Leaves and Paragraphs

 

Above you see six different renderings of a leaf, leaves, or leafiness. Any favorites?

Below we're going to give close readings of paragraphs from different student essays. The names of the authors have been removed. Can you tell if it's an introductory paragraph, a body paragraph, or a concluding paragraph? What features tell you? 

Write something positive about each paragraph Be specific as possible. What could be improved? Again, be as specific as possible. Lastly, do you see any mistakes in grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. ? Mark all of these things in the handy worksheet that I will hand out at the start of our critique.

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