Paragraph Jeopardy Pot Luck Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Supporting Sentences Terms Organization Transitions Pot Luck Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Terms What is a MAIN IDEA?

$100 Answer from Terms A MAIN IDEA is the overall idea of a paragraph.

$200 Question from Terms What is a TOPIC SENTENCE and where can it be found?

$200 Answer from Terms A TOPIC SENTENCE is where the main idea of a paragraph is stated. It can be found anywhere in a paragraph, but for 7th grade Language Arts, we should put it at the beginning of our paragraph.

$300 Question from Terms A paragraph has UNITY when…

$300 Answer from Terms A paragraph has UNITY when all sentences relate to the central focus, or main idea .

$400 Question from Terms What should a CLOSING SENTENCE do?

$400 Answer from Terms A CLOSING SENTENCE should give your paragraph a finished/complete feeling.

$500 Question from Terms Define COHERENCE

$500 Answer from Terms COHERENCE is when readers can tell how and why ideas are connected.

$100 Question from Supporting Sentences What is the purpose of a SUPPORTING SENTENCE?

$100 Answer from Supporting Sentences should contain details that elaborate on, explain, or prove a paragraph’s main idea.

$200 Question from Supporting Sentences What are SENSORY DETAILS?

$200 Answer from Supporting Sentences SENSORY DETAILS are words that we can experience through the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

$300 Question from Supporting Sentences What are FACTS?

$300 Answer from Supporting Sentences FACTS = information that can be proved true by direct observation or by checking a reliable reference source.

$400 Question from Supporting Sentences What are EXAMPLES?

$400 Answer from Supporting Sentences EXAMPLES are typical instances of an idea.

$500 Question from Supporting Sentences Give me two SUPPORTING SENTENCES for the following sentence: My favorite class in school is social studies.

$500 Answer from Supporting Sentences Answers will vary.

$100 Question from Organization What is the definition of ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE?

$100 Answer from Organization ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE is a way of arranging ideas.

$200 Question from Organization What does it mean to put supporting sentences in CHRONOLOGICAL order?

$200 Answer from Organization CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER presents details in the order in which they happen (tell a story explain a process, show cause and express).

$300 Question from Organization What does it mean to put supporting sentences in SPATIAL order?

$300 Answer from Organization SPATIAL ORDER presents details according to their location (writing descriptions).

$400 Question from Organization What does it mean to put supporting sentences in order of IMPORTANCE? Should the most important idea be written first or last?

$400 Answer from Organization Order of IMPORTANCE means listing supporting sentences according to their importance. The most important idea is either at the beginning or at the end of a series of ideas (persuasive writing).

$500 Question from Organization If you were writing a paragraph about your new house, what order would you use to organize your supporting sentences and why?

$500 Answer from Organization Supporting details could be arranged in -spatial order to show where everything is in the house. -chronological order to show how the house was built -or order of importance to persuade the reader that your new house is the best one in the neighborhood.

$100 Question from Transitions What is the purpose of TRANSITION words and phrases?

$100 Answer from Transitions TRANSITIONS connect ideas and tell why and how they are related.

$200 Question from Transitions Name three TRANSITION words or phrases a writer could use to show time.

$200 Answer from Transitions Answers will vary.

$300 Question from Transitions Name three TRANSITION words or phrases a writer could use to show cause and effect.

$300 Answer from Transitions Answers will vary.

$400 Question from Transitions Name three TRANSITION words or phrases a writer could use to compare and/or contrast ideas.

$400 Answer from Transitions Answers will vary.

$500 Question from Transitions Put the following TRANSITION words/phrases in order: In addition Furthermore For Example Finally

$500 Answer from Transitions For example, In addition, Furthermore, Finally

$100 Question from Pot Luck What type of paragraph would you write to convince Thurston students to take a class trip to Big Bear?

$100 Answer from Pot Luck A Persuasive Essay

$200 Question from Pot Luck What type of essay would you write if you were asked to write a short story?

$200 Answer from Pot Luck A Narrative Essay

$300 Question from Pot Luck You are asked to describe the different areas of Disney Land? What type of organizational structure would be best? Explain.

$300 Answer from Pot Luck Spatial: since you are describing the park by its different locations

$400 Question from Pot Luck What type of writing is a research essay?

$400 Answer from Pot Luck It would be expository.

$500 Question from Pot Luck What is the editing symbol for a paragraph?

$500 Answer from Pot Luck

Final Jeopardy Define the following types of writing: Descriptive Narrative Expository Persuasive

Final Jeopardy Answer Descriptive – describe a scene or object Narrative – tell a story or explain a sequence of events Expository – provide information, including facts, instructions, and definitions Persuasive – to convince others to accept the writer’s opinion or to take action