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WRITING MISSION
Paragraph Unity In a paragraph, the topic sentence tells the main idea. The other Appreciate the past.
sentences that make up the body give facts and examples about the main idea. A
paragraph has unity when all the sentences refer to the main idea.
Think. Pair. Share.
1 Read. This text has five sentences that do not belong. Two are
crossed out. Find the other three and cross them out. • How can you find out more
about the past? What places can
How Video Games Began you visit? Who can you talk to?
Sixty years ago, the first computer games were made. Back then, people
didn’t have computers in their homes. We have a laptop. Computers were huge • Why is it important to appreciate
and very expensive. Those early computers played games such as tic-tac-toe or the past?
checkers. My favorite video game is about robots.
Then in the 1960s, an engineer named Ralph Baer had an idea. Most homes • What can you and other kids
had TVs. My dad bought us a new TV last week. Ralph Baer made his first do to show how you appreciate
‘Brown Box’ that let users play different games on their the past?
TVs. After that, many new games were invented. Some of
the games were slow and not very interesting, but others
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became very popular. My mom lets me play video games
for one hour each evening. Easter Island, Chile
In the 1980s, families began to buy computers. These
computers could play games, too. I sometimes do my
homework on the laptop. Today, millions of people play
video games on their TVs and computers.
2 Write. Write about life long ago. What did children do after school?
What kinds of work did they do? What were their houses or clothes
like? Choose a topic. Make sure your paragraphs have unity.
3 Share. Share your writing in a small group. Listen and take notes
about your classmates’ paragraphs.
“ The past is a source of knowledge, and the future
Do paragraphs is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith
Name Main idea
have unity?
in the future. ”
Stephen Ambrose (1936−2002), Historian, National Geographic Explorer
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