Basics of Paragraph Writing Part 2

       Hello everyone. Today I want to continue my lesson on how to write a good paragraph. Before this, I showed you the first step of it. Let's see what we need to do for the next steps.

.      2. Brainstorming for Ideas

   After you have your topic sentence, think of ideas to explain or develop the main idea. Writing all these ideas down.

·        Write down any and all ideas that come into your head.

·        Write your ideas in short notes.

Ex : It is expensive to own a car.

Ideas :  1) road tax and insurance

            2) maintenance costs

            

            3) bank loan

            4) petrol 

            5) tyres

     3. Selecting and Organising Ideas

After writing down all your ideas, look at them again. Keep the ones which are relevant to the main idea and drop or cancel those which are not relevant.

Ex : It is expensive to own a car.

Ideas :  ( / )  road tax and insurance

            ( x ) maintenance costs

            

            ( / )  bank loan

            ( / )  petrol 

            ( x ) tyres 

The next thing you have to do is how you want to arrange the ideas you are keeping. Whcih idea do you start with in your paragraph ?

There are 2 ways you can arrange your ideas :- 

1) You can list your ideas in a simple plan :-

    Topic sentence : It is your ideas in a simple plan :- 

     1. road tax and insurance

      

     2. maintenance costs

     3. rising cost of petrol 

2. You can arrange your ideas into a graphic organiser :-

click here to see example of graphic organiser :


http://www.mediafire.com/?85s711d0jsj8sfo

Ok , now you can try to do this exercise to practice doing brainstorm for your essay. You need to look back at the Exercise 1(Exercise for Basic Paragraph Writing Part 1)  in my previous entry to get the topic. 

Exercise 2 :

Choose any 2 topics from Exercise 1 ,and

1.   brainstorm for ideas;

2.   select and drop ideas;

3.   arrange ideas into a plan or graphic organiser

   

Exercise 1 ( Basics of Paragraph Writing 1)

Previously, I have shown you the example of an introduction paragraph and how to write topic sentence. Now, I want you to try this exercise  as your practice to write good topic sentence. Dont' forget to "Write it Right". If you want to get the answers, leave your email in the comment box below and I will submit it to you. Enjoy the exercise!!

Exercise 1

  Write topic sentence from the topics and opinions given below.

         

                 Example :   1) Topic – Jogging         Opinion – good form of exercise 

  

Joging is a good form of exercise

             

 2)          Topic – My sister                         

        Opinion – spoilt little girl

      

 3)         Topic – Merdeka Celebrations       

        Opinion – many cause

      

 4)         Topic – Cancer                             

        Opinion – many causes 

 5 )      Topic – Increase in snatch thefts      

        Opinion – three main reasons

Basics of Paragraph Writing Part 1

 Features of a good paragraph

 A good paragraph has

• a topic sentence that gives the main idea of the paragraph;
• good supporting details to explain or develop the main idea;
• a concluding sentence that brings the paragraph to its logical conclusion.

 

Let's begin our journey with believe in ourselves.

 

I hope you enjoy watching Happy Feet video and you get the points from it. What we should have in our life is to believe in ourselves.Start from today, believe in yourselves that you can write whatever you want but in a right way. Let's learn how to write well. Start if from below and develop it step by step..