EF 3/4 paragraph review

Paragraphs -

Topic sentence - topic, controlling idea
Topic come from the question.
"Why did you move to Canada?"

Controlling idea - your opinion, your direction

The first sentence is usually the topic sentence.

mirror vocabulary from the question - on topic

"Why did you move to Canada?"
I moved to Canada - topic
I moved to Canada because I wanted a better life.

because I wanted a better life- contolling idea

TOPIC SENTENCE

I moved to Canada because I wanted a better life.
I moved to Canada because of three reasons.
I moved to Canada because of my children.

SUPPORT SENTENCES - support the topic sentence
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    I moved to Canada because of my children. First, I want them to go to school in Canada. Second, they don't have as much homework as they do in my home country. Third, I like to go swimming at the community centre.
Concluding sentence


PROCESS = PLAN, then WRITE