As you write: Focusing on topic sentences

Exchange drafts with a classmate to help each other focus on topic sentences and paragraph development. Read each paragraph and ask questions:

• What is the main point of the paragraph?
• Is there a topic sentence that signals to readers what to expect in the rest of the paragraph?
• Does each sentence support the topic sentence and logically follow from the one before?

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Using your classmate’s comments, use the box below to revise a few paragraphs or to make notes about how you might revise your paragraphs to strengthen topic sentences and to make sure each paragraph sticks to a main point.