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Task 8: Greatness Recounted
Read this paragraph and determine its parts.
Good Deed
Source: http://marsdenarenglish.wordpress.com/academic‐paragraphs/model‐narrativeparagraphs/
I learned about the joy of helping others when I was in kindergarten. One of
my classmates had forgotten his snack, so he had nothing to eat during recess.
Nobody wanted to share with him because we were all very hungry and it was really
his own fault that he would have to go without. That day my mother had packed my
favorite treat: a chocolate and peanut butter cup. I wanted it all for myself, but my
mother had often told me that I should share, so I broke my chocolate and peanut
butter cup in half and gave my forgetful classmate half. He nearly fell over in
surprise. Then he smiled the biggest smile I had ever seen and I suddenly felt the
greatest happiness I had ever felt. After that, I always looked for chances to help
people, because it always made them and me feel good.
DRAFT
2. How does the writer develop this idea in the sentences that follow?
April 10, 2014
Questions to answer:
1. What does the writer articulate in the first sentence?
3. How does the paragraph end? What is signified in the last sentence?
4. What are the parts of the paragraph?
5. How does the character in the paragraph manifest greatness?
6. Compare this paragraph with the two poems in YOUR TEXTS. What
makes it different from the two? Use the table to note your answer. (No
table is provided.)
Task 9: WRITESHOP
Recount your experience. Was there an instance that you or a person you know
responded to the call of greatness? Before you do that, read more details about how
to write a narrative paragraph.
A narrative paragraph tells a story. It shows readers what happened at a
particular place and time.
Use this link, http://classroom.synonym.com/write-one-welldevelopednarrative-paragraph-4475.html,
to know more about how to write a narrative
paragraph.