Wednesday

1. Discuss chapter 1 of The Bean Trees
2. Quiet reading time. Finish chapter 2 for tomorrow (page 46)
3. HOMEWORK (20 points): Choose one of the three paragraphs that you wrote on the Robert Frost poems. Your assignment today is to completely rewrite it, adding three sentences of elaboration. To do this, you must use three different examples of the wording from our transitional sentences exercise today. Feel free to add other sentences of your own, of course, but three of them must have the words listed below. Underline those words :)

Agreement
as a matter of fact
in the light of the fact that 
to say nothing of
similarly
Adding to what's been said
moreover
of course
likewise
not only ... but also
in addition
Contradiction
although it may be true that . . .
Despite the fact that 

of course ..., but

on the other hand

Cause/effect; consequence
in order to fully understand ...

by the same token

since

given that

consequently

therefore

Example

It is important to realize

because (yes, you can start a sentence with "because")

The most compelling evidence

To put it another way

in other words

Effect; Result

under those circumstances

consequently

therefore

for this reason

Conclusion

in either case

in the final analysis

usually

in essence

given these points