Do you like hamburgers?

Did you know a hamburger is like a paragraph?

O The top and bottom bun are like the topic sentenceand concluding sentence. They They hold the paragraphtogether.

The meat is like the main ideas.

O It gives substance to our topic sentence. There should be 3 in a paragraph.

The extras are like the details.

O The tomato, lettuce, cheese and other good things give our burger flavor and our paragraph interest.

Different books use different vocabulary

O Some books use “main idea” to describe the support sentences.

O Some books use “support” to talk about the examples or details that explain the “main ideas”.

O Whatever the language, a paragraph looks like this:

8 sentence paragraphO Topic SentenceO Support 1 (main idea 1)

O Detail 1O Support 2 (main idea 2)

O Detail 2O Support 3 (main idea 3)

O Detail 3O Concluding sentence