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HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH Facilitator:     Sandra Cabrera Arias.
Whatis a paragraph A paragraphis a piece of writing thatconsistsononeor more sentences.    Sometimes , thefirst line isindented.   Indentation
PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH A paragraphregularly has threeparts:  1.   TopicSentence:  Itisusuallythefirstsentence in a paragraph. 2.   SupportingSentences:  Theysupporttheinformation of thetopicsentence.  Itincludesspecificdetails 3.   Conclusion:  Itremindswhatthetopicsentencewasabout.
PARAGRAPHSAMPLE My Dog Romeo is so much fun to play with. One reason he’s fun is because he loves to play catch. What’s also fun is that he follows me around the house with a toy and drops it on my foot, so I will kick it. Additionally, he can catch just about anything, but his favorite thing to catch is a Frisbee. Finally, he loves it when I pretend like I’m falling dead, and he runs over to lick me.Allthese reasons show why I really have fun playing with Romeo. Red is the topic sentence Blue is the supporting details Brown is the conclusion.
PROCESSTOWRITE A PARAGRAPH
There are fivestepstowrite a goodparagraph.
 1. BrainstormingIn this step you should think and write down any ideas about a topic you want to write about.
 2. ORGANIZING IDEASIn this step you should organize your ideas by creating a cluster or an outline about what you want to write about.    Cluster
 3. WRITING THE FIRST DRAFTIn this step you should write your paragraph for the first time, not taking much into account about the cohesion, coherence grammar, or spelling.
 4. EDITINGIn this step you should revise all the errors abut coherence and cohesion that your paragraph may have.
 5. FINAL WORKIn this step you should revise all the spelling or grammar errors.  And that’s it.  Your paragraph is done !
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Paragraph Structure

  • 1. HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH Facilitator: Sandra Cabrera Arias.
  • 2. Whatis a paragraph A paragraphis a piece of writing thatconsistsononeor more sentences. Sometimes , thefirst line isindented. Indentation
  • 3. PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH A paragraphregularly has threeparts: 1. TopicSentence: Itisusuallythefirstsentence in a paragraph. 2. SupportingSentences: Theysupporttheinformation of thetopicsentence. Itincludesspecificdetails 3. Conclusion: Itremindswhatthetopicsentencewasabout.
  • 4. PARAGRAPHSAMPLE My Dog Romeo is so much fun to play with. One reason he’s fun is because he loves to play catch. What’s also fun is that he follows me around the house with a toy and drops it on my foot, so I will kick it. Additionally, he can catch just about anything, but his favorite thing to catch is a Frisbee. Finally, he loves it when I pretend like I’m falling dead, and he runs over to lick me.Allthese reasons show why I really have fun playing with Romeo. Red is the topic sentence Blue is the supporting details Brown is the conclusion.
  • 6. There are fivestepstowrite a goodparagraph.
  • 7. 1. BrainstormingIn this step you should think and write down any ideas about a topic you want to write about.
  • 8. 2. ORGANIZING IDEASIn this step you should organize your ideas by creating a cluster or an outline about what you want to write about. Cluster
  • 9. 3. WRITING THE FIRST DRAFTIn this step you should write your paragraph for the first time, not taking much into account about the cohesion, coherence grammar, or spelling.
  • 10. 4. EDITINGIn this step you should revise all the errors abut coherence and cohesion that your paragraph may have.
  • 11. 5. FINAL WORKIn this step you should revise all the spelling or grammar errors. And that’s it. Your paragraph is done !