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The Jane Schaffer method is a formula for essay writing that is taught in some U.S. middle schools and high schools.Developed by a San Diego teacher named Jane Schaffer, who started offering training and a 45-day curriculum in 1995, it is intended to help students who struggle with structuring essays by providing a framework.
The topic sentence acts as a kind of summary, and offers the reader an insightful view of the writer’s main ideas for the following paragraph. [3] More than just being a mere summary, however, a topic sentence often provides a claim or an insight directly or indirectly related to the thesis. It adds cohesion to a paper and helps organize ...
Techniques to hold the reader's attention include keeping the opening sentence to the point, showing attitude, shocking, and being controversial. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] One of the most famous opening lines, " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ", starts a sentence of 118 words [ 4 ] that draws the reader in by its contradiction; the first ...
In Virgil’s Aeneid, the epic poet conversationally writes “Varium et mutabile semper femina.” In case you’re a little dusty on your Latin, that translates to the popular, modern-day adage ...
Translation: boy, the Hoosiers sure do look good! Forget about Ohio State exposing Indiana as anything but worthy for two quarters in the one game that mattered most. Forget about the undeniable ...
We should also probably have some summaries that don't closely follow the essay, but which are still good summaries. If there are any, that is. The point is to give more insight in what is a good summary.--Laukku TheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 10:40, 25 November 2009 (UTC) Citizen Kane's plot summary is good, but with a few pieces of prose. I agree ...
A baby without a father. A mother who carries her son in an urn. Two teens behind bars. Nearly two years after the shooting outside a Whataburger, the families involved are still reeling.
‘This is a ball.’ If the sentence is true, children should put a tick next to the picture. If the sentence is false, children should put a cross next to the picture. Part 1 tests reading short sentences and recognizing words. Part 2 has a big picture and some sentences about the picture. If the sentence is true, children should write ‘yes’.