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What is an indent?
A small space before the first word of a paragraph
How many main ideas should one paragraph have?
One main idea.
What are the three parts of our paragraph?
Opening, 2–3 details, and a clear ending.
Name the three types of sentence openings we practised.
Time, place and manner.
Is 'Later that evening,' a TIME, PLACE or MANNER opening?
TIME.
Is 'Behind the old house,' a TIME, PLACE or MANNER opening?
PLACE.
Is 'Cautiously,' a TIME, PLACE or MANNER opening?
MANNER.
What do supporting details do?
Give more information about the main idea or event.
Change this sentence into the past tense: 'I open the door.'
I opened the door.
Name three vocabulary words we practised this week.
Any three: crept, gloomy, gripped, towered, faint, cautiously, startled, peculiar.
Late that evening, I walked into the garden. I saw a strange box near the tree. I opened it carefully. | What important part is missing?
A clear ending. The paragraph stops without closing the idea.
I walked into the room. I saw a box. I opened it. I was surprised. | What kind of sentence opening is missing?
A time, place or manner opening. For example: 'Early that morning, I walked into the room.'
Cautiously, I walk towards the old house. I opened the door. I see a peculiar shadow. I ran away. | Find TWO past-tense mistakes.
walk → walked; see → saw.
One rainy evening I heard a noise I opened the door A cat jumped out I laughed | What's missing throughout the paragraph?
Sentence-ending punctuation. Add full stops or suitable exclamation marks.
Behind the old gate, I found a box. I was excited. Then I went home. | What could the writer add to improve this paragraph?
More supporting details about the box or discovery, such as its appearance and what happened next.
At midnight, I heard a faint noise. I crept down the stairs. My favourite food is pizza. I opened the door and saw a cat. | Which sentence doesn't belong?
'My favourite food is pizza.' It doesn't support the paragraph's main idea.
