Paragraph

Writing
A good paragraph usually has:
1) A topic sentence- This sentence tells what the paragraph is going t o be about
2) Supporting sentences- These sentences tell more about the topic
3) A concluding sentence- This sentence brings together all of the other sentences and often re-states the
topic
Please read the paragraph and underline the topic sentence, number the supporting sentences, and underline
the concluding sentence .
If I Was On a Desert Island
If I was on a desert Island and I could only have one thing with me, I would want to have a TV. On a desert
island there is nothing to do and it's easy to get bored, so a TV would give me something to watch. There are no other
people on desert islands so if I got lonely I could watch cartoons because they always make me feel better. There are
no newspapers on desert islands so if I wanted to know what was going on in other places in the world I could watch
the news. There are no schools on desert islands so if I wanted to learn something I could watch educational
programs. A TV could give me many of things that were missing, so if I could have one thing on a desert island, it
would be a TV.

This paragraph is scrambled. Please rewrite it with the topic sentence first, the supporting sentences next, and
the concluding sentence last.
Ice-cream Dinner
A) Ice-cream has calcium, fruit and sugar, all of the things that make a healthy meal, so it should be a meal and not
just a dessert.
B) Ice-cream often has fruit in it, which is very good for you and full of vitamins.
C)It also has sugar in it, which gives you energy to do such things as study and exercise.
D) Ice-cream should be a dinner meal and not just a dessert.
E) It is full of calcium, which is good for your bones, so it is a healthy food.

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