Hereditary Traits



For English this week, you are to write at least two paragraphs about a characteristic or trait that you have inherited from your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, or whomever. Perhaps it will be the color of your hair. Maybe you suffer from hay fever. Are you exceptionally short, tall, thin, or large? Are you left-handed? Do you have an ear for music which is exceptional? How are you like your ancestors (living and deceased?)

Develop a composition with a good topic sentence, transitional sentence(s), and a strong concluding sentence. Your supporting sentences should be specific and full of details. One of your supporting sentences must be a compound sentence. REMEMBER a compound sentence is one sentence joined to another sentence by a comma and the words and, or, but.

REMEMBER:

  1. ___ 5-8 sentences for each paragraph, including a topic and concluding sentence
  2. ___ A TRANSITIONAL sentence which smoothly takes your reader from one paragraph to another
  3. ___ five elements of good writing; focus on PURPOSE and DIRECTION
  4. ___ clearly REWORKED rough draft
  5. ___ final is neat and written in ink
  6. ___ signature of adult who helped you proofread your work for IDEAS and PRESENTATION
  7. ___ all three papers stapled together with final on top


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