order for something to work - missing one part and the whole thing falls apart.
In this activity you will identify the parts of a paragraph and the type of reasoning used in a statement.
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