Definition Paragraph: Next Steps

Hotspot

What is the topic you will will write about?

Multiple Select

What will you use to define your topic?

• Example

• Friendship

• Function

• Negation

Match

Match the following

• Function

• Example

• Negation

Definition of quality

Exhibits the quality

What the quality is not

• Definition of quality

• Exhibits the quality

• What the quality is not

Reorder

Reorder the following to create a correct claim for a definition paragraph:

• Exercise

• , like running,

• helps you stay in shape

• but does not

• cause weight gain.

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Reorder

Reorder the following to create a correct claim for a definition paragraph:

• Colleges,

• like

• Rockford University,

• are meant to help you learn

• but not make you ignorant.

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Reorder

Reorder the following to create a correct claim for a definition paragraph:

• Studying

• , like for my math test,

• is useful

• but

• is not useless.

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Multiple Choice

Which is the correct claim for a definition paragraph about sports?

• Sports, like basketball, are fun because you play with a team.

• Sports, like basketball, encourage teamwork not self-centeredness.

Multiple Choice

What is missing in this definition claim about sports?

Sports, like basketball, are fun because you play with a team.

• example

• negation

Multiple Choice

Your prompt: Create a definition paragraph about parks using the 3 strategies.

What is the topic?

• the Grand Canyon

• ordinary

• parks

• inspiring

Multiple Choice

Your prompt: Create a definition paragraph about parks using the 3 strategies.

What is the function?

• the Grand Canyon

• ordinary

• parks

• inspiring

Multiple Choice

Your prompt: Create a definition paragraph about parks using the 3 strategies.

What is the example?

• the Grand Canyon

• ordinary

• parks

• inspiring

Multiple Choice

Your prompt: Create a definition paragraph about parks using the 3 strategies.

What is the negation?

• the Grand Canyon

• ordinary

• parks

• inspiring

Multiple Choice

Your prompt: Create a definition paragraph about parks using the 3 strategies.

What is the correct claim?

• Parks like the Grand Canyon are inspiring not ordinary.

• Parks, like the Grand Canyon are inspiring not ordinary.

• Parks, like the Grand Canyon, are inspiring not ordinary.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Claim

• Function Sentence

• Example Sentence & Commentary

• Negation Sentence & Commentary

• Conclusion

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Multiple Choice

Why is a commentary sentence so important?

• To introduce a new topic

• It explains how the evidence in a paragraph supports the claim

• To conclude a paragraph