DAY+91+Language+Arts+Sentence+Structure

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Today we will be introducing a new mentor component; Language Arts Review. Every mentor class, after 'Moral Reasoning', will be used to practice proper sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation. We will use CSE's graduation project skills to help drive our leanring and understanding.

For our first LA Review day we will practice basic sentence structure. Let's start by thinking about an interesting topic or subject; consider an idea that you might use in the future for your Senior Project. For example, if I were to select a topic for my graduation project I would research information about my favorite Civil War General George H. Thomas.

The most important point to make here is that of having a strong first sentence which presents the main idea of your paragraph. This sentence is often called your **//topic sentence.//** This is a good topic sentence because it: 1. puts forward an argument 2. it uses some words that can be a part of a thesis (which means you are answering a question about your topic) 3. it presents to the reader information about the subject matter
 * "The Civil War was the most gruesome and violent conflict in American history with many couregous soldiers, and Union General George H. Thomas was perhaps the greatest soldier to fight in the war."**