Bellwork for February 12, 2013

• Take any handouts from the back counter.• Write in your agenda.

– 0701.6.2 Identify the main idea and supporting details in text.

– 0701.1.8 Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence within context.

• Begin Caught’ya! day 30.

Day 30

the young comely lady wears a tight ribbed aqua top

that barely meets the top of her equally tight jeans. her

medium length black hair curled gently around her ears

and flipped up in the back like birds tail feathers only

softer. sam sagacious for once in his life was struck

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OutlinesHave Two Jobs:

1. To organize the structure of a paragraph

2. To help you take notes

Now that you can find the topic sentence in a paragraph, you’re ready to organize an entire paragraph into essential points of the main topic and supporting details!

Outlinesfor some paragraphs you may not need to fill in all the detail lines. For others, you may need to add more lines.

A.___________________________________(Topic Sentence – Topic and Controlling Idea)

B. Supporting Details1. ________________________________________2. ________________________________________3. ________________________________________4. ________________________________________

C. Concluding Sentence(if the paragraph is missing a concluding sentence – write one! it should restate the topic and controlling idea but in a new, creative way)

Your conclusion cannot be another supporting sentence.

A paragraph must come full circle from the topic sentence to the concluding sentence

Topic/controlling idea

Supporting detail

Supporting detail

Supporting detail

Supporting detail

Example 1: Read the paragraph below.

Worker bees are tremendously busy. They gather nectar from the flower. They build the honeycombs. They feed and clean the queen bee. They also protect the hive.

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• What is the topic sentence?• Hint: when taking notes, you don’t write

the whole topic sentence. You reduce it to as few words as possible. For example, the sentence Worker bees are tremendously busy could be written as Busy worker bees.

Worker bees are tremendously busy. They gather nectar from the flower. They build the honeycombs. They feed and clean the queen bee. They also protect the hive.

• Main topic: Busy worker bees

• Controlling idea: are tremendously busy.

• Next, find the sentences in the paragraph that prove the controlling idea.

Worker bees are tremendously busy.They gather nectar from the flower. They build the honeycombs. They feed and clean the queen bee. They also protect the hive.

• Main topic: Busy worker bees

• Supporting Details: Gather nectar

Build honeycombs

Feed and clean queen

Protect hive

Worker bees are tremendously busy. They gather nectar from the flower. They build the honeycombs. They feed and clean the queen bee. They also protect the hive.

A. Busy worker bees

B. Supporting Sentences

1. They gather nectar

2. They build honeycombs

3. They feed and clean queen

4. They protect hive

C. Missing a concluding sentence – so write one!

Worker bees are tremendously busy. They gather nectar from the flower. They build the honeycombs. They feed and clean the queen bee. They also protect the hive.

Now, On your own. Read the paragraph and write an outline.

Even though the tugboat is a small vessel, it has big jobs to perform. It helps to push and pull huge freighters and ocean liners in and out of city harbors. It helps maneuver large ships into their docks. It pulls barges in and out of the harbor along the coast. It helps to lay telephone and television cable.

Is yours similar to mine?

A. Small tugboats perform big jobsB. Supporting Sentences

1. Push and pull huge ships2. Maneuver ships into docks3. Pull barges4. Lay communication cables

C. Important tasks can be left to small tugboats.

Now work backwards. Use the outline to write a good paragraph.

A. Humpback whalesB. Supporting Sentences

1. Mammals2. Length, 45 feet3. Tail flukes, 12 feet wide4. Throat, 30 expanding grooves5. Twin blowholes, breathing6. Leap, high in air

C. Concluding Sentences

Remember:

1. Indent

2. Use transitional phrases

Is yours similar to mine?

Humpback whales are among the magnificent giants of the sea. These mammals average 45 feet in length. Just as amazing, their tail flukes are 12 feet wide. The humpback has about 30 throat grooves that allow its throat to expand. The humpback breathes through twin blowholes on top of its head. It seems playful as it leaps high into the air. Humpback whales are truly on of the most wonderful creatures on this earth.

Find: the indention and the transitions.

Outline the paragraph

Walls are built for different purposes. For example, Hadrian’s Wall was built in 125 A.D. across the neck of Scotland to keep the northern Picts out of newly acquired Roman territory in England. Another example is a pasture wall, built to keep livestock safe and protected. A third kind of wall is a memorial wall. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall was completed in 1982 and displays the names of that war’s dead and missing. Finally, the most common use of walls, of course, is in housing to separate rooms and to support roofs.

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A. Topic SentenceB. Supporting Sentences

1.2.3.4.

C. Concluding sentence (if it is missing, write one!)

Is yours similar to mine?

A. Walls have many purposesB. Supporting Sentences

1. Defense – Hadrian’s Wall2. Protection – pasture wall3. Memorial – Vietnam Veterans Memorial4. Support – house walls

C. All around the word there are many different kinds of walls

Exit TicketI can identify the main idea and

supporting details in text. Answer the following questions on your paper.

1. Where are the topic sentences usually located in a paragraph?

2. What two things must a topic sentence have in it?3. What is a topic?4. What is a controlling idea?5. What are supporting sentences?Bonus: What keeps supporting sentences in a logical order?