Build a Short Paragraph
Grade 2 - Writing - Building Confidence
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Choose the best order for this short paragraph about packing for a picnic.
- A basket should hold sandwiches and fruit. -> Packing carefully makes a picnic easier. -> Napkins and water bottles are useful too. -> When everything is packed, the picnic can begin.
- When everything is packed, the picnic can begin. -> Napkins and water bottles are useful too. -> A basket should hold sandwiches and fruit. -> Packing carefully makes a picnic easier.
- Packing carefully makes a picnic easier. -> A basket should hold sandwiches and fruit. -> Napkins and water bottles are useful too. -> When everything is packed, the picnic can begin.
- Packing carefully makes a picnic easier. -> Napkins and water bottles are useful too. -> A basket should hold sandwiches and fruit. -> When everything is packed, the picnic can begin.
Which sentence should come first in the paragraph about taking care of a class plant?
- Next, they water the plant and turn it toward the light.
- First, students check whether the soil feels dry.
- The class played kickball after lunch.
- A class plant needs steady care.
Which sentence is a detail that supports the topic sentence "A class plant needs steady care."
- First, students check whether the soil feels dry.
- This paragraph is finished.
- With daily care, the plant can keep growing.
- The class played kickball after lunch.
Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph about packing for a picnic?
- Napkins and water bottles are useful too.
- A library card fits in a wallet.
- When everything is packed, the picnic can begin.
- Packing carefully makes a picnic easier.
Which sentence makes a good closing for the paragraph about packing for a picnic?
- A basket should hold sandwiches and fruit.
- Packing carefully makes a picnic easier.
- When everything is packed, the picnic can begin.
- The paragraph starts here.