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Horse Therapy Body Paragraph
College English (COMM1007)
George Brown College
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Writing a Body Paragraph using a Quote Sandwich Method
Quote Sandwiches are made of 3 sentences: top piece of bread =
Top piece of bread:
- The first sentence introduces the quote (describes the role of the person who said it or the document it was taken from). Find this information in the summary of your source that you wrote in your essay proposal.
ex. I n the Autism Journal article “How children on the autism spectrum gained attention skills,” the researchers invited 18 autistic children who had problems with attention span to take horse riding therapy.
Sandwich filling:
- The second sentence is the quote including an in-text citation. Use one from your essay proposal.
Ex. It was found that parents reported their autistic children to be more attentive while participating in the therapy (Bass, Duchowny & LLabre, 2009).
Bottom piece of bread:
- The third sentence explains the quote and relates it to the topic sentence claim.
EX. This therapy showed that the children’s attention skills seemed to increase according to what the parents told the authors.
Body paragraphs are made up of 5-8 sentences depending if you have 1 or 2 pieces of evidence to prove your supporting point.
Sentence 1: Topic sentence including main idea and 1 supporting point from your thesis. For example, the thesis is : Horse therapy benefits children on the autism spectrum increase their 1) attention skills, 2) communication skills, and 3) sensory skills. If we choose the first supporting point , we make this topic sentence for our first body paragraph:
Ex. Horse Therapy is beneficial to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) because: they can improve their attention skills. (this is your claim you’ll be trying to prove with evidence from sources you’ll put in your body paragraph)
Sentence 2-4: quote sandwich for 1st quote evidence to support your topic sentence claim.
Sentence 5: transition word and intro to second quote
Ex. In another study where researchers gave only half a class of autistic students horse therapy, similar results were found; the authors demonstrated that autistic children were more attentive during class than youngsters who did not participate in the therapeutic riding program.
( note: you can use a second quote from the same source as your first quote also) Ex. In addition to the parents’ comments about their children’s attentiveness, their teachers also reported to the authors increased attention spans during the weeks the kids had the horse therapy (Bass et al., 2009).
Sentence 6: second quote including in-text citation.
Ex. “But when there was a break in the program, teachers saw a decline in [the children’s] attention in their school setting” (Ward, Whalon, Rusnak, Wendell & Paschall, 2013, p. 291). Note: if your quote lacks a word or two to make the quote make sense you can add it/them in [square brackets]. The brackets tell the reader you added it.
Sentence 7: sentence explaining the quote and relating it to your topic sentence claim.
Ex. This second study’s findings further reinforced that horse therapy actually helped autistic students increase their attention.
Sentence 8: Concluding sentence where you restate the topic sentence in other words and hint at the supporting point in the following paragraph.
How to write a body paragraph for an Essay on the Benefits of Therapeutic Horse Riding for Autistic Children
Thesis: Horse Therapy is beneficial to children with autism spectrum disorder because it improves 1) their attention skills, 2) their social skills , and 3) their communication skills.
Topic Sentence for Point 1:
Horse Therapy Body Paragraph
Course: College English (COMM1007)
University: George Brown College
