🐨 Part 1: What is a Topic Sentence?

1. A topic sentence tells the reader the _________ idea of a paragraph.

2. Circle the best definition of a topic sentence:

The last sentence in a paragraph

A sentence that tells what the paragraph is about

Any sentence with an animal name in it

The longest sentence in a paragraph

🦘 Part 2: Finding Topic Sentences

3. Read this paragraph about kangaroos. Underline the topic sentence:

Kangaroos are amazing jumpers that can travel very fast. They use their powerful back legs to hop across the Australian outback. A kangaroo can jump up to 9 metres in one hop! Their long tail helps them balance when they land.

4. Read this paragraph about koalas. Underline the topic sentence:

Koalas spend most of their day sleeping in eucalyptus trees. These sleepy marsupials can sleep for up to 22 hours each day. They need lots of rest because eucalyptus leaves don't give them much energy. When they're not sleeping, koalas are usually eating more leaves.

🐊 Part 3: Writing Topic Sentences

5. Write a topic sentence for this fact: "Crocodiles have been around for over 200 million years and haven't changed much."

6. Write a topic sentence for this fact: "Echidnas are covered in spines and lay eggs even though they are mammals."

7. Write a topic sentence for this fact: "Wombats have cube-shaped poo that doesn't roll away from their territory."

🐍 Part 4: Choose the Best Topic Sentence

8. Which topic sentence would work best for a paragraph about how snakes move?

Snakes are reptiles.

Snakes move in fascinating ways without any legs.

Some snakes are dangerous.

I like snakes.

9. Which topic sentence would work best for a paragraph about platypus babies?

Platypuses live in Australia.

Baby platypuses are born in a very unusual way.

Platypuses have webbed feet.

Platypuses are weird animals.

🦎 Part 5: Match the Topic Sentence

10. Match each topic sentence with the animal fact that would follow it:

1. Frilled lizards have an amazing way to scare predators.

2. Tasmanian devils are much smaller than people think.

3. Bilbies are excellent diggers.

A. They can dig burrows up to 3 metres deep.

B. They spread out a large frill around their neck.

C. They're only about the size of a small dog.

🐨 Part 6: Create Your Own

11. Choose your favourite Australian animal and write a topic sentence about something interesting it does:

My animal: ___________________

12. Now write 2-3 more sentences that could follow your topic sentence to make a complete paragraph:

Animal Topic Sentences

Animal Topic Sentences

🐨 Part 1: What is a Topic Sentence?

🦘 Part 2: Finding Topic Sentences

🐊 Part 3: Writing Topic Sentences

🐍 Part 4: Choose the Best Topic Sentence

🦎 Part 5: Match the Topic Sentence

🐨 Part 6: Create Your Own

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