TSET

1. Name Writing Introduction Paragraphs
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Grouping Thoughts Into Paragraphs
DIRECTIONS: Read the sentences below. Each is the supporting detail of a paragraph. Sort the details
into two paragraphs by writing the letters of each sentence in one of the boxes. Then label each list
of details with the name of the topic of the paragraph.
A
Tutankhamun was about nine years old when he became ruler of
Egypt.
B
Tutankhamun only ruled for about ten years, and died while a still a
teenager.
C There are known to have been 225 Pharaohs in Egypt.
D
As Pharaoh, the leader of Egypt was the head of the government and
the high priest of every temple.
E
Scientists still don’t know for sure how Tutankhamun died. Some
think he was hit on the head, or that he died of an infection from a
broken leg.
F
The Pharaohs of Egypt spent most of their lives preparing for their
own deaths.
G
Today Tutankhamun is one of the most well‐known Egyptian
Pharaohs. But in his own time, his successor tried to remove all
evidence of Tutankhamun’s reign shortly after he died.
H
During some periods of Egyptian history, Pharaohs were buried in
pyramids.
TOPIC #1:
TOPIC #2:

2.
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ANSWERS
Topic #1: Tutankhamun
A, B, E, G
Topic #2: Pharaohs
C, D, F, H