Intro

Lead-in

Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican political leader said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

Development (build up to the thesis

Thesis

Body paragraph 1

Topic sentence

 I have learned the customs of my grandparents, how my grandparents lived, also I learned the opinions of my parents about my brother, my sister and I. 

First of all, I learned the customs of my grandparents part of my father. 

Supporting details

>The customs of my grandparents were that they liked to get together in family.  
>They also celebrated the born of Jesus Christ
>My grandparents usually made grilled chicken, sang, and sometimes they danced.      



Concluding sentence

In fact,  I learned that the parents of my father liked to get together in family, they celebrated the born of Jesus Christ, made grilled, chicken, sang, and danced.

Body paragraph 2

Topic sentence

In the other hand, I learned how the parents of my mother lived.

Supporting details

> They lived in a ranch called Ejido Santo Domingo
> They saved the money that they got from the crops to take care of their family.
>They had lots of goods, crops,  and animals in their ranch.  


Concluding sentence

In spite of the parents of my mother lived in a ranch called Ejido Santo Domingo, my grandparents saved money that they got from their crops, and they lived well.

Body paragraph 3

Topic sentence

Third, I learned the opinions of my parents about my brother, my sister and I.

supporting details

>My father likes the way he see us growing.
>My mother likes how we finish each academic stage in our life.
>My parents loves my brother, my sister, and I.

Concluding sentence

After all, I have learned the good thoughts that my parents shared me, such as, my father likes the way he see us growing, my mother likes how we finish each academic stage in our life, and the most important they loves my brother, my sister and I.

Conclusion

paraphrase thesis

In summary, I learned the customs of my grandparents, the way that my grandparents lived, and what my parents thinks about my brother, my sister, and I

Paraphrase topic sentences

In conclusion, I have learned from my paternal and maternal side of my family.  For one thing, I have learned the customs of the parents of my father.  In the other hand, I learned how the parents of my mother lived.  Finally, I learned the true feeling of being loved by your parents.

Final thoughts

Life is like a tree in our hands, we conserve it alive, and we try to feed it.  But if we don't do something to conserve it, life looks like a tree with dried roots.