1. The document discusses activities from a writing textbook about constructing supporting and concluding sentences. It provides examples of topics, controlling ideas, and evaluations of whether sentences are supporting or unrelated. 2. The document also lists potential questions to answer in paragraphs and evaluations of supporting and unrelated sentences within examples paragraphs. It identifies possible concluding sentences for the example paragraphs. 3. In summarizing the document, the key points are that it discusses building supporting and concluding sentences for paragraphs through textbook activities that provide topics, evaluate sentence relevance, and suggest conclusions.

1. Unit 4 Supporting and Concluding Sentences Basic Writing WTUC March 29, 2007

2. Activity 1, p. 58: controlling ideas: best cities on the east coast, Washington D.C.; prediction: reasons and examples showing why Washington, D.C., is a good place to visit 2. controlling ideas: interesting career, flight attendant; prediction: interesting aspects of being a flight attendant 3. controlling ideas: respect and admire, grandmother Carla; prediction: good qualities of my grandmother

3. Activity 3, pp. 61–62: TS 2 TS 1 TS 1 TS 2 TS 1 TS 1 TS 2 TS 1

4. Activity 4, pp. 62–63: 1. What are the poisonous snakes? 2. What are the adverse effects? 3. How will computers eliminate libraries? 4. Why is San Francisco a wonderful place to raise children? 5. What happened when your boyfriend broke up with you?

5. Activity 7, pp. 66–68 : Paragraph 25, p.67: 1. good supporting sentence: It tells a reason for using chlorine, which is mentioned in the previous sentence. 2. unrelated sentence: No connection between accidental poisoning and maintaining your pool. 3. good supporting sentence: Another step in maintaining a swimming pool.

6. Paragraph 26, p.68: good supporting sentence: First example of how to relax. good supporting sentence: Another example of how to relax. unrelated sentence: New information not related to the topic of how to relax and fall asleep.

7. Paragraph 27, p.72: TS: When I first started going to college, I was surprised at all the studying I had to do . Unrelated sentences: none. Possible concluding sentence: Although I was surprised at first at the amount of work I had to do, I managed to change my habits and become a good university student .

8. Paragraph 28, p.73: TS: Caring for river turtles is easier than many people think . Unrelated sentences: If you have a large turtle, you will need to construct a small pond in your back yard. Possible concluding sentence: After you have finished these simple steps, your home is ready for your new pet .

9. Paragraph 29, p.73: TS: There are four easy ways to prepare a delicious and nutritious egg . Unrelated sentences: Some people believe that brown eggs taste better than white eggs. Possible concluding sentence: After preparing eggs in each of the four ways, you can decide which method is easiest and most delicious for you.