2. 5-4-3-2-1 Expanded

5-4-3-2-1 Reading Strategies

5 Sentence Summary

          Sentence One: Tell who had a problem, what the problem was, and what the main character(s) did to solve the problem.

 
Sentences Two through Four: Tell the most important events, in the order they happened.

First,
Then,
Finally,


Sentence Five: Tell the result or outcome of what happened. (Relate this sentence back to the problem above.)

 EXAMPLE:

            Goldilocks wanted a place to rest and eat, so she entered the home of the three bears. First, she tasted the porridge until she found the bowl that was just right. Then, she sat in all three chairs. Finally, she tried all the beds until she found one that was comfortable enough to fall asleep in. When the bears returned home and found their home vandalized, and Goldilocks sleeping in baby bear’s bed, they chased her out of the house.

          Rejected by Rosaline, Romeo gets hopelessly depressed. To encourage Romeo, Romeo’s friends take Romeo to a party. At the party, Romeo meets Juliet, his family’s archenemy’s daughter, and they fall in love. They try their best to solve the century-old family feud. Unfortunate events and accidents accumulate, and they die, ironically restoring the peace between two families.

4 Facts Related to the Thesis

 EXAMPLE: Juliet is fourteen. 

3 Quotes with explanation

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,/My love as deep; the more I give to thee,/The more I have, for both are infinite.” (2.2.) Juliet describes her feelings for Romeo. Like Romeo, who is young and inexperienced, Juliet thinks that love is freedom: her love is “boundless” and “infinite.”

2 Rhetorical Devices

1 Main Assertion (Thesis):  Love may prove lethal to the young and inexperienced.

Thesis = What the story is about? (topic) + what the writer says about the topic?

Practice

Short Practice: The Story of an Hour

Long Practice: The Transformation of the American Dream
Link: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking