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Writing Historical Paragraphs: Utah's Great Snow Explained

This guide provides directions for crafting a well-structured historical paragraph focused on why Utah experiences the greatest snow on Earth. It outlines steps for taking notes, transforming questions into topic sentences, and developing detailed support for your main idea. You will learn to incorporate analysis into your writing, justify your points, and effectively wrap up your paragraph. By following these instructions and using a checklist to review your work, you can create a compelling and informative historical paragraph about Utah's unique snowfall.

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Writing Historical Paragraphs: Utah's Great Snow Explained

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  1. How to write… Historical Paragraphs

  2. Directions: • Watch the slides • When you see words in italics, do what the slides are asking in your notebook

  3. List what you know • If the prompt is: • “Why does Utah have the greatest snow on earth?’ • List what you know in a bulleted format. • Now: List what you know about UTAH’S SNOW • Your list should look something like: • Moisture comes from the Pacific Ocean • It has to pass over the Sierra Nevadas on the way to Utah • It has to cross the DRY Great Basin • When moisture hits the high altitude of the Wasatch Mountains it drops • What is left is a dry, powdery snow

  4. Topic Sentence • Change the QUESTION into a SENTENCE • Use the KEY WORDS from the question in the topic sentence • Turn this question into a topic sentence: • “Why does Utah have the greatest snow on Earth?” • Your topic sentence should look something like: • “Utah has the great snow on Earth because of its location, altitude, and distance from the ocean.” • OR “Utah has the great snow on earth for many reasons.”

  5. Detailed Sentences • There are at least three detailed sentences • Use your bulleted notes to make at least THREE detailed sentences THAT SUPPORT YOUR TOPIC SENTENCES • Use your bulleted list of notes and write your detailed sentences now

  6. Wrap-up sentence • A good wrap-up sentence: • Uses the same KEY WORDS as the topic sentence • Wraps-up the paragraph • Write your own wrap-up sentence now

  7. Did you include ANALYSIS? • A great historical paragraph not only lists details / facts, but also included your own ANALYSIS. • Analysis is where you EXPLAIN WHY your details support your topic sentence. • Analysis can come in the detail sentences or in the wrap-up sentence • Underline your analysis in your paragraph now

  8. Final Checklist • Your homework tonight is the following: • Have an adult watch this PPT • Have them check your paragraph for a topic sentence, three detailed sentences, a wrap-up sentence, and analysis • Have them give your paragraph a score • You get ONE point for: • Topic sentence • EACH detailed sentence (3 points possible) • Wrap-up sentence • Analysis • Have them CIRCLE your score on your paragraph. Bring it tomorrow. It is graded!

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