Write a Strong Topic Sentence
Grade 4 - Writing - Building Confidence
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Read the details: The museum ticket shows the date. The guidebook names the exhibit rooms. A photograph shows the old train station. Which topic sentence fits all of them?
- History happened before today.
- The ticket shows the date.
- Trains can be noisy when they leave a station.
- Museum materials can give visitors evidence about history and place.
Which sentence is too broad for a paragraph about class investigations?
- The class chose a question.
- Science is an interesting subject.
- A class investigation uses questions, observations, and comparisons to build a claim.
- Class investigations turn observations into supported claims.
Which sentence is too narrow to introduce all these details: The museum ticket shows the date. The guidebook names the exhibit rooms. A photograph shows the old train station.
- Different museum materials provide evidence for visitors.
- History happened before today.
- Museum materials can give visitors evidence about history and place.
- The ticket shows the date.
Which sentence is off topic for details about school garden health?
- Our school cafeteria serves soup on Fridays.
- Mulch keeps the ground moist.
- Plants are found in many places around the world.
- A healthy school garden depends on plants, soil, and care working together.
Revise this dull topic sentence: "This paragraph is about a garden."
- Several features help a school garden stay healthy.
- Mulch keeps the ground moist.
- This is a paragraph with sentences.
- This paragraph is about a garden.