Topic Sentences

In the following paragraphs, identify the topic sentence and the

key words in the topic sentence that the other sentences support.

1.   John Bookmeyer is a versatile, well-rounded boy. In

addition to singing in his church choir, he is a drummer in a

small combo. He maintains a high average in his subjects at

school and still manages to play football and run on the track

team. Although he is very popular with other young people, he

doesn't let his social life interfere with his weekend job at the

drugstore.

Topic Sentence:  John Bookmeyer is a versatile, well-rounded boy

. It is description about John Bookmeyer's life.

  2.   The first thing I noticed about the school was the litter

in the schoolyard. Trash and paper were scattered everywhere. The

building, which could have been very attractive despite its age,

was dingy and dirty beyond belief. A window -pane was broken out

of the main door, and the door itself led into a dark, for

bidding hall. As I walked down the hall, I noticed the messy

bulletin board and, in several places, writing on the wall. No

one greeted me when I entered the outer office, although a

receptionist was sitting there noisily chewing a huge wad of gum

and putting on fingernail polish. All in all. I couldn't help

feeling that the school was poorly cared for. 

Topic Sentence: that the school was poorly cared for

. The writer is describing how poorly is its school.

3.   Through the fog the arc lights high above the stadium

looked like small moons from the field below. The lights were

reflected all over the marshy field in pools of water, an

accumulation of twenty four hours of steady drizzle. Despite

lengthy warm-up drills, the players now felt the cold and

dampness beginning to penetrate. They were either huddled

together or dancing up and down to keep warm-- that is, all

except our first-string quarterback and our all-state offensive

end, both of whom were out of the game with injuries. They sat

glumly on the bench wrapped in soggy woolen blankets, Conditions

could hardly have been worse for this crucial game.

Topic Sentence: it hasn't a explicit topic sentence, but the writer

tell about a football game describing everything that happened in the

stadium (environment, climate, physical and psychologically.

This was a good activity becase with topic sentences we quickly find what's a text about ^^