This document provides exercises to help students identify topics, controlling ideas, and plan writing. It includes examples of topic sentences and instructs students to understand topics, answer questions, and plan their own topic sentences and body paragraphs about the advantages and disadvantages of online dictionaries.
This document provides exercises to help students identify topics, controlling ideas, and plan writing. It includes examples of topic sentences and instructs students to understand topics, answer questions, and plan their own topic sentences and body paragraphs about the advantages and disadvantages of online dictionaries.
This document provides exercises to help students identify topics, controlling ideas, and plan writing. It includes examples of topic sentences and instructs students to understand topics, answer questions, and plan their own topic sentences and body paragraphs about the advantages and disadvantages of online dictionaries.
Exercise 1: identify topic and controlling idea in some topic
sentences. 1. Online dictionaries offer several benefits. - Topic: - Controlling idea: 2. There are many reasons why pollution in ABC Town is the worst in the world - Topic: - Controlling idea: 3. To be an effective CEO requires certain characteristics. - Topic: - Controlling idea: 4. There are many possible contributing factors to global warming. - Topic: - Controlling idea:
Exercise 2: Understand the topic
Topic: Online dictionary is common nowadays. What are some advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary? Topic: Question: Answer: Exercise 3: Plan the topic sentence Body 1’s topic sentence: Topic: Controlling idea: