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Developing a Paragraph
DIRECTIONS: Cut on the dotted lines below. Identify the topic sentence, three details, and the conclusion. Then try to put the paragraph in proper order.
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Before the 1400s people usually communicated to each other by speaking or with handwritten items. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There are many ways to communicate a message in the modern world, but it was not always that way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
With so many forms of communication available, you can never have an excuse for not writing that thank-you note to your Aunt Bertha. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The invention of the printing press in 1450s brought a quicker and easier way to communicate to the world. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the last two centuries, the telephone, television, and e-mail were all invented to make communication easier. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CHALLENGE Find a paragraph from your weekly reading material that follows the Topic Sentence, Details, Conclusion pattern. Then create sentence strips like those above and challenge a friend to identify each part.
The best paragraphs have THREE main parts:
A topic sentence
Details
A conclusion
Each detail should be about the topic introduced in the first sentence.
A good paragraph has at least three detail sentences.