Informative Paragraphs
Where does the topic statement go in an informative paragraph?
The beginning
The (dog) barked loudly.
Noun
What does the word settler mean?
a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.
These are the people you write about in stories.
Characters.
Who burned the grass in the Prairie so that the soil would be strong for the buffalo to roam.
American Indians
What are the transition words you use when you write informative paragraphs?
First, then and finally.
The teacher (wrote) on the white board.
verb
What is a prairie?
a large open area of grassland
This is the time and place the story takes place.
Setting
The Government
How many sentences should be in an informative paragraph?
4-5
The (silly) kids told jokes to each other.
adjective
Chlorophyll
a green pigment, present in all green plants
When writing a story, you should have a beginning, middle and ending or a __________ and _________ .
Problem and solution.
Who moved in to land after the American Indians left and destroyed the land?
The settlers.
What do you do before you start writing?
use a graphic organizer
Migrate
move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
This term is what a text is mostly about.
Main Idea
At the end, who came in to help the buffalo by passing a law about killing them?
President Teddy Roosevelt.
What does a topic statement do in an informative paragraph?
It answers a question and it tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about.
(Mrs. B) played with her son.
Roam
move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.
How do you create a topic sentence?
You find the main idea.