2. © Capital Community College Warm-up Sit down, open your binders to your warm up section Read each sentence and identify the conjunctions and/or the prepositions in each one. 1.I want a dog but I already have a cat. 2.I bought a soda at the movies. 3.I’m reading a book since it’s raining today. 4.She brought cheese, bread, and salami to the picnic. 5.The boy fell on his back on the sidewalk.

3. © Capital Community College Answers 1.I want a dog but I already have a cat. 2.I bought a soda at the movies. 3.I’m reading a book since it’s raining today. 4.She brought cheese, bread, and salami to the picnic. 5.The boy fell on his back on the sidewalk.

4. © Capital Community College Agenda Warm-up “Great Mouse Plot” review Perfect Paragraph notes Paragraph practice Reader’s Workshop

5. © Capital Community College Great Mouse Plot In your rows you will meet with your group members. You will need one whiteboard and one marker. We will discuss each answer as a class Before we do that, everyone in the groups should share their answer. Decide on one and write it on the whiteboard. Hold it up so I can check it!

6. © Capital Community College The paragraph is a series of sentences developing one topic.

7. © Capital Community College The Topic Sentence The topic of a paragraph is stated in one sentence. This is called the topic sentence.

8. © Capital Community College The rest of the paragraph consists of sentences that develop or explain the main idea. Through the centuries rats have managed to survive all our efforts to destroy them. We have poisoned them and trapped them. We have fumigated, flooded, and burned them. We have tried germ warfare. Some rats even survived atomic bomb tests conducted on Entwetok atoll in the Pacific after World War II. In spite of all our efforts, these enemies of ours continue to prove that they are the most indestructible of pests. main idea concluding sentence

9. © Capital Community College A topic sentence may be developed by telling an incident A topic sentence may be developed by telling an incident Developing a Paragraph A topic sentence may be developed by giving examples. A topic sentence may be developed by giving examples. A topic sentence may be developed by giving details.

10. © Capital Community College Unity in the Paragraph Every sentence in a paragraph should support the main idea expressed in the topic sentence. main idea sentence

11. © Capital Community College The concluding or clincher sentence Restate the topic sentence in different words. A clincher sentence or concluding sentence clinches the point made in the paragraph. It summarizes the paragraph.

12. © Capital Community College Coherence in a Paragraph Stick to the point: The ideas have a clear and logical relation to each other. Put details or examples or incidents in logical order. 4 3 2 1 chronological in relation to each other in order of importance

13. © Capital Community College Connecting Sentences Within the Paragraph chronological order first meanwhile later afterwards finally objects in relation to one another next to in front of beside between behind in order of importance however furthermore as a result in fact yet Transition words

14. © Capital Community College Types of Paragraphs The narrative paragraph tells a story The persuasive paragraph. tries to convince the audience The descriptive paragraph describes something The expository or explanatory paragraph gives information or explains something

15. © Capital Community College Your turn! Using your graphic organizer, rewrite your answer to #7 of The Great Mouse Plot to make perfect paragraph! You need: A topic sentence: Example- “In Roald Dahl’s story, The Great Mouse Plot, the author experiences many emotions.” Supporting details Concluding sentence Be ready to share yours.

16. © Capital Community College More Now write an expository paragraph explaining how you felt about the story. Sample topic sentence: The entire time I was reading The Great Mouse Plot I was on the edge of my seat it was so exciting.