Writing a
Good Paragraph
Writing well is big challenge. Good writing
is very difficult.
It comes with lots of practice over
months, years.
No replacement for hard practice- with concentration
and focus.
Plan
Topic sentence that addresses the topic.
Discuss the significance to Jung Sum of
his fight with Frank.
Topic sentence – address that in the
first sentence usually.
LINKED to the question/writing prompt
HINT: Use some of the vocab in the writing
prompt.
Discuss the significance to Jung Sum
of his fight with Frank.
significance Jung Sum fight Frank.
GOOD BASIC TOPIC SENTENCE: Jung Sum’s
fight with Frank was very significant to him for several reasons.
HINT: Use synonyms for the important
words
significance
(n), important, life-changing, critical, crucial
significant
(a)
fight,
physical altercation, conflict,
3-4 points
1. his past emotions came pouring put
2. he realized that he was gay
3. proved to himself that he was strong
ORGANIZATION!!
Sentences!! Really struggling with sentences.
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX
DAILY PRACTICE!
FORMAT
Topic sentence
point
points
points
Concluding sentence
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORMAT
Grabber
Topic sentence
point
points
points
Concluding sentence
Grabber – for essays, for paragraphs
Grabber – grabs the reader’s attention
1. general to specific statement, funnel
(WAE p60)
EXAMPLE:
Often people experience
events that change their lives. So too Jung Sun in The Jade Peony experienced an event that changed his life
dramatically. Jung Sum’s fight with Frank was very significant to him for
several reasons.
2. short anecdote – personal story
13 was a big year of
change for me. I had my first crush on a girl. So too, Jung Sum experienced a
big change at 13. Jung Sum’s fight with Frank was very significant to him because
he realized that he loved Frank.
3. historical reference
History
is full of stories of people having epiphanies, for example, Helen Keller, Saul
on the road to Damascus, and Archimedes. So too Jung Sum had an epiphany due to
his fight with Frank.
4. question
Has a fight ever been
helpful to you? Jung Sum’s fight with Frank was very significant to him for
several reasons.
Is fighting ever a
good solution to a problem? For Jung Sum it was. Jung Sum’s fight with Frank was
very significant to him for several reasons.
5. relevant quotation by a famous person
President
Trump said, “You only fight with the people you care about most.”
6. relevant idiom, saying from any language
In
English, we say, you cannot hide the truth forever.
In
Portugese, there is a saying: The octopus loves the shark but doesn’t tell him.
This means that people often hide their feelings. In just the same way, Jung
Sum hid his feeling.
Grabbers are optional
A grabber helps to introduce the idea
that you will explicitly say in the Topic Sentence.
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