Writing a Paragraph with a Quotation

1. Figure out if you want to argue that the Herold family was or was not responsible for Travis’s behavior.

The Herold family was / was not (chose one) responsible for Travis’s behavior because (add a reason why) ____________________________________________________.

Use some version of this sentence the topic sentence for your paragraph. A topic sentence expresses the central idea of a paragraph.

 2. Locate three quotations from the text as examples that support your point.

3. Choose one quotation from these three that would be the best quotation to include in your paragraph.

4. Write a paragraph that includes the following:

·         Your topic sentence

·         Your quotation (the one you chose)

·         Other examples from the text that support your point

One person can type this in Microsoft Word and send it as an email attachment to me at suzzilia@lagcc.cuny.edu. Make sure to include the names of everyone who worked on your paragraph.