Topic, Detail, and Closing Sentence

Projectable 29.1

A Boat Disappears Writing Write to Respond: Opinion Paragraph

Writing Model

Topic, Detail, and Closing Sentence

The topic sentence tells

A Dog for Bones

your opinion, or what you think.

Detail sentences give reasons and examples.

Bones the detective should be allowed to have Curly the dog. One reason is Curly likes Bones. Curly wags his curly tail when he sees him. Another reason is Curly is a great detective! He is a detective because he knows how to

The closing sentence retells your opinion

follow clues to find people. Curly can help Bones follow the clues. I think Bones the detective needs Curly the dog.

using different

words.

Talk About It

1. What kind of writing is this? How do you know?

2. What are the jobs of the topic sentence and the closing sentence?

3. What is the job of the detail sentences? 4. Which of these sentences has an example? Explain.

Writing

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Projectable 29.1

A Boat Disappears Writing Write to Respond: Opinion Paragraph

Writing Model

Topic, Detail, and Closing Sentence

The topic sentence tells

A Dog for Bones

your opinion, or what you think.

Detail sentences give reasons and examples.

Bones the detective should be allowed to have Curly the dog. One reason is Curly likes Bones. Curly wags his curly tail when he sees him. Another reason is Curly is a great detective! He is a detective because he knows how to

The closing sentence retells your opinion

follow clues to find people. Curly can help Bones follow the clues. I think Bones the detective needs Curly the dog.

using different

words.

Talk About It

1. What kind of writing is this? How do you know?

opinion paragraph; The writer tells what she thinks and backs it up with reasons. It is a paragraph; The topic sentence is indented.

2. What are the jobs of the topic sentence and the closing

sentence?

to tell the writer's opinion; to retell the opinion using different words

3. What is the job of the detail sentences?

to tell reasons and examples

4. Which of these sentences has an example? Explain.

Sample answer: He is a detective because he knows how to follow clues to find people. This shows one way that Curly is a good detective.

Writing

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Projectable 29.2

A Boat Disappears Introduce Comprehension Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

The Flowers Are Gone!

"My flowers are gone!" Mother called. "I put them by the window. Then the baby cried, and I left the room. When I came back, the flowers were gone."

"I'll look around," I said. I did find the flowers. They were below the window. The wind had blown them out!

Cause and Effect Use a T-map to identify what happens and why in the story.

What happens?

Why?

Introduce Comprehension

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Projectable 29.2

A Boat Disappears Introduce Comprehension Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

The Flowers Are Gone!

"My flowers are gone!" Mother called. "I put them by the window. Then the baby cried, and I left the room. When I came back, the flowers were gone."

"I'll look around," I said. I did find the flowers. They were below the window. The wind had blown them out!

Cause and Effect Use a T-map to identify what happens and why in the story.

What happens?

Mother left the room. The flowers were below the window.

Why?

The baby cried. The wind had blown them out.

Introduce Comprehension

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A Boat Disappears Comprehension Cause and Effect

T-Map

A Boat Disappears

What Happens?

Projectable 29.3a

Why?

Comprehension

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Projectable 29.3a

A Boat Disappears Comprehension Cause and Effect

T-Map

A Boat Disappears

What Happens?

Why?

Skeet goes to see Inspector Hopper.

They go to the lake.

His boat has disappeared, and he wants Inspector Hopper to find it.

That is the last place Skeet saw his boat.

Comprehension

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Projectable 29.3b

A Boat Disappears Comprehension Cause and Effect

T-Map

A Boat Disappears

What Happens?

Why?

Skeet goes to see Inspector Hopper.

They go to the lake.

His boat has disappeared, and he wants Inspector Hopper to find it.

That is the last place Skeet saw his boat.

Comprehension

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Projectable 29.3b

A Boat Disappears Comprehension Cause and Effect

T-Map

A Boat Disappears

What Happens?

Why?

Skeet goes to see Inspector Hopper. They go to the lake.

Inspector Hopper and the group follow the boat pieces.

His boat has disappeared, and he wants Inspector Hopper to find it.

That is the last place Skeet saw his boat.

They hope to find more clues about the missing boat or the person who took the boat.

Comprehension

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