EF3/4 Paragraphs

Paragraphs - several sentences on one topic
5-8 sentences, short paragraphs, long paragraphs

First sentence - Topic sentence - topic, what the paragraph is about, what we want to say about it
Helps the reader know what will be in the paragraph

TOPIC Vancouver

BORING I like Vancouver.
MORE INTERESTING I like living in Vancouver for three reasons.

TOPIC SENTENCES
Vancouver is a very expensive city to live in. 
Vancouver is a very beautiful city.
Vancouver has a lot of different types of restaurants.
Vancouver is great place to live if you like the outdoors.
Vancouver is a very boring city.


BODY SENTENCES - example, reasons to support the TOPIC SENTENCE

Vancouver is great place to live if you like the outdoors.
1. hiking First, there are lots of good hiking trails in the city or in the mountains which are close.
2. fishing 
3. swimming
4. skiing
5. cycling

TOPIC SENTENCE: Vancouver is a very expensive city to live in.

BODY - most important one last
1. basics - food and clothing
2. taxes 
3. housing 

Concluding sentence - restates the TOPIC SENTENCE, same information, different words


   Vancouver is a very expensive city to live in. First, basics such as food and clothing are very pricey compared to my home country. Second, we pay a lot tax in Vancouver, such as income tax, property tax, and sales tax. Most important, housing is extremely expensive in the city. Most people cannot afford a house. For these reasons, Vancouver is a very expensive place to live.

TOPIC SENTENCE
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CONCLUDING SENTENCE


PRACTICE (choose one):
Why do you study English?
What is your favourite season?


First draft - first copy
Rough ideas
Rough sentences

Rewrite sentences - edit, proofread
Errors from Correction Codes - vt, vf, sp, punc, agr

Second draft will be better.
Third draft will be better.
How much time do you want to spend on the paragraph?