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Keep a Paragraph on One Topic
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Today I am practising: identifying details that support a paragraph's main focus
1
Topic: feeding a pet rabbit. Choose the unrelated detail: fresh water / rabbit food / my bike is red.
2
Write a replacement detail that belongs with feeding a rabbit.
3
Read: Our class planted beans. We put seeds in soil. My socks have stripes. We watered the pots. Cross out the sentence that wanders.
4
Add one useful detail to the bean paragraph.
5
Write three sentences about making a snack. Keep every sentence about that task.
6
Underline your topic sentence and circle a detail that explains it.
- Name the topic aloud before judging any detail.
- Ask how each sentence helps a reader understand that topic.
- Use oral rehearsal when three written sentences are demanding.