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3. With a small group, share your notes and respond to your group members’ opinions about the relationships of the Costello and Fisher brothers. Then write one sentence describing each relationship.
relationship of the Costello brothers: relationship of the Fisher brothers:
4. Work with your partner or small group to write a thesis statement comparing the Costello brothers’ relationship to the Fisher brothers’ relationship. Use a subordinate adverbial clause to show which of the two relationships you think is better or more important.
WrITING to SOUrCES Expository Writing Prompt: With your writing group, write a literary analysis paragraph about one of the sibling relationships (Costello
or Fisher brothers). Half the group should write about the Costellos and the other half about the Fishers. Be sure to:
• Use one of the sentences from Step 3 as a topic sentence.
• Provide supporting detail from the novel as textual evidence and write commentary.
• Use transition words and subordinate clauses.
Before you read the two drafts, get sets of four different colored pencils, one set for each member of your group. Choose a color code and fill in the blanks below:
____________ (1st color): topic sentence ____________ (2nd color): textual evidence ____________ (3rd color): commentary ____________ (4th color): transitions
Mark one another’s drafts by underlining according to your color key.
Review the markings made on each draft. What do the text markings tell you about your own writing? Are you missing any key elements of the literary analysis paragraph? Use the information to revise and improve your writing.
my Notes
Grammar USaGe
Punctuating Transitions
When you use a transition at the beginning of a sentence, follow it with a comma. When you use a transition to connect two complete thoughts, precede the transition with a semicolon and follow it with
a comma. Notice how these sentences use transitions to indicate a contrast between the Fisher and Costello brothers.
• Unlike the Costellos, the Fisher brothers loathe one another.
• The Costello brothers are great friends; in contrast, the Fisher brothers are like enemies.
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