New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 4
Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Topic Sentences
Often, we ask learners to find the main idea in the story- this helps when re-telling. Why not apply this idea to writing? Find the main idea and introduce your writing with that idea; just like with a book, it helps with re-telling!...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Topic Sentence: Map It Out!
An eight-slide presentation introducing how to write a strong topic sentence by using the acronym MAP (main idea, attitude, preview).