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Paragraph Structure – Part 2
Supporting Sentences
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Supporting Sentences• Add information about the topic
sentence
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Supporting Sentences• Add information about the topic
sentence• It supports the topic
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.• Write a topic sentence for a paragraph.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people
build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Define• Talk about your topic sentence a little more. What
do you mean?
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people
build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Define• I was the happiest I have ever been when I lived in
the small island country.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses in
Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Define
• I was the happiest I have ever been when I lived in the small island country.
• Write a “Define” supporting sentence about your topic sentence.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Explain• Why, why was this so happy for you?
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses
in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Explain
• I felt so good about myself because all I did was help others all day. I helped families get a new place to live and built schools or community centers where people can learn and work together to make a better life. It was so great to help others.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses
in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Explain
• I felt so good about myself because all I did was help others all day. I helped families get a new place to live and built schools or community centers where people can learn and work together to make a better life. It was so great to help others.
• Write an “Explain” supporting sentence about your topic sentence.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences–Give examples
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build
houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Give examples
• For example, the Rodriguez family of six people had their house destroyed by a hurricane. They had lived in a tent for four years. I helped them finally have a proper home again. It was the most amazing gift I have ever given someone.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses
in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Give examples
• For example, the Rodriguez family of six people had their house destroyed by a hurricane. They had lived in a tent for four years. I helped them finally have a proper home again. It was the most amazing gift I have ever given someone.
• Write an “Examples” supporting sentence about your topic sentence.
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences–Define
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping
people build houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences–Define– Explain
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build
houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Define– Explain– Give examples
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Supporting Sentences• Topic sentence– I spent the best years of my life helping people build
houses in Costa Rica.• Different types of supporting sentences– Define– Explain– Give examples
• Write another paragraph with a topic sentence and three different types of supporting sentences.