Name a paragraph’s development tool

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Opening: At dawn, Jo found an empty stage. Development: cold floor under bare feet. Transition: then. Closing: Jo realized practice had made the stage less frightening.
• Primary check: Opening: A paper hinge bends at a crease. Development: A crease is a pressed fold line. Transition: also. Closing: These parts let the model bend.

Learn the idea

Different genres need different development. Sensory detail builds a scene, definitions clarify an explanation, reasons with evidence support an argument and personal updates suit a letter.

Identify the supplied detail and the role it plays. Add a second detail that serves the same genre.

Example to read or listen to: Opening: At dawn, Jo found an empty stage. Development: cold floor under bare feet. Transition: then. Closing: Jo realized practice had made the stage less frightening. The answer is sensory detail. The relevant input states: Development: cold floor under bare feet. This fits sensory detail. Different genres need different development. Sensory detail builds a scene, definitions clarify an explanation, reasons with evidence support an argument and personal updates suit a letter. An adjective alone is not an argument’s evidence.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Identify the supplied detail and the role it plays. Add a second detail that serves the same genre.
3. Check the worked solution: sensory detail. The relevant input states: Development: cold floor under bare feet. This fits sensory detail. Different genres need different development. Sensory detail builds a scene, definitions clarify an explanation, reasons with evidence support an argument and personal updates suit a letter. An adjective alone is not an argument’s evidence.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Using supplied fictional facts—a paper model has a fold, three labeled parts, and a label helped two classmates name those parts—write a short explanation and a separate supported argument for labels. Add a connected opening, development, transition and ending to each. Do not claim measured learning beyond the supplied record. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: Different genres need different development. Sensory detail builds a scene, definitions clarify an explanation, reasons with evidence support an argument and personal updates suit a letter.

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