Activity: Completing a Paragraph
Complete this activity to practice creating support to complete a partially written paragraph. After you are finished, check the answer key, but know that answers will vary widely.
Completing a Paragraph Activity
Rewrite this paragraph filling in the blanks with support that shows how the three main ideas (problems with the apartment) are frustrating. Please make sure you use complete thoughts and sentences and that you include the sentences that are already written in your completed paragraph. Also, feel free to change the wording if your supporting ideas don’t quite fit with the language currently here.
My apartment has a lot of problems. For one thing, the walls and floors I share with the other people who live in this building are incredibly thin. This is annoying because ________________________________. Just the other day ___________________________. A second major problem is the plumbing. For example,________________________________. Also, ______________________. The worst problem is the heating. It always _____________. In addition, ____________________. With all these issues, I hope to find a new apartment and move soon.
If it helps, think of the main ideas as questions and what you will fill in the blank as answers.
What are two problems that this author might have with thin walls?What are two problems that this author might have with the plumbing?
Source: Erin Severs
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