Learning Goals
At the close of this workshop, students will be able to:
- Articulate the relationships between an effective topic sentence, the paragraphs that precede and follow, and the essay’s primary argument.
- Edit and draft topic sentences that achieve each of these purposes.
Materials
For Facilitators
For Students
Handout 1: Model Topic Sentences
Handout 2: The Disgrace of Man

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