Paragraph Unit
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Lesson 8 Concluding Sentences
Tennessee Standard - 6th Grade
Assessed - 6.spi.2.8 - Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.

Assessed  - 6,spi.1.23 - Select an appropriate summary statement and determine whether the theme is stated or implied.

 

Review these rules:

1. Start your paragraph with a topic sentence.
Topic sentence =  states the main idea (an interesting subject), and then adds what you want to say about the topic (your specific feeling about it).

2. Add supporting sentences.
Supporting sentences = more information about your topic. 

3. End with a concluding sentence
Conclusion = an ending sentence that explains what your paragraph is about. You are restating your topic or point. This keeps the reader focused.

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Activity 1

Choose the best conclusion sentence for each pair of sentences below. Write Yes if the sentence is a good conclusion sentence. Write No if the sentence is not a good conclusion sentence.

  1. __________  Forty to forty-four million adults in our country cannot read well enough to fill out a job application form.
  2. __________  As a homeless child he probably did not have the opportunity for formal education.
  1. __________  The red eyes of the spotted lizard make it appear scary.
  2. __________  Don't forget the dreaded spotted yellow lizard that promises instant, painful death from a single bite.
  1. __________  In only the last twenty years has homelessness surfaced in our country.
  2. __________  People choose to be homeless.
  1. __________  Creating a good camp brochure advertising Camp Green Lake as a normal camp would be a fun activity.
  2. __________  Take out one piece of heavy paper for your brochure.

 

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Activity 2

 

After making onion dip write the directions for how it was made. Be sure to include a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a conclusion sentence.

 

 

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Activity 3 Take out your graphic organizers from Lesson 7 and add conclusion sentences to each of your three paragraphs.

 

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