Name:________________________
Date:_________________________
Period:________________________
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ASSISTANCE:
CONFIDENTIAL SECRET LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
Introductory Paragraph:
What types of things could
you say here?
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How do I come up with a good topic sentence based on
your examples and details?
Confidential Secret #1 Example: I am afraid of large spiders.
Example: I am afraid to watch
the first part of Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Detail:
Detail: Tarantulas are crawling all over his guide.
Detail: When I hear the creepy music during this scene
I
close
my eyes so I don’t feel sick to my stomach.
Example: I get nervous going
to pet stores because they might have tarantulas.
Detail:____________________________________________
Detail:____________________________________________
Detail:____________________________________________
Example: One time my college
roommate, who knew about my fear of spiders, pulled a joke on me that
backfired.
Detail: Jon (my roommate) asked me to help him with a
paper.
Detail: When I opened the file for Jon’s paper, there was a
picture of a huge
hairy spider from the
Forest
Detail: When I saw the image of the spider, I jumped back
and went into my
friend Andy’s room down the hall.
Detail: I would not go back into my room until Andy checked
my computer to make sure Jon took away the
image
of the scary spider.
Looking at these examples and
details that we came up with, what are some possible topic sentences for Mr.
Piper’s paragraph?
Write them below.
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