Schaffer Writing Model
Step 1: The Body Paragraph
Directions
Divide a sheet of paper into 6 blocks and label the blocks as follows:
1. Topic Sentence
2. Concrete Detail
3. Commentary
4. Chunk
5. Concluding Sentence
6. Body Paragraph Outline
Block 1 – Topic Sentence
Block 2 – Concrete Detail
Examples of Concrete Details
Block 3 - Commentary
Examples of commentary
This shows that the author probably chose Mrs. Meeching’s name in order to give us a clue about her creepiness. Her name is used as foreshadowing because it makes us realize that she is scary even before she actually does anything.
Block 4 - Chunk
Block 5: Concluding Sentence
Basic Body Paragraph Outline
Beyond the Basics –Paragraph Outline
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