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How do you write a supporting sentence for a topic sentence?

Good writers think of these questions when they write supporting sentences for the topic sentence. Activity 1edicting Paragraph Pr content from the ontrolling idea Read each topic sentence. Circle the main idea. Underline the controlling idea. Then predict the kind of information you will find in the paragraph. 1.

What are supporting and concluding sentences?

72Unit 4 • Supporting and Concluding Sentences Supporting sentencesgive information that explains and expands the topic of the paragraph. They answer questions—who? what? where? when? why? and how?—and give details. Good writers think of these questions when they write supporting sentences for the topic sentence.

How do you write a paragraph about a topic?

Write a paragraph about the topic. • In your supporting sentences, answer the questions that you wrote in Activity 6. Remember to write only about ideas that are introduced in the controlling idea of your topic sentence. • Use the guidelines on page 86 to write a good concluding sentence for your paragraph.

How to write a paragraph effectively?

As you write a paragraph, always look back at your topic sentence. Do not include any information that is unrelated to the topic sentence. It is very easy to lose track of the main idea if you do not refer to the topic sentence from time to time.