Question

a. read this friendly letter. circle the paragraph that is missing a topic sentence. use proofreading marks to fix the sentences that do not begin with a capital letter. september 12, 2008 dear zachary, last weekend, my aunt sara took us to the jackson city library. she picked us up on saturday morning. when we got there, we ran up the steps. there was a giant fountain with a statue. the statue was of a bear reading a book. people sat by the fountain and read. some people were eating lunch. pigeons also stood by the fountain. they were waiting to steal people’s food! you can take books off the shelves. you can sit in a beanbag chair. you can listen during the story hour. you can put on headphones and listen to books on cds. i would like to see you soon. do you ever go to the library? maybe some day i will see you there. your friend, josie b. reread the paragraph you circled. write a topic sentence for it.

Explanation:

The second paragraph starting with "You can take books off the shelves..." has no topic - sentence. Also, sentences starting with lowercase letters need to be capitalized. For the topic - sentence, it should summarize the activities one can do in the library.

Answer:

A. The paragraph starting with "You can take books off the shelves..." is missing a topic sentence. Use proofreading marks to capitalize "when", "the", "you" (first occurrence in the second - paragraph), "you" (second occurrence in the second - paragraph).
B. There are many fun things to do at the Jackson City Library.