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Mrs. Leary January 26, 2012

AGENDA

Paragraph Construction Pandora's Box Project

Do Now: Writer's Notebook- What are someof the things you do really well? Do you do them well

because you really enjoy them, because you have

practiced a lot, or because they just come naturally?

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Press each slice to learn more.

Paragraph Structure

Parts of a paragraph

Te

acher'sNotes

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Check Your Understanding

Select the correct answer.

1 A paragraph is a collection of related sentences, which has

one central idea.

True

False

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Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

(This extract is from Tuck Everlasting by

Natalie Babbitt.)

Identify the topic sentence and supporting

details in this paragraph.

Read

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Transitions

Transitions

Supporting

sentence

Topic sentence

Note: Transitions are used to connect sentences

and paragraphs.

T

eacher'sNotes

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Spot the transitions

TransitionsExample

(This extract is from Tuck Everlasting by

Natalie Babbitt.)

Still she waited. Would Miles put back the nails? At last,standing tiptoe on the cot, she grasped the bars of thewindow, pulling herself up till she could just see through.Rain blew into her face, but at the next flash of lightning,looking down, she saw that the yard was empty. And beforethe thunder followed, in a pause while wind and rain heldback for one brief moment, she thought she heard, fading in

the distance, the tinkling little melody of the music box.

The Tucksher darling Tuckswere gone.

Press to reveal the paragraph.

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Check Your Understanding

Select the correct answer.

2 Transitions are used to connect sentences and

paragraphs.

Yes

No

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Concluding Sentence

Pull the tab to see an example.

Concluding

sentence

Supporting

sentence

Topic

sentence

Transition

sentence

E

xample

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Activity

Drag and drop type of sentence with their purpose.

Parts of a Paragraph Purpose

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Check Your Understanding

Select the correct answer.

3 A paragraph is complete when it has a topic sentence,

transitions, supporting sentences, and

A Detailed sentences

B Concluding sentences

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Select the correct answer.

4 What is a topic sentence?

A The sentence that has the central idea.

B The sentence that adds details.

C The sentence that connects ideas.

Check Your Understanding

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Check Your Understanding

Select the correct answer.

5 The concluding sentence adds the details to a paragraph.

True

False

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Select the correct answer.

6 Which is the element essential to a paragraph that reads

smoothly?

A Introduction

B Conclusion

C Transitions

D Details

Check Your Understanding

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Check Your Understanding

Select the correct answer.

7 The supporting sentences add details to a paragraph.

True

False

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Select the correct answer.

8 To which type of sentence is the concluding sentence similar

to but not identical?

A The connecting sentence

B The supporting sentence

C The last sentence

D The topic sentence

Check Your Understanding

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Pandora's Box Project

Write a paragraph explaning the

importance of your chosen

characteristic to the world.

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Upcoming Due Dates: Friday, 1/27: Study Island due.

Monday, 1/30: Completed Pandora's Box

due.