When writing a paragraph about a person, the topic sentence includes the person's name, and the idea is the concept communicated about the person. For example, fill in any one of the blanks below and create different topic sentence that may be used in a paragraph describing a person.
John Smith enjoys ________________________________
John Smith hates _________________________________
John Smith loves __________________________________
John Smith works _________________________________
John Smith plays _________________________________
John Smith makes ________________________________
John Smith builds _________________________________
John Smith expects _______________________________
John Smith provides _______________________________
Write a summarizing topic sentence for each of three paragraphs of your choice. In the sentence, state the classmates' full name and describe the singular focused idea that the paragraph will develop. Then, draft a paragraph using the supporting details below:
Supporting Details
The supporting details are the remaining sentences of the paragraph, after the topic sentence. There are usually between 7 to 10 sentences that explain and develop the main idea or topic.Some techniques used to develop a paragraph and provide supporting details include:
- Using examples and illustrations,
- Citing data (facts, statistics, evidence, details, and others),
- Examining testimony (what other people say such as quotes and paraphrases),
- Using an anecdote or story,
- Defining terms in the paragraph,
- Comparing and contrasting two ideas or items,
- Evaluating causes and reasons,
- Examining effects and consequences,
- Analyzing the topic,
- Offering a chronology of an event (time segments).
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ReplyDeleteFrankcheska provides love and care for her son. She enjoys spending time with him and is a very active and involved mother. By spending time with her son, she supports his needs by showing him right from wrong and making sure he has everything and anything he needs. Being such a loving and caring mother she makes it a priority to make sure he’s loved, safe, and well groomed.
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Frankcheska enjoys listening to music. No matter what stress filled her day, listening to music tends to change her mood and completely transforms her attitude. Frankcheska’s days consist of long work days and sleepless nights. Having a young child is not an easy thing, But knowing how stressful her days can be she depends on the soothing sound of smooth soft rock to put her at ease and keep her in a calm state.
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Frankcheska expects to graduate from college with a decent GPA. Frankcheska is currently attending a 2 year community school. Knowing she won’t get the best benefit from just a two year degree, she hopes to maintain a worthy GPA so she can eventually transfer to a four year college. Considering Frankcheska desires to further her career in nursing, She keeps in mind that having a decent GPA plays a big role in continuing her success in that field.
Raymond hates with a passion a soccer team called Barcelona F.C. from Spain. The main reason he hates Barcelona is because they make it seem like they’re the best team in the world, and also like they never do anything wrong. This leads fans to favor them, and most of the fans are fake fans anyways. They like Barcelona only because of the only star player named Lionel Messi that is currently playing for Barcelona F.C. right now. The other reason is because most of the players play dirty. They play very unsportsmanlike and as a professional team there showing a bad example to their supporters.
ReplyDeleteRaymond enjoys watching a lot of shows, but his favorite T.V. show is F.1 Racing. The only reason he got into F.1 Racing is because of he’s idol Michael Schumacher. Since he started watching Michael Race he started getting into Cars. He can tell the type of a car from miles away, just by hearing the engine as well. The main reason he watched F.1 Racing is because of the excitement it provides him. He loves watching the repairs done to a care after a couple of laps and what he loves more is the accidents. Sometimes the accidents are funny but sometimes the accidents are serious as well.
Raymond loves all type of sports, but the sport he plays more is Soccer. Raymond plays this sport because he has a passion for soccer. He plays soccer with his friends during mostly every day. The one thing is loves to do is score goals, it makes him feel good to kick that ball from the 20 yard line and soccer an upper 90 goal. The main reason he plays soccer is because of the physical part of the game. He gets to run, see friends more often and just play to have fun.
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ReplyDeleteAlly Valderrama enjoys being at her parent’s home. She says “they do everything for me” very well she is almost treated like a princess most if not all the time she is with them. Her mother cooks for her and makes her whatever it is that Ally desires at the moment. As to make it all more exciting and see their daughter happy her father spoils her, he brings her to places she’d like to go, and gives her anything that she wants. The time with her parents is priceless to either one of them; they have a wonderful time when they spend it together as they eat, laugh, travel around and make good memories. The good times they spend together make up for all the time that Ally she doesn’t get to see her parents, which is often.
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Ally Valderrama wants something quite powerful and anticipated for her son; she would like to have her son graduate from college. Ally wants the best for her child and would like to see him make a professional out of himself. As a professional, success is something major in her expectations for her child who in the long run will be able have a good life. A good life in which he will be able to be happy which in fact is the one thing that can lead you to success. It all aligns together and in the long run her son will have everything that he wants and get all that he wishes to have because he will be a successful professional.
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Ally Valderrama loves to watch movies, comedies to be more precise. Comedies provide Ally to have an enjoyable time to spend with herself and have good time without going overboard. Watching movies for Ally is a way to go back and remember worthy memories she had with people close to her as friends and family. A gateway to help Ally feel at peace and relax is for her to sit back and enjoy a movie; it is almost like an escape for her, to enjoy other things that she doesn’t necessarily do very often considering her busy life. A relaxing, pleasant time for Ally lies in just watching a movie, couldn’t agree more.
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ReplyDeleteDaniela Farfan loves to go shopping. She finds mixing and matching clothes her own sense of style. Bright and outstanding is the direction she chooses to take when she goes to the mall. When she goes to Newport Mall or Garden State Plaza her favorite stores that she would want to step into are Forever 21 and Hollister. Forever 21 and Hollister have a unique sense of style that provides for all types of people. These both locations have what is in right now at the moment and what was also feature in the previous year. She finds shopping as a stress reliever.
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Daniela Farfan enjoys attending parties. She likes to hang out/ chill with her friends and the only this could happen in a fun and exciting way is by going to parties. Open house is the best way she finds that a party should be held. Well because of right now she is not 21 years old so clubs are out of the question. She gets so excited at parties that her inner self comes out and she start to dance. She finds it fun that she does not have to hold back. That she could have fun with her close friends on a night out.
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Daniela Farfan expects to become a detective in the future. Her energetic self that she holds with in her would find its true meaning in this field. Her strong attitude would make her journey to become a detective so much easier. She already has her own backbone build up already. Helping other people and finding out a solution to a situation is what she wants. This type of field is just the right amount of interest for her that she would go to the fullest. As well as getting involved with her community is what she long holds.
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ReplyDeleteJanira enjoys watching Fashion shows. On her spare time she loves to see what new fashion is out, staying up to date with the fashion world. Its exciting for her and because of the love she has for fashion she's decided to pursue her fashion career. She wants to be a fashion designer, watching fashion shows helps her mind have some creativity and new ideas. And to be a successful designer you need all the fashion tips you can possibly receive.
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Janira loves to shop. She's a hard worker that loves to spend her money on clothes, jewelry, and bags. After a hard day of school and work she loves to do some retail therapy afterwards. Buying clothes is such a stress reliever for her and makes her mind at ease. Not only she loves to shop due to stress, it also boost her self esteem. She enjoys having high standards for herself and looking fashionable. Its not only a hobby, its a way of living.
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Janira works at a clothing store because of the love she has for fashion. She loves the fact she can dress up manicans using her fashion sense. She also works at a clothing store because she's people friendly, and has great customer service skills. Although she's not going to make this work place a career, in the meantime she's loving what she does.
There are many people that can’t wait for the sunny days and the activities that come with the summer; however there are others who don’t like it at all. One of them is Marisol who hates summers; she feels like there are not many things to do because no matter where she goes it’s too hot out there that she prefers to stay home cool. Besides, nobody is in town, all her friends go away for vacations to other places. On top of that the feeling of perspiring, being sticky and the frizzy hair doesn’t help to the fact that she doesn’t want to go out….and who would like that? I’m one of them too, I can’t stand summers.
ReplyDeleteMarisol makes people laugh, which I consider something very hard to do but she loves it especially when she does it to her friends and family. She starts being silly, funny faces works really good for this. If silliness doesn't help, she says crazy things or jokes. Making people laugh means that everybody is having a great time with her because she is funny. She likes when they are happy. To see the smile in their faces means a lot to her. I think that this action is very sweet and tell how nice she is. Laugh is contagious....remember "laughter is the best medicine".
Marisol enjoys reading magazines and it became her passion. Any moment is good to relax and grab a magazine and read it. She spend a lot of time reading any kind of them. She is young that's why she likes "teen" magazines better. As long is a magazine she must read it.
She likes to read magazines because they have very interesting topics about health, fashion, beauty, diet and other tips that helps her in her life and also keep her update. It is always fun to read gossips about celebrities too. And Magazines about News, election, weather informs her. Reading is an interesting hobby that we should promote, so keep doing it.
James hates anything to do with Boston. The main reason being their sports teams and pompous attitudes that the people from Boston seem to have. To James it seems they have no reason to have this feeling of greatness. James feels that many of the achievements of their teams are not worthy of producing such smug feelings from the fans or players. It also doesn’t help that James is the worlds second biggest Knick fan (Spike Lee being the first) . The Knicks who hail from New York have a storied rivalry with the Boston Celtics. As a result James has nothing but contempt for anything from Boston.
ReplyDeleteJames Makes Culinary master pieces, but that doesn’t mean he looks down on the more common branches of cooking. In fact James enjoys making Pizza cooking a steak and various on trays. Ever since he was young he enjoyed putting his own spin on those classics. That is the reason he choose to major in Culinary. He wanted to have his cooking skills further refined in order to keep producing tremendously good tasting food to not only please others but more importantly to please his own taste buds.
James like most young level headed man has high but reasonable expectations. He doesn’t expect to be the first man to cook a Pizza for the Pope on Mars or anything outlandish like that. His expectations are a tad bit more humble. He intends to first of all graduate in Culinary. After that he counts on opening a sports bar where he plans to combine his love of sports and food to make a living. The way James talks about his love of cooking its easy to see that he will succeed in achieving his expectations.
1-William enjoys to work
ReplyDeleteWilliam feels happy about his work. He likes to help people and make them feel safe. His patients are grateful and comfortable. William co-workers try hard to give sick people back their health. He really feels that his work is very rewarding. He really loves his job and he likes to spend a lot of time working.
2-William Expects to graduate from college and advance in the medical field
William is very optimist, he wants more progress and he has good hopes to his future. Graduating from college probably is the first step to reach his goals. William is more interested in help people than the profits that he could get from it. He’s getting better in the medical field because of his job, he’s very skilled now.
3-William loves the peace and tranquility
William is a pacifist person, he loves to be calm and stay out of trouble. By evading problems he can be more relaxed and in a good mood. He feel less stress and is very happy when people are in peace, he hates fighting. He works hard and is exposed to a lot of pressure and stress but he is always calmed to avoid the problems that stress could cause him, that's why he loves tranquility.
Joshua Rodriguez enjoys to draw. He started at a young age. There is a couple of reasons why drawing is interesting to Josh. The first reason is that there is always something new to learn. The second reason is because it gives you something to do when there is noting to do. Also it can makes the time go by fast. Drawing for years gives you experience and you can master it over time. Joshua is drawing a comic book for his friend for his website. Josh believes that by drawing you can express yourself anyway you want.
ReplyDeleteJoshua Rodriguez works at a homeless shelter that is located in Union City. Joshua started volunteering for about three months. He got along great with the director, so eventually he was offered a job. He has been working there for about a year now and often feels down because of witnessing other peoples tragic life’s. Also uses that as motivation so that he never ends up at the place he works at. At times still sees the same people and wonders why they haven’t gotten a job yet? Even though he feels that it is easy money, helping others is more important.
Like most people, Joshua Rodriguez loves to go on vacation. Especially to a place that is warm because he hates places that are cold. Sometimes Josh will go on vacation just to get away or to get away from all the stress that builds up. One of the best parts of having family that live in other places in the world is that you can go visit them. It so happens that Josh has family that live in Cuba where it is warm, so Joshua deffinetly loves to go there. Also, Josh belives that spending time with family is time well spent.
1) Mr. Osvaldo enjoys meeting new people. Just arrived from Dominican Republic and is new in the country. He lives with his aunt and uncle but feels alone. Living in the household he feels bored also. Due to these feelings and emotions he wants to make new friend which gives him enjoyment. Currently in college, continues to meet new people which include students, teachers, faculty which he finds stimulating and enjoyable as oppose of just being home.
ReplyDelete2) Mr. Osvaldo expects to graduate from college and obtain a job. He wants to make more money than what making now. He wants the freedom to shop with the extra money and do things he can’t afford currently. With his degree he wants to give back to his mother and grandmother who are helping financially for now. By becoming established he will obtain independence.
3) Mr. Osvaldo hates to stay home on weekends. He works and goes to school during the week. He loves his mother and grandmother but hates to be there. He needs time to himself to relax and unwind instead of ending up doing chores. Rather be out with friends, mall, movies, playing sports, and fun activities. The weekend feels like prison at home, but an escape route when not there.
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ReplyDeleteAudrey enjoys spending time with friends and family whenever she gets the chance to have family reunions and get together. The reason why is because most of her family live two hours away and she only lives with her four year old son. What she would go do to make her feel less depressed and lonesome is to go shopping, gym, and tanning. As doing so this would make her feel better about herself and confident instead of the thought of being lonely. She appreciates the little things in life for the simple fact that her family is so far away and they can only support her to a minimum. This is way she tries to continue to strive for success so that later in life she can provide for her son and be the best she can be as a person.
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ReplyDeleteAudrey hates people taking advantage of her and mistaking her kindness for weakness. As any other human being she dislikes being taking for granted. Many of people have abused her kindness and generosity towards their own advantage, as a result to this they have closed all doors with her as well as trust. There are people in this society that think they can get away of doing harm to other people and get away with it. Even though they might think that way at the end of the day karma comes back around knocking on their doors without them expecting it. This has made Audrey put her guards up and think twice about whom she lets into her life. So in other words don’t do to others what you don’t like others to do to you. Keep in mind that the world goes around and whatever you do comes back around ten times worst.
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ReplyDeleteAudrey is currently a student in Hudson Community College majoring in Business Management. She loves being educated and perusing her career so she can become a professional to provide for her and her family. Especially for her son, in which has been diagnosed with a speech delay and learning disabilities. She is willing to conquer any barrier that stand in her way to accomplish her goal in life. As a young single mother she has high expectation for herself, in which I applaud and admire. Not so many parents have the any ambition within them to succeed in life. I advise those whom don’t know what to do with their lives to jump on the train to success before it is too late and stay stranded. Keep in mind that only you know what’s best for yourself and take the right path.
Ryan Ferran enjoys: spending time with close friends.
ReplyDeleteA time well spent is time well used, though it’s necessary to find a balance between your social and study hours. Ryan Ferran manages both and excels! Having a small number of close friends, according to him, exceeds the needs of popularity and allows him to maintain his social life with greater balance and trust. Having these close friends, allows him the freedom to comfortably and openly express himself; to be yourself, and not conforming to what people expect, is the greatest contribution to the world. Having such a close relationship with his peers, allows him to regard them as family— providing love and security, two basic tools to lead a happy life.
Ryan Ferran loves: playing basketball.
After gaining those extra pounds throughout the Fall and Winter seasons, most people use their extra pounds as an incentive to partake in sport activities. Ryan, takes advantage of those warm summer days to play a round or two with his friends. Apart from the fun factor, he uses this time of excersice to maintain himself physically and mentally. The main thing he takes from sport activities is how easy it is to burn those extra calories when in the company of friends.
Ryan Ferran enjoys: cooking.
Ryan looks at himself as a very expressive individual, and apart from what people see of him in school or work- he uses the art of culinary to individuate himself. Taking much pride in what he does, has made a somewhat boastful and distinguished man, into an international top chef with over a dozen restaurants to his name. He refers to his childhood, and always having an interest in being in the kitchen. He re-found cooking throughout his teenage years—for him, it was a vent for the stress laden on those years. Food is the basic substance for survival, learning how to manage and prepare food for friends or family is a tradition as long as man. He explains cooking as praising the eaters, and there not being a better feeling in the world than having someone appreciate and enjoy your cooking.