Middle School Writing

What is the topic of this paragraph?
The amount of traffic in Reading is growing all the time. The roads are getting busier and busier,  causing more and more traffic jams. A few years ago, I could drive across town in 15 minutes and now it can take me 45 minutes!  We need to encourage more people to take the bus.

• Growing amount of traffic in Reading.
• How fast you can drive across town.
• More people should take the bus.
• My driving has got worse.

What is the sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph called?

• topic sentence 
• body sentences  
• concluding sentence 
• thesis 

What is a group of related sentences with a focus on one idea called? 

• an essay
• a composition 
• a paragraph 
• a body 

How many details should you have?

• at least 3
• more than 7
• 1
• None of the above

What is the last sentence of the paragraph called?

• topic sentence
• a puppy
• details
• concluding sentence

Where do the details about your topic go?

• In the topic sentence
• In the concluding sentence
• In the body of the paragraph

Which is the topic sentence?
I hate cleaning!  I have to do it every week and it's so boring. I have to clean the bathroom, wash the floors and hoover everywhere.  I wish we could just pay a cleaner to do it instead.

• I have to do it every week and it's so boring. 
•  have to clean the bathroom, wash the floors and hoover everywhere.
• I hate cleaning! 
• I wish we could just pay a cleaner to do it instead.

What sentence tells you what the paragraph is about?

• Concluding sentence
• Topic sentence
• Examples
• Explaining the point further

This states what the paragraph is about and usually is the first sentence.

• a lead
• the thesis
• the topic sentence
• the details

These are all the sentences in a paragraph that explain the topic and back up what you say with examples.

• body/details
• topic sentence
• concluding sentence
• thesis statement