Transitional Paragraphs

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Transitional Paragraphs

• English IIAcademic

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Transitional Paragraph

• What is it?
• A paragraph giving good background information
  about the topic.
• Where is it located?
• Second paragraphright after introduction
• Why do I need it?
• Gives your audience the information they need.
• Establishes your credibility.

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Topic Sentence

• The umbrella for your transitional paragraph.
• Everything else in the paragraph should fit under
  your topic sentence.
• Piggyback (or continue from) the background
  information you included in your introduction.
• If you used a summarizing statistic, begin with a
  definition. If you used a definition, begin with
  a summarizing statistic.

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Transitional Paragraph

• Year-round schooling is a modified school
  schedule for elementary, middle school, and high
  school students.

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Information

• Your A and B from your outline
• Two or more pieces of background information that
  relate to your topic.
• These pieces of background information should
  relate specifically to your opinion.

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Information

• In year-round schools, terms last forty-five to
  sixty days. After these forty-five to sixty day
  terms, students take a two to three week break.

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Address the Opposition/ Make a Bold Claim

• Give me a a phrase/sentence that addresses the
  other side of your argument.
• Follow that phrase/sentence with a solid
  statement reinforcing your opinion.
• Many times this will start with the word
  although

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Address Opposition/ Make Bold Claim

• Although many people think that year-round
  schooling prevents kids from really being kids,
  this is not true. Year-round schooling helps
  kids become better students it does not stop
  them from having fun.

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Hint at a Call to Action

• Your A from your conclusion (V).
• This is only a hint
• Do not make this a commandmake it a suggestion.
• A good tip is to start with the word if

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Hint at Call to Action

• If year-round schooling were implemented,
  students could more frequent breaks and reap the
  benefits of a continuous educational system.

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Whole Paragraph

• Year-round schooling is a modified school
  schedule for elementary, middle school, and high
  school students. In year-round schools, terms
  last forty-five to sixty days. After these
  forty-five to sixty day terms, students take a
  two to three week break. Although many people
  think year-round schooling prevents kids from
  really being kids, this is not true. Year-round
  schooling helps kids become better students it
  does not stop them from having fun. If year-round
  schooling were implemented, students could enjoy
  more frequent breaks while reaping the benefits
  of a continuous educational system.