Which topic sentence should be added to this body
paragraph?
read the rough draft paragraph
more than likely, tellow volunteers will have many common
interests and ideals. after all, volunteers usually seek
opportunities to use their time and talents for issues they
care about, and this is often a good starting point for many
friendships. as co volunteers, hours will be spent together
learning from one another and inspiring each other while
working to achieve a common goal. teaming up with others
to solve community problems and making changes for the
better, not surprisingly, often leads to long lasting bonds,
local community programs provide opportunities for
volunteers to share their expertise.
volunteering for local community programs enables
people to establish new friendships.
acquaintances made while volunteering for a project are
rarely continued beyond the project's conclusion
every community has programs that will gladly accept
the services of enthusiastic volunteers.

From just reading the first 2 sentences I do not know what volunteers you are telling me about. In your topic sentence, you should give a vivid description of what you want your reader to be able to picture. In other words, give a description of what a volunteer may look like, because the reader has no idea what volunteer, what kind, who it is, etc. Also, in your topic sentence, should tell your reader what your article is about. For example, "Whales, dolphins, and sea turtles are all animals that are affected by pollution in many different ways." This example is a good topic sentence because it states the main idea of the article (animals affected by pollution,) and it gets the reader ready to hear more about the article. I am not going to give you atopic sentence to use for your article, but I hope that this example helps.

answer: this is not a good thesis statement because a thesis statement is not supposed to have questions in it. a thesis states your position on your topic. a question cannot state anything because it is not a statement. a question is a great lead in to a thesis, but it can't be the thesis.

the answer is a hoped this