Lesson One - Parent-Child Relationships

Assignment 1

(30 marks - one day)

Open a new Word document. Label it E302U2L1surname 
In this document, complete the assignment outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox Folder for U2L1 poem paragraph

Choose ONE of the poems OR the song lyrics.
Write a detailed paragraph of at least eight sentences, that answers the question, "What idea does the poem suggest about the relationship between parents and their children?"

Write a detailed paragraph, set up in the following manner: (NEXT)

• New idea - answer the question and provide a statement of theme (thesis) for the paragraph
• Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
• eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
• Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
• eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
• Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
• eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
• The Conclusion - provide a conclusion that sums up this paragraph 

Your paragraph, then, will follow the "principle of thirds" - you create a statement, and then provide three pieces of evidence to support it, evidence for which you provide explanations.

Follow this method when you are writing the body paragraphs of an essay - at least three paragraphs with a topic statement presenting a new idea that will develop the thesis, followed by three sets of evidence and explanations.