Week of 3/4

This week we will be working on our tech project binders. Your rough draft is due Friday. Please continue to diligently work in your binders. During class I will circulate to help you with transitional phrases, proper citation, and the STEPS method of writing body paragraphs.

Please go to the MLA links under the Class Resources section of my blog so you can explore information about proper parenthetical citation.

Your only homework is to work on your projects.

Here are some tips for using transitional phrases


Great Transitions

Transitions are like bridges between your ideas—they help your readers move from one
idea to the next. Here are some transition words and phrases you may wish to use in
your essay. Keep in mind that they can be used at the beginning of a sentence or within
a sentence.

If you are adding information or showing similarity between ideas:

• additionally • in addition • as well as • besides • also • another • so too • likewise
• furthermore • first of all/secondly/thirdly • to begin with • finally

If you are showing that one idea is different from another:

• however • but • even though • despite • although • in contrast • still • in spite of
• on the one hand/on the other hand • some people say/other people say • regardless
• yet

If you are showing that something is an example of what you just stated:

• for example • to illustrate • this can be seen • for instance • namely  • specifically

If you want to show cause and effect:

• as a result • consequently

If you want to add emphasis:

• in fact • of course • so • eventually • truly! • even • indeed

• it follows that! • therefore