Read the sentences.

Question

1. The notebook wasn’t under his bed, it wasn’t in his closet, and it wasn’t in his mother’s car. 2. When he realized it was lost, he could barely sleep that night. 3. Miss Anderson stood over his empty desk, her eyebrow arched. 4. There was no way around it—he was getting a zero.

Where does this paragraph need a transition

Responses

before sentence 3
before sentence 3

before sentence 2
before sentence 2

before sentence 4
before sentence 4

before sentence 1

Answer 1

The best place for a transition in this paragraph is before sentence 2. This transition would help connect the realization of the notebook being lost to the emotional impact it had on him, leading into how he struggled to sleep that night.