The Sandwich/Hamburger Approach

Topic sentence
 General statement
 Should leave reader asking why?

Concrete details
 Provides examples, quotes, paraphrasing,
textual support

Commentary &/or Analysis

 Explains the importance of the concrete detail

Concrete details
Supports and explains the idea expressed in the
topic sentence.
Commentary &/or Analysis
 Tells the reader why information is important.
Concluding sentence
Topic sentence in reverse
Summarises the info in paragraph.
DRAPES
BODY PARAGRAPH WRITING
STRATEGY
 D -IALOGUE
 R-HETORICAL
 A-NALOGY
 P-ERSONAL EXPERIENCE
 E-XAMPLE
 S-TATISTICS
DIALOGUE
 What an expert would say.

According to Osmun, “Drapes will

make you a better writer through
elaboration” (123).
RHETORICAL QUESTION
 It is used to make a statement
rather than to elicit information.

Who does not want to become a

better writer?
ANALOGY
 Is a comparison using a figurative language:
simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, etc.

Writing without Drapes is like playing football

without one.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
 Writing about you...
 Memoir, memory, reflection etc
 **Include this in each body paragraph

My daughter used DRAPES on her ATLIB

exam last year and she ranked in the top 5
percentile.
EXAMPLE
 Specific details that often support personal
experience

Drapes is a sure fire way to include

elaboration in your writing.
STATISTICS
 Information represented through a
percentage or ratio.

Stuart’s study points to a 92%

improvement in the essays of students
who used Drapes.
Constructing Support

Lecturers should be able to bring weapons to school.

Voltaire states, “vulnerability is a sign of weakness”, a reality to which one
should never subscribe.

Are not lecturers allowed the security and a peace of mind to know that they
can defend themselves against attackers?

A lecturer without “protection” is like a lamb in a wolf’s den. She is setting

herself up to become a definite and easy target.

I remember how vulnerable I felt when one of my students publicly berated

me. She went as far as to threatened my life.

Sandy Hook, University of Virginia and Columbine could be called an

American problem, but we are all familiar with the statement that when
America sneezes, Belize catches a cold. These situations could easily become
a Belizean experience.

School shootings have increased 1000% over the past decade.

That’s all
folks!!