DEVELOPING

TOPIC SENTENCE
 How to develop a topic
sentence?

Supporting Supporting
Sentence Sentence

(Topic
Sentence)

Supporting Supporting
Sentence Sentence
A paragraph is like a
hamburger.
 Example
• My favorite holiday was last year’s
holiday. My family and I went to Scotland
for three weeks. We visited big cities and
then we travelled to the north. There, we
saw some beautiful countryside and
mountains. Beside that, the food was also
delicious. That was the best holiday I’ve
ever had.
 Analysis
=>Topic sentence: My favorite holiday
was last year’s holiday.

Topic: last year’s holiday

Controlling idea: favorite

 Analysis
=> Supporting sentence 1: My family and
I went to Scotland for three weeks.
Explanation: This sentence explains the controlling idea of
“favorite” because the statement of “went to Scotland for three
weeks” means having a long holiday, and of course it made
the writer happy.

Therefore, it can be one of the proofs that her last year’s

holiday was her favorite holiday.
 Analysis
=> Supporting sentence 2: There, we
saw some beautiful countryside and
mountains.
Explanation:
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 Analysis
=>Supporting sentence 3: We visited big
cities and then we travelled to the north.
Explanation:
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 Analysis
=>Supporting sentence 4: Beside that,
the food was also delicious.
Explanation:
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 Analysis
=>Concluding sentence : That was the
best holiday I have ever had.
Explanation:
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 Writing Practice
• Make a group of five students.

• Choose one of the following topic

sentences and develop it by adding four
supporting sentences.

• Make sure that there is COHESION and

COHERENCE inside your paragraph.
 Choose one the following topic sentences
(main idea).
• IAIN Pekalongan is one of good Islamic
colleges in Central Java.

• My favorite lecturer is ......

• Pekalongan is a beautiful city.

• ..................................
• .......................................
 Let’s make a
SANDWICH PARAGRAPH