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Hook Did you even think that some of the people you know best might have a few more interesting facts about themselves that you don’t know about?

Comment on the hook my dad = more than friends with Bowie Kuhn

Comment on the hook Scout and Jem didn’t  know about Atticus’s talent.  

Thesis  (with bell word) When I heard the strange story about my dad I was very interested in it

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TS (Main Idea, Topic, or Thesis) When I heard the story about my dad I was surprised just like Jem and Scout were When they found out about Atticus

2 Echo words to be used Oddly, Strangely     

SD scout and jem saw Atticus and heard about nickname

CM were oddly amazed

CM didn’t know what to think

SD I heard the story about dad

CM Strangely believed him

CM There is more to him than tv

SD Jem Scout and I showed the same reactions when we were told

CM We both couldn’t believe

CM Now know more about Atticus and dad

CS I do think it is different that my dad knows someone famous

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TS (Main Idea, Topic, or Thesis) _When I first asked my dad an interesting fact about himself he had to think about it but when atticus did what he did he told Jem and Scout right away

2 Echo words to be used Weirdly     Differently

SD Jem and scout were amazed

CM didn’t know what to say

CM kind of shocked but no shocked at the same time

SD When I heard my dad’s story I didn’t believe it at first

CM I thought it was to cool to be true

CM Now that I think about it more and more the thought of knowing the commissioner of baseball sounds cooler

SD Atticus and my dad at first seemed kind of boring but the more you know the cooler they are

CM I think it is cool that atticus can shoot

CM I also think it cool my dad knows the commissioner of baseball

CS You really don’t get to know someone unless you get to spend time with them

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Hook (the same as paragraph 1, or different) Did you even think that the people you know best might have a few more interesting facts about themselves that you don’t know about?

Echo word (could be bell word) Odd

Comment on the hook The more time I spend with my dad the more I know about him

Comment on the hook The more Jem and Scout are with Atticus the more they know about them

Re-statement, in slightly different words, of the thesis You really can’t know somebody well until you start to hang out with them.