B.

Read the following paragraph and identify: the topic sentence, the supporting
sentences and the concluding sentence.

The concept of recycling is not a new one. At the beginning of the twentieth century,
about 70 percent of the cities in the United States had programs to recycle certain useful
materials. During World War II, 25 percent of the waste stream was recycled and reused.
In 1960, however, only 7 percent of the waste stream was recycled, but since the early
1970s this has risen along with environmental consciousness, and the recycling rate
was about 17 percent by 1990. By 2011, according to the
US. Environmental Protection Agency, the recycling rate in the United States increased to
34.7 percent.

a) Topic sentence:

__the recycling is’t a moderm terms

b) Supporting sentences:

___the recycling has been used in the WWII, in USA had programs to recycle and

the waste stream has grow up in his recycle porcent

c) Concluding sentence:

the recycle is’t a modern term and the people are aware of recycle, that is the
reason to the grow up of the porcents.
C. Now it is your turn to write a paragraph. You can use one of the following topic
sentences:

• Technology makes our lives better.

The technology helps us every day, like when we seek information, first we take our
phone and seek in internet de concept or any information we want, the technology is in
two part of this, in the modern phone and internet, this things let us find information
very fast. Other thing is the IoT, the internet of thing, this concept speaks of automation
of the process and easy use of the things, for example a robot vacuum, this thing had a
design to detect if our home is clean, use a camera to scan de floor and detected the
uncleanliness and we can program through our phone. The IoT is present in a distant
communication, using a app’s computer or phone we can speak and see our friend of
other country or city, but that is not new, the next technology for communication can be
the IoT Touch, the possibility of a distant tactile communication in the metaverse,
through sensors in our skin we can feel and provide the sensation of touch, this is
developed by the university of Hong Kong.
The evolution of technology brings us an innovator ideas to satisfy our needs, the needs
don’t change, the way change.

Topic sentence:
The technology can bring a better way to satisfy our needs.

Supporting sentence 1:

The internet and the phone bring us a speed communication and helps to seek
information.
Supporting sentence 2:
The IoT is a revolutionary concept where we find an innovative ideas.
Supporting sentence 3:
Examples of IoT
Concluding sentence:
The technology can make our life more easier and better.
Before handing

Revise. Make sure you have enough time to read your work and correct any mistakes you
find in it.

Checklist. Make sure your text:

It has a nice handwriting, no smudges or crossed-out words.

It sticks to one idea.
It includes connectors.

10% of information is retained by just listening and no note-taking or reviewing.

55% is retained if it is written down and not reviewed.

75% of info is retained if written down and reviewed within 48 hrs.

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