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Writing Product Prototype: People and Their Jobs- Topic Sentences
Writing Prototypes Unit | Lesson 5 of 4
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Writing Product Prototype: People and Their Jobs- Topic Sentences

Writing Prototypes Unit | Lesson 5 of 4
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Discuss: What do you want to be when you grow up?
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Discuss: What do you think Brehanna’s job is, based on the
sentences you read? You can have more than one idea!
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Discuss: How could you write a sentence to introduce
Brehanna and her job?
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Get your supplies.
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In today’s lesson, you’ll need someone to share ideas with. This could
be a partner or someone you sit near. When everyone knows who
their talk partner is, move on to the next step.
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Learn what Trenton does at his job.
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Look at number 1 on your People and Their Jobs Worksheet.
Whisper read the 3 sentences Diego wrote about Trenton’s job.
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Discuss with your partner: How would you write a topic sentence
to let your readers know what Trenton’s job is?
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Now look at the dotted line next to number 1 on your People and
Their Jobs Worksheet. Fill in the rest of this topic sentence:
“Trenton’s job is to…”
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Look at these topic sentences for Trenton’s job. When you’re ready,
click the arrow on the right to move on to the next step.
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Learn what Wei Wei does at her job.
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Look at number 2 on your People and Their Jobs Worksheet.
Whisper read the 3 sentences you see about Wei Wei’s job.
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Discuss with your partner: How would you write a topic sentence
to let your readers know what Wei Wei’s job is?
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Now look at the dotted line next to number 2 on your People and
Their Jobs Worksheet. Fill in the rest of this topic sentence:
“Wei Wei’s job is to…”
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Look at these topic sentences for Wei Wei’s job. When you’re ready,
click the arrow on the right to move on to the next step.
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Learn what Anton does at his job.
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Look at number 3 on your People and Their Jobs Worksheet.
Whisper read the 3 sentences you see about Anton’s job.
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Discuss with your partner: How would you write a topic sentence
to let your readers know who they are reading about and what their
job is?
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Now look at the dotted line next to number 3 on your People and
Their Jobs worksheet. Fill in the rest of this topic sentence:
“Anton’s job is to…”
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Look at these topic sentences for Anton’s job. When you’re ready,
click the arrow on the right to move on to the next step.
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Grade 3

Writing

Topic Sentences

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In this lesson, students learn the need for topic sentences in their writing. Students will use a video and three details to develop their own topic sentences. By creating this, students will group information together and introduce a topic clearly to their readers.
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People and Their Jobs! worksheet 30 copies
Word Bank: Jobs printout Print 30 copies
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Students will use both worksheets to form sentences.

We suggest students work in pairs. Homeschool students can work on their own.

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