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Turn to page 40 in your NeSA workbooks Why are topic sentences necessary Think Pair Share The topic sentence contains the central idea around which a paragraph is developed A good topic sentence has the following characteristics ID: 785914

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Slide1

What is a topic sentence?

Turn to page 40 in your NeSA workbooks

Slide2

Why are topic sentences necessary?

Think

Pair

Share

Slide3

The topic sentence contains the

central idea

around which a paragraph is developed.

A good topic sentence has the following characteristics:

Slide4

It introduces

the topic of a paragraph without announcing it.

Example:

At the moment you enter the store you are blasted with a mixture of aromas.

Non-Example: The store has many smells.

Slide5

It hooks the reader.

Example: The sweet shop in the year of 1923 was the very center of our lives. (from Boy by Roald Dahl)

Non-example: The sweet shop is my favorite place.

Slide6

It uses thought provoking words.Example: But by far the

most loathsome

thing about Mrs.

Pratchett

was the

filth that clung around her.

Non-Example: The bad thing about Mrs.

Prachett

was that she was dirty.

Slide7

It is usually the

first sentence

, however it can be anywhere in the paragraph or it can be implied

Example: A young man helps an old grandma reach something from the top shelf. A group of teenage girls giggle in the makeup aisle. Little kids cry when they don’t get a special toy. Couples argue over what kind of furniture to buy for their new homes. The whole store is as if I were living in a movie

. It is an interesting place to observe people.

Non example: I see many sights at Wal-Mart.

Slide8

It provides a transition

from the previous paragraph.

Example:

The other thing

we hated Mrs.

Pratchett

for was her meanness. ( from Boy by Roald Dahl)

Non-example: Mrs.

Prachett

was mean.

Slide9

Directions:

Read your “favorite time of year” essay.

Highlight each topic sentence. (If you don’t have topic sentences, ADD THEM!)

Slide10

Directions

Using your notes, identify which characteristics each sentence contains.

Revise your topic

sentences on a separate sheet

of paper.

Example:

Original Sentence: Summer has many sounds.

Revised Sentence: Children splashing at the pool, the ding, ding, ding of the ice-cream truck, fireworks booming at night are some of my favorite sounds of summer.