1. How to Write a Body Paragraph!

2. The Parts of a Body Paragraph
Topic Sentence (Connects to your Central Question, provides the Main Idea of your Paragraph)
Supporting Details (Elaborate or add to your main idea)
Concluding Sentence (Restates the Main Idea and transitions to the next Paragraph)

3. Let’s Look at an Example!
Body Paragraph 1
(topic sentence, Supporting details, Conclusion)
Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi argues that the Loch Ness Monster sightings are a result of bubbles made by underwater earthquakes, not an actual monster called Nessie. Loch Ness sits on a 62 mile-long Great Glen fault line that creates seismic activity. Small shocks from earthquakes can cause movement on the water surface. Along the fault line, gas emissions can cause large bubbles on the surface of the water. Many inexperienced witnesses often mistake these bubbles on the surface as a monster swimming through the water of the Loch. Therefore, this evidence suggests that there may be no monster at all.

4. Let’s Take this one A Part.
Body Paragraph 2
Where are the topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusion in this paragraph? What is the main idea?
Even with Piccardi’s evidence, critics argue that Nessie is still real. Gary Campbell argues with this theory by stating that the majority of the Nessie sightings involve foreign objects coming out of the water. Witnesses often describe a hump or a head and long neck. They have seen a physical object, not bubbles. Scottish Loch Ness expert, George Edwards, took a picture of an unexplained hump-like object that appeared above the surface of the water and then disappeared. In addition, Marcus Atkinson has sonar images of a large object following his boat 75 feet below the lake’s surface. Bubbles are on the surface of the water and do not follow a boat. Therefore, this evidence suggests that there is something large living in the Loch Ness.

5. Now, You Try!
Using your notes, Compose the body paragraphs for your informational essay.
Remember, Each Paragraph needs the following:
a topic sentence that provides the main idea and is connected to your Central Question/thesis
Supporting details that support the main idea of your paragraph
A Concluding sentence that restates the main idea.
Be sure to paraphrase information from your sources and To properly punctuate when using an important quotation.