Learning by Doing: Shaping Topic Sentences

In a small group, answer these questions about each topic sentence below:

Will it catch readers’ attention? Is it accurate? Is it limited?

How might you develop the idea in the rest of the paragraph?

Can you improve it?

  1. Television commercials stereotype people.
  2. Living away from home for the first time is hard.
  3. It’s good for a child to have a pet.
  4. A flea market is a good place to buy jewelry.
  5. Pollution should be controlled.
  6. Everybody should recycle wastes.

Question 21.1

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