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For me, the best way to understand topic sentences was to see really good examples in action. You should also talk about the different kinds of TS -- a TS that presents an already mentioned point for further inspection versus the "change of direction" TS ("Another way that the author demonstrates this is through..."). I think mastering the latter is particularly important. My essays always were criticized as making abrupt transitions or jumping from point to point until I mastered that type of TS.
[EDIT] Oh, another thing I just remembered. It really helped me when a teacher told me to write the whole essay first, then add in the TSs at the end. This can also help clear up more meta- structural problems with the overall essay. Of course, this is only a reasonable approach if the writing is being done on a computer, but perhaps you could just have them leave a few lines blank at the start of each 'graf to fill in a TS later (Jackie is right about the "put it first for now, get tricky later" theory).
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Topic Sentence Wordwind 01/11/04 06:10 PM Re: The Topic Sentence wwh 01/11/04 07:09 PM Re: The Topic Sentence Jackie 01/11/04 07:12 PM Re: The Topic Sentence maverick 01/11/04 11:01 PM Re: The Topic Sentence Jackie 01/12/04 12:42 AM Re: The Topic Sentence Flatlander 01/12/04 01:30 PM Re: The Topic Sentence Faldage 01/12/04 01:38 PM Re: The Topic Sentence maverick 01/12/04 04:00 PM Re: The Mission Statement Faldage 01/12/04 04:04 PM Re: The Mission Statement maverick 01/12/04 04:33 PM Writing is hard work Jackie 01/12/04 05:12 PM Re: getting it Write Buffalo Shrdlu 01/12/04 06:46 PM Re: getting it Write maverick 01/12/04 09:35 PM Re: getting it Write Wordwind 01/12/04 11:18 PM
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