Question

a. read this book report. circle its topic sentence. use proofreading marks to fix the sentences that do not begin with a capital letter. stellaluna stellaluna is a story about a little baby bat. one day, stellaluna falls out of her tree and into a bird nest. she becomes part of the birds’ family. but she still wants to do the things that bats do. she even hangs upside down like a bat! the mother bird tells stellaluna she can’t act like a bat. she has to act like a bird. in the end, stellaluna decides that it’s ok to be a bat and still be friends with the birds. b. this book report is missing its topic sentence. read the report. then write a topic sentence for it. where the wild things are at dinnertime, max acts like a monster. his mother sends him to his room. then he gets angry and imagines that he is in a boat. he sails to another world that has wild monsters! when max finally comes home, he thinks he has been gone for a year and is sad. but he hasn’t been gone that long! it’s still dinnertime, and max is happy again. topic sentence: c. reread the book report in activity b. use proofreading marks to fix the sentences that do not begin with a capital letter.

Explanation:

For part A, the first - sentence "Stellaluna is a story about a little baby bat." is the topic sentence as it introduces the main subject. For part B, a suitable topic sentence could summarize the main events of "Where the Wild Things Are", such as "Where the Wild Things Are is a story about Max's wild adventure." For part C, the sentences "then he gets angry and imagines that he is in a boat." and "he sails to another world that has wild monsters!" and "When Max finally comes home, he thinks he has been gone for a year and is sad." and "it's still dinnertime, and Max is happy again." should start with capital letters.

Answer:

A. Topic sentence: Stellaluna is a story about a little baby bat.
B. Topic Sentence: Where the Wild Things Are is a story about Max's wild adventure.
C. "Then he gets angry and imagines that he is in a boat."; "He sails to another world that has wild monsters!"; "When Max finally comes home, he thinks he has been gone for a year and is sad."; "It's still dinnertime, and Max is happy again."