Paragraph Writing Who do you admire most Why Topic sentence Details Details Details Concluding Sentence GREEN TOPIC SENTENCE Example I admire Yogi Berra for many reasons GREEN GO Tell me where youre GOING ID: 202447
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Stoplight Paragraph Writing
Who do you admire most? Why?Slide2
Topic sentence
Details
Details
Details
Concluding SentenceSlide3
GREEN
TOPIC SENTENCE
Example:
I admire Yogi Berra for many reasons.
GREEN = GO; Tell me where you’re GOING
RESTATE QUESTION, GIVE ANSWERSlide4
YELLOWSLOW DOWN
GIVE
DETAILS/EXAMPLES/REASONS/FACTS
Example
:
Yogi compiled amazing stats as a catcher and hitter for the New York Yankees. Slide5
YELLOW
Example:He won ten World Series while serving as a team-captain for the American League power-house.
SLOW DOWN
GIVE
DETAILS/EXAMPLES/REASONS/FACTSSlide6
YELLOW
Example:Berra was admired by all of his teammates and respected by his opponents due to his competitive nature and unbelievable skill.
SLOW DOWN
GIVE
DETAILS/EXAMPLES/REASONS/FACTSSlide7
REDSTOP!!!!!!!
Make sure you have
GIVEN DETAILS/EXAMPLES/REASONS/FACTS
compiled amazing stats
catcher
New York Yankees
ten World Series
team-captain
admired by opponents/ respected by teammatesSlide8
RED
CONCLUSION
Restate question
End with concluding thought
Example
:
For these reasons, Yogi Berra has always been a baseball player I have admired.Slide9
I admire Yogi Berra for many reasons. He compiled amazing stats as a catcher
for the New York Yankees. Yogi won ten World Series
while serving as
team captain
for the American League power-house. Berra was
admired by his teammates
and respected by his opponents
due to his competitive nature and unbelievable skill.
For these reasons, Yogi Berra has always been a baseball player I admire. Slide10
Alternate Learning Styles
Visual: highlighters
After the kids write a paragraph, they highlight the following:
topic sentence
details
conclusion
Kinesthetic: role play
I cut
paragraphs into
sentence pieces
The
kids must
circulate around the room reading their sentence to find
the topic
sentence,
details, and conclusion that complete the paragraph part they were givenSlide11
What is your dream job/career?
YOUR TURN TO PRACTICE:
Why do you think Yankee Doodle put a feather in his cap and called it “Macaroni”?