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Topic sentence, supporting sentences, clincher.
What are the three parts of a paragraph?
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Answers will vary. (i.e.Trees are plants.)
What is an example of a fact you could use in a paragraph about trees?
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I. Topic Sentence a. Supporting Sentence b. Supporting Sentence c. Supporting Sentence d. Clincher (All sentences should be about trees)
Write an outline of a well-organized paragraph about trees.
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Answers will vary, must be able to support their reason.
What is the part of a paragraph you think is most important? Discuss your opinion with your neighbor.
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Answers will vary, must be able to support their reasons.
Consider all of the reasons why a well-organized paragraph is necessary. What are three reasons you came up with?
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To let the reader know what the paragraph is about.
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
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Answers will vary. (i.e.Using this part of speech helps readers visualize what you are writing about.)
Explain how personification can make your paragraph more interesting.
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Should label: Topic Sentence, Supporting Sentences, and Clincher.
Use what you know about paragraph structure to label this example paragraph.
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Both are true, have evidence to support them, etc.
Compare a fact and a statistic as examples of support in a paragraph.
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Answers will vary, must be able to support their answer. (i.e. To tie the paragraphs together)
Why do you think a clincher is important to the flow of multiple paragraphs?