1. Five Themes Paragraph

2. Overview
You will be writing a paragraph applying three of the five themes of Geography to Montrose
In the following steps, you will be outlining this paragraph and checking your work with your partner

3. Step 1: Themes Pick three of the Themes of Geography to work with
Write a definition for each of these themes
Check with your partner to make sure you got the definitions right and understand them

4. Step 2: Examples
For each of the three themes, write down one thing about Montrose
These are your examples
Check with your partner to make sure that these are correct, detailed, and that they fit the theme

5. Step 3: Thesis
Come up with a single statement that describes how the three themes of Geography can be applied to Montrose
This will be your thesis
Check this with your partner

6. Step 4: Topic Sentence and Conclusion
Take your thesis and add something to it to make it sound interesting and to make people want to read your paper
Ask an interesting questions, put something interesting about Montrose, etc.
This is your Topic Sentence
Take your thesis and add something to it to expand on your paper and leave people thinking
Relate Montrose to other places, ask an interesting question, etc.
This is your Conclusion

7. Step 5: Put it all together
Your paragraph should go in the following order:
Topic Sentence
First Theme with definition
Example
Second Theme with definition
Third Theme with definition
Conclusion

8. Step 6: Peer Editing
Trade papers with somebody other than the partner that you have been working with
Check each others papers for all of the following:
A good topic sentence
Tries to grab the reader’s attention and contains a thesis
Three good themes with definitions
Good examples for each theme
A good conclusion
Restates the thesis and expands on the paragraph
Grammar and style
No structural problems, no spelling errors, everything makes sense, no first person, no contractions, no slang
You have to either find three things that your partner needs to fix or write a paragraph explaining why your partner’s paper is so good

9. Step 7: Final Draft
Your final draft is due on Monday, 8/26