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Warm-up• Sit down, open your binders to your warm
up section• Read each sentence and identify the
conjunctions and/or the prepositions in each one.
1. I want a dog but I already have a cat.2. I bought a soda at the movies.3. I’m reading a book since it’s raining today.4. She brought cheese, bread, and salami to
the picnic.5. The boy fell on his back on the sidewalk.
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Answers1. I want a dog but I already have a cat.2. I bought a soda at the movies.3. I’m reading a book since it’s raining
today.4. She brought cheese, bread, and
salami to the picnic.5. The boy fell on his back on the
sidewalk.
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Agenda• Warm-up
• “Great Mouse Plot” review
• Perfect Paragraph notes
• Paragraph practice
• Reader’s Workshop
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Great Mouse Plot• In your rows you will meet with your group
members. You will need one whiteboard and one marker.
• We will discuss each answer as a class• Before we do that, everyone in the groups
should share their answer. Decide on one and write it on the whiteboard.
• Hold it up so I can check it!
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The paragraph is a series of
sentences developing one topic.
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The Topic Sentence
• The topic of a paragraph is stated in one sentence. This is called the topic sentence.
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The rest of the paragraph consists of sentences that
develop or explain the main idea. • Through the centuries rats
have managed to survive all our efforts to destroy them. We have poisoned them and trapped them. We have fumigated, flooded, and burned them. We have tried germ warfare. Some rats even survived atomic bomb tests conducted on Entwetok atoll in the Pacific after World War II. In spite of all our efforts, these enemies of ours continue to prove that they are the most indestructible of pests.
main idea
concludingsentence
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A topic
sentence may
be developed
by telling
an
incident
A topic
sentence may
be developed
by telling
an
incident
Developing a Paragraph
A topic sentencemay be developedby giving
examples.
A topic sentencemay be developedby giving
examples.
• A topic sentence
may be developed
by giving details.
• A topic sentence
may be developed
by giving details.
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Unity in the Paragraph
Every sentence in a paragraph should support the main idea expressed in the topic sentence.
main idea
sentencesentence
sentencesentence
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The concluding or clincher sentence
• Restate the topic sentence in different words.
• A clincher sentence or concluding sentence clinches the point made in the paragraph.
• It summarizes the paragraph.
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Coherence in a Paragraph
Coherence in a Paragraph
• Stick to the point: The ideas have a clear and logical relation to each other.
• Put details or examples or incidents in logical order.
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1chronological
in relation to each other
in order of importance
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Connecting Sentences Within the Paragraph
chronological order
first
meanwhile
later
afterwards
finally
objects in relation to one another
next to
in front of
beside
between
behind
in order of importance
however
furthermore
as a result
in fact
yet
Transition words
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Types of Paragraphs
• The narrative paragraph• tells a story
• The persuasive paragraph.• tries to convince the audience
• The descriptive paragraph• describes something
• The expository or explanatory paragraph• gives information or explains something
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Your turn!• Using your graphic organizer, rewrite your
answer to #7 of The Great Mouse Plot to make perfect paragraph!
• You need: A topic sentence: Example- “In Roald Dahl’s story, The
Great Mouse Plot, the author experiences many emotions.”
Supporting details Concluding sentence
• Be ready to share yours.
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More• Now write an expository paragraph
explaining how you felt about the story.
• Sample topic sentence: The entire time I was reading The Great Mouse Plot I was on the edge of my seat it was so exciting.
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