Period: ______ Literacy Is Power and Choice

Name: __________________________________ Date: ___________________

Period: _________ Literacy is power and choice.

Topic Sentence Revisions

Directions: Take your answers from the previous class period and revise them into strong topic sentences.

1. Are you distracted by technology? Are smartphones, texting, video games, iPads, Facebook, Web surfing and television getting in the way of your learning?

Old answer:

Yes because I use it all the time.

Revised answer:

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: I am distracted by technology because

Your main idea: I use technology when I should be focusing on my work.

Full topic sentence: I am distracted by technology because I use it when I should be focusing on my work.

2. Should what you say on Facebook be grounds for getting fired?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What do you think about diversity on TV? Is TV to “white”?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Do parents have different hopes and standards for their sons than for their daughters?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Are anti-smoking ads effective?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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6. When do children become adults?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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7. Should armed guards patrol this country’s schools?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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8. Which is more important: talent or hard work?

Turn the prompt into a sentence starter: _________________________________________________________________

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Your main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Full topic sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________

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