Insightful Commentary
Team Teaching with Dr. Louis: Introducing JSWP®
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Also known as a CM, one commentary equals one sentence. It is your opinion or comment about something; not concrete detail. Synonyms include opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, and reflection. Commentary comes from three places: "My analytical mind"; "My heart and soul"; "My gut feelings/instincts/intuition" . . . and a little wiggle!
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Impactful Concluding Sentences
The last sentence in a body paragraph. For literary responses, the CS is all commentary; for expository and summary paragraphs, it depends on the assignment or purpose of the piece and may include concrete detail, such as: predictions, connections, inferences, clarifications, and evaluations. For...
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Understanding the Chunk and the Ratio
The Chunk: It is the smallest unified group of thoughts in a paragraph that combine CDs and CMs. The combination depends on the RATIO for each mode. A paragraph may have multiple “chunks.”
The Ratio of concrete detail (CD) to commentary (CM).
Typically, for Response to Literature, Fine Art inte...
