Traffic Light Strategy

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Traffic Light Strategy

• Can I select the appropriate topic sentence,
  supporting sentence, and concluding sentence?

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Topic Sentence

• A topic sentence is the main idea of the
  paragraph.
• It is the first sentence in a paragraph.
• Ex Fall is my favorite season.

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Supporting Sentence

• The job of a supporting sentence is to support
  the main idea (topic sentence).
• It gives detail to the main idea.
• Each paragraph should include three supporting
  sentences.

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Concluding Sentence

• Summarizes the main idea of what the paragraph is
  about.
• Found in the last sentence.
• Restates in a different way the topic sentence.

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Brief Description

• A traffic light serves as a tool for students to
  use when writing a simple, color-coded paragraph
  that has a beginning, a middle, and an end

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Example

• Fall is my favorite time of year. The fall air is
  crisp and cool. Pumpkins decorate doorsteps up
  and down my street. The smell of fallen leaves
  fills the air. That is why I like fall so much.

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Example

• When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
  Astronauts explore places where people have never
  been before. The make new discoveries about our
  solar system. Some astronauts even walk in space.
  Being an astronaut would be fun and challenging
  work.

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Topic Sentences

• President Obama has a very difficult job.
• Baseball is my favorite sport.
• My state is a great place to live.
• When I looked at the clock I knew I would be late
  for school if I didnt hurry up.
• The weatherman warned us to prepare for a
  hurricane.

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Follow up Lesson

• Cut a hand out of construction paper
• Write the topic sentence on the thumb.
• Place the supporting sentences on the three
  fingers.
• Finally, write the concluding sentence on the
  pinky.