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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Take turns explaining your analysis and evaluation of the transition words in “The Nobel Peace Prize 1993.” Discuss how the transition words enhance your understanding. Record notes from your discussion.
ACTIVITY 2.5
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I agree with
Will you please explain that?
I think the transition word is effective because .
because .
Write a short Biography
After analyzing and evaluating transitions in “The Nobel Peace Prize 1993,” you have enough information to write a short biography. Choose someone you know or have read about. Make sure to use transition words to link the events in the biography. Before writing, read the model short biography provided. Notice the transition words in each sentence.
Try structuring your biography in the same way.
ModEl: SHort BiograpHy
My mother was born in New Mexico in 1973. Just after my mother was born, her family moved to California. As a result, she doesn’t remember much about New Mexico. Later her family moved to New York, where my mother still lives today.
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