Parts of a paragraph

• 1. topic sentence
• 2. supporting sentence one.
• 3. Supporting sentence two
• 4. Supporting sentence three and four.
• 5. Concluding sentence.
• Overall structure?

  Topic sentence, supporting sentence, one, supporting sentence, two, supporting sentence three and four, concluding sentence
• What do you write in topic sentence?

  Introduce the main idea
• What do you write in supporting sentence one?

  Give specific details about the topic
• What do you write in supporting sentence two?

  elaborate further with examples
• What do you write in supporting sentence three and four?

  transitional phrases, for example, according to that, as a result, therefore, in addition
• What do you write in concluding sentence?

  Restate the topic sentence and give opinion