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Section 2: How to Write Paragraphs
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By the end of section two, you will have worked step-by-step through ways of teaching learners how to write paragraphs using two basic paragraph structures.
Tutors can apply this information to:
teach how paragraphs are constructed covering points such as:
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there is one main idea for each paragraph (or two closely linked ideas);
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the focus of the whole paragraph is controlled via the topic sentence;
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a topic sentence is constructed with both a topic and a controlling focus
build learner confidence and skill by:
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modelling paragraph writing process: 3 ways to write a paragraph
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focusing on topic sentence construction initially
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providing activities for learners to explore how using the same topic yet a different controlling focus leads to different paragraph content.
Also three kinds of (optional) concluding sentence can be used:
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predicting (slide #26 How these kittens fared later in life is another story.)
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restatement (slide #27 What a huge variety of dogs there are!)
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summary (slide #28 Dogs’ noses have proven very useful to humans.)
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… and then there is the reader… what does the reader want or expect?
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