The Hamburger – think BIG Mac with 2 all 
           beef patties
  • Color  Coding for Prewriting and Rough Drafts
  Claim/Topic Sentence 
  Concrete Detail/Data/Evidence (data)
  Commentary/Warrant/Explanation (CM)
  Commentary/Warrant/Explanation(CM)
  Concrete Detail/Data/Evidence (data)
  Commentary/Warrant/Explanation (CM)
  Commentary/Warrant/Explanation(CM)
  Concluding Sentence/Clincher
  • A ONE-Chunk paragraph is SEVEN to EIGHT sentences.
        The “Chunk”
  • Claim
  • Data
  • Commentary: CM
  • Commentary : CM
  • Data
  • Commentary: CM
  • Commentary : CM
  • A “chunk” consists of 2 data sentence(s) and     
   2 commentary sentences for each data.
            Claim
  • 1st sentence in body ¶ 
  • The SUBJECT of your ¶
  • Tells what whole ¶  is about (the MAIN IDEA)
  • Your OPINION includes COMMENTARY words
    states your claim – what you are going to prove
        Example: Claim
  NOTE: When writing only one paragraph the 
   claim must include the title and the author of 
   the story (TAG).
  • title & author: In “Cinderella,” by Charles 
   Perrault,
  • main idea: the stepmother is cruel.
  • In “Cinderella,” by Charles Perrault, the 
   stepmother is cruel.
         Concrete Detail/DATA
  • Follows claim in a One-Chunk ¶
  • The “STUFF from the STORY”
  • The evidence/proof that supports claim in the TS
  • A data is so SPECIFIC that you can say on which page it 
   occurred. 
  • Always write down (cite) from which page it came.
  • You cannot disagree with a data.  It either happened or it 
   didn’t.
  • PARAPHRASE what happens in the story (put in your own 
   words) OR use a direct QUOTATION
  • Always write the data sentence in T,L,DATA (#). Format  (4 
   parts to the sentence)