Step 4. “Last, the students generate their paragraphs. The topic sen- tences become the first sentence in each paragraph with the items in each group to serve as the supporting details. Before they start writing, I’ll have the students look over their groups and topic sentences to decide if each group is truly worthy of a paragraph. I like to model the process with my students and to ‘think aloud,’ showing them how I decide if each topic sen- tence from Step 3 is meaty enough to yield an entire paragraph. If not, I’ll