1. What are the skills needed for
academic writing? (4)
Abdulaziz Assanosi
PSAU â Saudi Arabia
azizsanosi@gmail.com
Main Source:
First Steps in Academic Writing (Level 2)
Second Edition
By: Ann Hogue
Pearson Longman
7. Components of paragraph in details
⢠Topic sentence:
⢠The first sentence in a paragraph, names the
topic and tell what the paragraph explain about
the topic.
8. Components of paragraph in details
⢠Concluding sentences
⢠The middle sentences in a paragraph which give
example or details about the topic.
9. Components of paragraph in details
⢠Concluding sentence
⢠The last sentence in a paragraph. Repeat the
topic sentence or summarizes the main point.
10. Title
⢠Each paragraph for this class should have a title.
⢠A title could be short, not complete sentence, it
may be One word.
⢠My family
⢠Happiness
⢠A Nice Holiday
14. Paragraph form
⢠Please follow the following rules when writing a
paragraph in this course
⢠Use black or dark blue ink
⢠On the left corner write your name, course name
and the date
⢠Write the title
⢠Indent the paragraph
⢠Leave margins
⢠Leave space between lines.
16. Write a paragraph about your
classmate
⢠Topic sentence
⢠My classmate is X is
⢠Supporting sentences
⢠Details
⢠Concluding sentence
⢠I happy to know X