What Great Form!

The students continue to learn and practice writing a paragraph with a topic sentence and detail sentences.  The other  most important skill was to indent only the first sentence of a paragraph. The students identified character traits for Paul Bunyan and examples from the book to support it.  The students used a T-chart.  Using their T-chart, I modeled for the students how to write a paragraph. The topic sentence was Paul Bunyan was a legendary hero for American tall tales.  The detail sentences were as follows:  He was strong. As a baby, he collected trees by pulling them out by the roots.  Paul was creative.  He made a colossal griddle to make enough pancakes for all the lumberjacks.  He was highly skilled.  He leveled all the trees to make the Great Plains.  He was powerful.  With his ax, he gouged out the Grand Canyon.