Topic Sentences and Supporting Details

What is a paragraph?

• A set of words that is complete in itself, containing a subject, verb and object.

• A group of sentences that are all related to one main topic.

• A unit of grammatical organization which traditionally consists of a subject and predicate.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Select the parts of a paragraph:

• Title

• Topic sentence

• Supporting sentence

• Main topic

• Concluding sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A paragraph should cover ________ topic(s).

• two

• one

• five

• three

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A statement that tells what a passage is mostly about is called

• concluding sentence

• Topic sentence

• Supporting details

• Support ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A good topic sentence should:

• a. Tell the reader what the paragraph is about

• b. Get the reader’s attention

• c. be a supporting detail

• d. both a and b

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

TRUE/FALSE—Topic sentences aren’t needed for good writing because effective readers don’t need organization to understand what they’re reading.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The purpose of a supporting/relevant detail is to:

• be the main idea

• convince you to do something

• Give more detail/explanation to the main idea

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A detail is relevant (really matters) if it:

• is connected to the main idea/paragraph

• is detailed

• has great sensory language

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mark the options that best describe the supporting sentences of a paragraph.

• They must develop the main topic of the paragraph.

• One supporting sentence is enough.

• They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of the paragraph.

• They are separated by commas.

• They include supporting facts, details and examples.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is true about the concluding sentence?

• It's the last sentence of a paragraph.

• It can introduce a new idea.

• It restates the main idea of the paragraph and summarizes it.

• You can add an example of what you said here.

• A good connector to start it could be "Finally"

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2