DEVELOPING TOPIC SENTENCESJUNIORS

SWBAT DEVELOP TOPIC SENTENCES FOR THEIR ARGUMENT ESSAY

• Do Now: Get into your writing groups. Write your thesis sentence on a separate piece of paper.

• HW REMINDERS: • -QUOTE WORKSHEET FOR INDEP. READING PROJECT

DUE ON MONDAY• -GATSBY CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 DUE ON TUESDAY AND

CASTLE LEARNING DUE ON TUESDAY• IN-CLASS ESSAY TUESDAY• GATSBY QUIZ WEDNESDAY AND DISCUSSION OF

CHAPTERS 1-4

WHAT IS A TOPIC SENTENCE?

• IT IS THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS IN YOUR ESSAY.

• IT IS THE FIRST SENTENCE OF ANY PARAGRAPH WHERE YOU ARE STICKING TO THE SAME IDEA.

HOW DO I DEVELOP A TOPIC SENTENCE?• WRITE DOWN YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.• EXAMPLE: The American Dream exists because every

person has the opportunity to get an education, work, and become a success.

• THINK OF THE “SUBTOPICS” THAT EXIST IN YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.• Body 1: Education• Body 2: Work• Body 3: Success***LOOK AT YOUR THESIS STATEMENT RIGHT NOW AND DO WHAT I JUST DID!

TAKING THE IDEA AND TURNING IT INTO A SENTENCE• BODY 1 (MAJOR IDEA = EDUCATION)• In America, every person regardless of citizenship

is allowed access to a free and public education.

• OR

• In “The Right to Fail,” the author states that higher education exists in our country for all to access.

• WHICH ONE IS STRONGER? WHICH ONE ACTS AS MORE OF AN OVERVIEW

YOUR TURN…• ON YOUR DO NOW SHEET, TAKE 3 MINUTES TO

WRITE DOWN THE THREE “SUBTOPICS” UNDER YOUR THESIS. ALSO, WRITE THEM DOWN IN YOUR PACKET.

• YOU ARE GOING TO HAND THE LOOSELEAF PAPER INTO ME.

• CONTINUE BUILDING THE SUPPORTING DETAILS FOR YOUR BODY PARAGRAHS—NOW YOU HAVE THE OUTLINE TO BUILD YOUR TOPIC SENTENCES AND THE REST OF YOUR ESSAY

RECAP• THINK OF YOUR ESSAY

AS A HOUSE.• THE FOUNDATION IS

THE THESIS STATEMENT.

• THE LAYERS ON TOP ARE YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS.

• IF YOU BUILD IT CORRECTLY, THE ROOF (YOUR CONCLUSION) WILL MAKE IT FEEL COZY, WARM, AND UNIFIED.

THESIS

BODY

CONCLUSION