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Before writing your journals, did you plan?

Before writing your journals, did you plan?. What was your strategy for your topic sentence?. Supporting ideas?. Did you even think about any of that?. Example student topic sentences:. Friends are really important.

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Before writing your journals, did you plan?

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  1. Before writing your journals, did you plan? • What was your strategy for your topic sentence? • Supporting ideas? Did you even think about any of that?

  2. Example student topic sentences: Friends are really important.

  3. Example student topic sentences:After 10 years goes by I will be 22 years old.

  4. I think this quote is true because what is behind us is stuff that you can’t change. Example student topic sentences:

  5. The three P’s 7th grade language arts Mrs. DiDonato, Ms. McLachlan, Mrs. Cochran

  6. In writing you need to give your reader a sneak preview of what’s coming in your writing. • An ADVANCED topic sentence will do THREE things: • Be three-pronged • Include 3 ways, reasons, solutions etc.

  7. The topic sentence will… 2. Be parallel in structure Each prong is the same in structure grammatically. 3. Provide a preview Let us know what the writing will cover.

  8. Example Topic sentence with the 3 P’s Three pronged (3 reasons) Preview provided Television has a positive effect on its viewers because it helps them learn, gives them information from all over the world and allows them to relax. Parallel (same in structure) Each prong begins with a VERB in the present tense.

  9. Television has a positive effect on its viewers because it helps them learn, gives them information from all over the world and allows them to relax.Sentence 2: how they learnSentence 3: example…Sentence 4: how it gives worldly info Sentence 5: example…Sentence 6: how it relaxes usSentence 7: example…Sentence 8: conclude

  10. YOUR TURN to label the parts of the topic sentence.The most important qualities of a good friend are a sense of humor, kindness and dependability. Three pronged (3 qualities) Preview provided Parallel (same in structure) Each prong begins with noun

  11. Importance of being parallel/same Non-parallel topic sentence Parallel topic sentence Westminster, Colorado is a great place to live because of its beautiful views, its small town feel and its low crime rate. Westminster, Colorado is a great place to live because of its beautiful views, its small town feel and it has a low crime rate.

  12. YOUR TURN… Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Computers are helpful because they are a way to communicate, a way to get work done faster, and a way to entertain yourself. Sports benefit your overall health because they relieve stress in your muscles, they work your cardiovascular system and your brain needs oxygen. they send oxygen to your organs.

  13. YOUR TURN… Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Every student should complete high school because high school graduates earn more, finding better jobs and they have more choices. William Shakespeare is influential because of his poetry, his plays and because he coined so many new words. and his vocabulary. find better have

  14. YOUR TURN… Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Parallel or not? Fix it if needed. Every child should have a pet to provide companionship, teach compassion and encourage responsibility. With future budget cuts upon us, the school district should consider closing school during colder temperature, turn lights off when unnecessary and raising class sizes. turning lights off when

  15. Your turn to write a topic sentence using this format and the ABCD prompt planning. Prompt: What are the qualities of an effective leader?

  16. Prompt: Identify and explain the qualities of an effective leader? Attack the Prompt • Circle the words in the prompt that ask you to do something. (verbs) • Draw an arrow from each circled word to what it is specifically asking you do. • Rewrite the circled words below. Next to each word, rewrite what the word asks you to do. 1.____________________________________________2.__________________________________________ identify the qualities of an effective leader explain the qualities of an effective leader

  17. Prompt: Identify and explain the qualities of an effective leader?

  18. Prompt: Identify and explain the qualities of an effective leader? 2 1 3

  19. Prompt: Identify and explain the qualities of an effective leader? 2 1 3 Draft your thesis statement: __________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

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