Unit1:IntroductiontoParagraphs(pp.

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Unit1:IntroductiontoParagraphs(pp.1320,2326)

Unit1:IntroductiontoParagraphs(pp.1320,2326)

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Unit1:IntroductiontoParagraphs(pp.1320,2326)
ACTIVITY9
Readeachtopicsentencebelow.Whatinformationwouldyouexpectthewriterto
includeintheparagraph?Foreachtopicsentence,writetwoquestionsthatthesupporting
sentencesshouldanswer.Ask:Who?,What?,When?,Where?,Why?,orHow?

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Pesticidesshouldnotbeusedonfarmproducts.
Whatkindsofpesticidesareused?
Whyshouldweavoidusingpesticidesonfarmproducts?

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ThebeachesalongtheMediterraneanSeaaresomeofthebestbeachesinthe
world.

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Althoughfewpeoplerealizeit,countrymusicandrockmusichavesomesimilar
characteristics.

4.

MybestfriendandImetinaveryunlikelyplace.

AVOIDINGUNRELATEDSENTENCES
Somewritersincludetoomanyideasinoneparagraph.Rememberthataparagraph
shouldfocusonjustonecontrollingidea.Everysentencemustsupportthetopicsentencein
someway.Thesesupportingsentenceshelpmaintaintheunityoftheparagraph.

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ACTIVITY14:AskingtheRightQuestions
ChooseoneofthetopicsentencesyoucreatedinActivity13.Writequestionsforitusing
theappropriateinterrogative(question)words.Ifyoucannotthinkof,atleast,threequestions,
perhaps,yourtopicsentenceisweak.Formorepractice,repeatthisactivitywithyourother
topicsentences.

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2.

TopicSentence: Oneofthebestdaysofmylifeoccurredlastyear.
Who?

Whowasinvolvedintheevent?

What?

Whathappened?

When?

Whendidthiseventhappen?

Where?

Wheredidtheeventhappen?

Why?

Whywasitthebestday?

Other:

Howdidyoufeelatthetime?

TopicSentence:

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

Other:

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ACTIVITY15:WritingSupportingSentences
LookatyourtopicsentenceandquestionsfromActivity14.Writesupportingsentences
thatanswereachquestionthatyouwrote.

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ACTIVITY16:WritingaParagraph
UsethesupportingsentencesandthetopicsentencefromActivity15towritea
paragraph.Besuretouseonlysupportingsentencesthatrelatetothetopicsentenceandits
controllingidea.

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