How to Write a 5-Sentence Paragraph:
Topic sentence - introduces the topic
Supporting sentence 1 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
Supporting sentence 2 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
Supporting sentence 2 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
Conclusion - ends the paragraph, may be similar to the topic sentence
How to Write an 8-Sentence Paragraph:
Topic sentence - introduces the topic
Supporting sentence 1 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
supporting detail sentence: provides details about supporting sentence 1
Supporting sentence 2 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
supporting detail sentence: provides details about supporting sentence
Supporting sentence 2 - gives more information and a detail about the topic sentence
supporting detail sentence: provides details about supporting sentence 3
Conclusion - ends the paragraph, may be similar to the topic sentence