Here are some suggested transitions to add to the similarities paragraph: (TS) The movie The Night of the Twisters had some similarities to the novel by Ivy Ruckman. Likewise, (SF1) both tell the story of the Hatch family: Mom, Dad, Dan, and Ryan. Furthermore, (SF2) the movie and novel show the series of tornadoes that destroyed a small town in Nebraska in June of 1980. Additionally, (SF3) the movie and the novel show the Hatch family trying to reunite because this "black letter day" separated them and put them in danger. Moreover, (SF4) both talk about "black letter days", and also about days when something really good happens--"red

1. December 6, 2011 Agenda:
+Unit 7 Vocabulary Lists
+Night of the Twisters Compare and Contrast Paper
->Transitions
->Begin Rough Draft Writing
Spelling/Vocabulary: Unit 7
=Vocabulary Option 3 due Friday, December 9th
Homework:
Rough Draft due Friday, December 9th
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2. Characters in this segment:
Setting (Where are the characters now?):
What happened? (3­5 sentence summary):
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3. Night of the Twisters-Novel Night of the Twisters-Movie
BOTH
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4. Night of the Twisters-Novel Night of the Twisters-Movie
BOTH
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5. Writing an Introduction:
Hook: (An intriguing, exciting statement about the novel that HOOKS the reader):
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Opening Statement: (This is an overall statement of the topic of the paper. In this
case, the event of the twisters hitting a small town in Nebraska.):
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6. Statement about the novel (i.e. the author, title, main event, etc.):
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Statement about the movie (i.e. the director, the main actors, title, main event, etc.):
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Thesis Statement (What you are trying to prove in your paper. In this case, that the novel and the movie have
similarities and differences):
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7. Paragraph 2: SIMILARITIES
Topic Sentence:
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8. Paragraph 3: DIFFERENCES
Topic Sentence:
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9. Writing a Conclusion:
Re­state your thesis:
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11. Transitions
*Transitions are words used to help ideas flow together and
make your writing make sense.
*Transitions help connect sentences and paragraphs to help
your writing flow and help to organize your thoughts.
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12. To show you have more information… To give an example…
Besides For example
Furthermore For instance
In addition to In particular
Indeed Particularly
In fact Specifically
Moreover To demonstrate
Second…third…etc. Finally To illustrate
Also
Next
Another
Last
To show a cause or a reason… To show a result or effect…
Because Accordingly
Because of According to
Due to Finally
For the reason of Consequently
Since So
Therefore
To show similarities and differences… To conclude…
Although Given these facts
However Hence
In comparison So
In contrast Therefore
Likewise Thus
Nevertheless Clearly
On the other hand
Similarly
Whereas
Yet
Besides
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13. Adding Transitions-Similarities Paragraph
(TS) The movie The Night of the Twisters had some
similarities to the novel by Ivy Ruckman. ___________, (SF1)
both tell the story of the Hatch family: Mom, Dad, Dan, and
Ryan. __________, (SF2) the movie and novel show the series
of tornadoes that destroyed a small town in Nebraska in June of
1980. _____________ (SF3) the movie and the novel show the
Hatch family trying to reunite because this "black letter day"
separated them and put them in danger. __________, (SF4)
both talk about "black letter days", and also about days when
something really good happens--"red letter days".
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