Body Paragraph- Informational Essay

What is the job of a body paragraph? (choose the BEST answer)

• To talk about the body.

• A place to put evidence.

• To explain one of the main points in your topic sentence.

• A place to talk more about your topic.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A topic sentence is:

• The first sentence of your body paragraph to get the reader's attention.

• The sentence that introduces the author.

• The first sentence of a paragraph, that tells what the paragraph will be about.

• The sentence that states your opinion.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is true about the concluding sentence? (2 answers)

• 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.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?

• The introduction sentence

• The topic sentence

• The first sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A body paragraph should cover ________ topics.

• two

• one

• three

• five

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

At the beginning of the paragraph, you should ___________, or leave a space.

• indent
• use punctuation
• start with a capital letter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is the purpose of transitions?

• To add more detail

• To take up space

• To help the paper flow well

• To help show how ideas relate to each other

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

CCSS.W.6.3C

Body Paragraphs have...

• Topic Sentence, Evidence, Concluding Sentence, Transition words

• Evidence, Elaboration, Academic Language, Transition Sentence, Introduction

• Topic Sentence, Transition words, Evidence, Elaboration, Concluding Sentence

• Introduction, Evidence, Elaboration, Concluding Sentence

What are ways that you can add evidence to your body paragraph?

• Put information from your notes into your own words (paraphrase)

• Explain what you know about the topic

• Put a direct quote in from your notes.

• Write about interesting things that you have heard about.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why do you need to elaborate on your evidence?

• To show that you understand the evidence.

• To explain where the evidence came from.

• To make the paragraph longer.

• To show how the evidence fits in with the topic. What does the evidence mean to you?