Questions for TAL:
1) Who is the host?
2) How many years has the show been on the air?
3) How many episodes?
4) What format does the show follow?
5) What is the purpose of "the theme?"
Ans1: Ira Glass, he is the host and the executive producer of The American Life.
Ans2: 18 years, 1995 - 2013
Ans3: 504 episodes
Ans4: There's a theme to each episode, and a variety of stories on that theme.
Ans5: To give the audience a feel that there is a reason to sit down and listen to the story.
What is the topic sentence?
Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
Does the topic sentence introduce the main idea or draw a final conclusion? Explain.
It introduce the main idea of the paragraph since it is at the beginning at the paragraph and the rest of the paragraph illustrates information on the topic sentence.
What makes this topic sentence strong?
Other sentences in the paragraph that emphasizes on the topic sentence.
1) Who is the host?
2) How many years has the show been on the air?
3) How many episodes?
4) What format does the show follow?
5) What is the purpose of "the theme?"
Ans1: Ira Glass, he is the host and the executive producer of The American Life.
Ans2: 18 years, 1995 - 2013
Ans3: 504 episodes
Ans4: There's a theme to each episode, and a variety of stories on that theme.
Ans5: To give the audience a feel that there is a reason to sit down and listen to the story.
What is the topic sentence?
Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
Does the topic sentence introduce the main idea or draw a final conclusion? Explain.
It introduce the main idea of the paragraph since it is at the beginning at the paragraph and the rest of the paragraph illustrates information on the topic sentence.
What makes this topic sentence strong?
Other sentences in the paragraph that emphasizes on the topic sentence.