How to Write a Point Proof Comment Paragraph:

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1 How to Write a Point Proof Comment Paragraph: Point: State your opinion on the topic. Proofs (x3): Give three (3) reasons for your opinion. Comment: Re write your point and proofs or a general comment about the topic Example question: What is the most important lesson you learned when you were young? Use one of the life lessons mentioned in the text All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (by Robert Fulghum). Point The most important lesson I learned when I was young was The Golden Rule, which means that we should treat others as we want to be treated. Proof #1 (Reason #1) First of all, Firstly,... Proof #2 (Reason #2) Secondly, Proof #3 (Reason #3) Finally,... Thirdly, Comment/ Summary In conclusion, To conclude,... To summarize,... First of all, this lesson is important because the Golden Rule reminds me that we are all the same, no matter who we are or where we are from; we all need love and kindness. Secondly, this lesson is important because it teaches me that everyone deserves love, no matter who they are or what they have done. Finally, this lesson is important because it was Jesus number one rule, and I value and respect what is important to him. In conclusion, the most important lesson I learned in kindergarten was the Golden Rule. This lesson taught me that we are all the same, no matter who we are or where we are from; we all need love and kindness, that everyone deserves love, no matter who they are or what they have done, and that everyone deserves love, no matter who they are or what they have done.

2 FIRST DRAFT: Point Proof #1 (Reason #1) First of all, Firstly,... Proof #2 (Reason #2) Secondly, Proof #3 (Reason #3) Finally,... Thirdly, Comment/ Summary In conclusion, To conclude,... To summarize,... The most important lesson I learned when I was young was. First of all, this lesson is important because _. Secondly, this lesson is important because. Finally, this lesson is important because. In conclusion, the most important lesson I learned when I was young was. This lesson taught me {Re write Proof/Reason #1}, it taught me {Re write Proof/Reason #2}, and it taught me {Re write Proof/Reason #3}.

3 FINAL DRAFT: Next, put all of your paragraph sentences together, in order, and re write them on the lines below. Add a title that tells your reader what your paragraph is about. Title:

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5 What Are the Lessons the Author Says We All Learn in Kindergarten? Important words and phrases to know before you read the article: kindergarten: a school like place where children spend one year learning life lessons (sharing, playing, responsibility) before starting Grade 1; wisdom: knowledge about how life works; The Golden Rule: a rule, taught to us by Jesus, that says we should treat others as we would like them to treat us (that is, with kindness, love, and respect); and sane: healthy, especially a healthy mind. Lesson from Kindergarten In other words... Share everything. Play fair. Don t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don t take things that aren t yours. Say you re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and point and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic,...hold hands......and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup they all die. So do we. Look.

6 The Golden Rule. Love. Basic sanitation. Ecology. Politics. Sane living.