Topic Sentences - updated

​Topic Sentences

Lesson Objective: Students will be able to construct topic sentences.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best topic sentence to answer -

"What is your favorite online activity and why?"

• I enjoy playing online games with my friends because they are fun and challenging.

• Online games.

• Yesterday after lunch.

A topic sentence should:

• State your topic

• Re-state your prompt

• Be clear

• Engage your reader

• Give or provide a reason

• ​Provide enough specific information the question is asking (could be who, what, when, where, and or why).

​Example:

* Create a topic sentence based on the writing prompts.

​Writing Prompt	​Topic Sentence
​Tell me about your favorite holiday movie.	​My favorite holiday movie is Four Christmases.
​Invent and describe a new food.	​The new food I have invented is called a ice taco.

Prompt: Describe your ideal virtual school day.

1) What is the topic? My ideal virtual school day

2) What do I want to say about it? I like having flexible breaks and interesting lessons.

3) TOPIC SENTENCE: My ideal virtual school day includes lessons and flexible breaks that help me stay focused.

Prompt: Explain why organization is important in virtual learning.

1) What is the topic? Organization

2) What do I want to say about it? It helps students stay on track

3) TOPIC SENTENCE: Organization is important in virtual learning because it helps students keep track of assignments and deadlines.

Multiple Choice

Describe your favorite way to participate during an online class.

What is the topic?

• Attending online classes.

• Participating in online class.

• Organizing online classes.

Poll

What is your favorite way to participate in your online classes?

• Using chat

• Using the microphone

• Using the waygrounds/ classkicks

• Using webmail

Open Ended

Create a topic sentence.

My favorite way to participate in online classes is​ ​ ______.

Open Ended

Explain why completing assignments on time is important.

What is the topic?

Multiple Choice

Explain why completing assignments on time is important.

What could be the main idea?

• Completing assignments helps you learn.

• Completing assignments is annoying.

• Completing assignments doesn't help at all.

Open Ended

What could be a topic sentence to "Explain why completing assignments on time is important."

Open Ended

Write a topic sentence for the prompt: "Describe a digital tool that helps you learn."

Open Ended

Write a topic sentence for the prompt: "Describe your favorite educational website or app."

Open Ended

Write a topic sentence for the prompt: " Describe a skill you would like to improve this year."

Multiple Select

What two questions should you ask yourself when writing a topic sentence?

• What are the supporting details?

• What is the topic?

• What is the main idea?

• 3- 5 sentences

• Topic Sentence

• 1-3 Supporting Details

• 1 Concluding Sentence

• Capitalization

• Punctuation

​Writing Reminders!

Poll

Which part of the writing process do you find the most difficult?

• Spelling

• Brainstorming

• Sentence Writing

• Writing more than one sentence