Lesson 1 paragraph writing

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EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavo, vwoLeerjaar 1

This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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What are we working towards?
Fight for their lives speech (normal English lessons)
Article writing (about your chosen animal) LC
Creating a class newspaper LC

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Aim
Todays lesson will be successful if:

1 You can spot spelling mistakes

2 You know how to structure a paragraph


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Today
Some spelling tips

Writing a paragraph


Practising sentence and paragraph writing together
Practising sentence and paragraph writing alone


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Which words are spelled wrong?
1 I like to bild sandcastles at the beach
2 My brother made a promis not to annoy me again.
3 It was an oddinary day until the sky turned black.
4 I was tirsty after running to the car
5 It was there dog
6 I love my live
7 Go away over their

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Which words are spelled wrong?
1 I like to build sandcastles at the beach
2 My brother made a promise not to annoy me again.
3 It was an ordinary day until the sky turned black.
4 I was thirsty after running to the car
5 It was their dog
6 I love my life
7 Go away over there

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Spelling
  • hare
  • meet
  • piece
  • night
  • read
  • waste
  • peek

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Sentence structure
The order of words in a sentence

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Use the sentence structure to create some sentences of your own - describe the best things in your day yesterday.

Then do the worksheet.

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          The hamburger model 
  • The first sentence of your body paragraph should be the idea that you want to dicuss within that same paragraph --> the topic sentence
  • Use it as a guide in writing your succeeding sentences. 
  • Avoid drifting away from your topic sentence, stick to the point. Make sure that you write only what needs to be written. 
  • Avoid cluttering your sentences with unnecessary words and phrases and skip any irrelevant information
  • The supporting sentences provide examples and/or evidence and provide specific information. 
  • The conclusion sentence reinforces the claim made in the topic sentence.

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Topic sentence
- The topic sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph.
- The topic is about one idea (the main idea)
- It is fairly broad so it can be expanded on in the rest of the paragraph.
- It helps the reader understand what the paragraph will be about.

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signpost picture

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Identifying the topic sentence
Topic: what it's about
Controlling idea: how you will develop the topic

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Identifying the parts
Topic sentences
Topic
Controlling idea
When sitting in the sun, you can protect your skin in different ways
The best time to travel in my country is the summertime
If you want to travel efficiently go by train
The best thing about my city is the friendly people

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Assignment
Choose one topic from the ideas (next slide)

Write a topic sentence about it

This should make it very clear what you will write about

Pay attention to spelling, punctuation and sentence structure


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Ideas - write these in your book
1 The best holiday location
2 The best pet
3 The best sport
4 The best season of the year
5 The best way to get high grades
6 The best way to relax


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4:00

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Supporting sentences
Supporting sentences follow the topic sentence and support the main idea.
They relate only to the topic of the paragraph.
They can also give examples and explanations and may provide facts and details about the topic of the paragraph.

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Topic sentence

Supporting sentence 1

Supporting sentence 2

Concluding sentence
The size of an average family varies across countries.
For example, in the United States, the average family size is 3.19.
That means that there are, on average about three people per family in the United States.
It is possible that differences in family sizes from one country to another influence people's personalities.

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Assignment
Complete the supporting sentences worksheet


Create 2-3 supporting sentences for the topic sentence you wrote


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Recap
Paragraph writing

What is a topic sentence made of?

What is a supporting sentence?

What comes next?

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Concluding sentence
A concluding sentence ends a paragraph. It restates the main idea of the paragraph and gives the reader a clue of what is to come.

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Assignment

Create 2-3 conclusion sentences for the topic sentence and supporting sentences you wrote




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Your group paragraph
1 Look over what everyone has written
2 Put together what you think is the 'perfect paragraph'
3 (every group member writes this in their notebook)
4 Check your spelling ans sentence structure!!!
5 Upload a photo of it to the next slide



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Upload a photo of your paragraph here

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Upload your photo here

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Upload a photo of your paragraph here

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