Lesson 4: Paragraph Writing

• Paragraph- main unit of organization, it is to present ideas and contains topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence
• Paragraph has elements: unity, coherence, and emphasis
• Topic Sentence- main idea of the paragraph and is found near or at the beginning
• Types of Topic Sentence:

  • List Statements
  • Power Number Statements
  • Two Nouns and Two Commas
  • Occasion Position
  • Get their Attention
• List Statements- tells the readers what the paragraph is all about by stating three or more ideas
• Power Number Statements-does not tell the readers about the topic but uses number words(few,mandy,several)
• Two Nouns and Two Commas- always start with noun, describes it then make a statements about it
• Occasion Position- starts with occasion( dependent clause) use words like whenever, although, even though and ends with a independent clause
• Get their Attention- tries to grab the readers attention by saying something interesting
• Qualities of Good Paragraph

  • Coherence
  • Unity
  • Emphasis
• What is Coherence?

  ''to stick together'' should be organized
• What is Unity?

  ONLY ONE main topic
• What is Emphasis?

  Highlights the important ideas