The document provides instructions on how to write effective paragraphs by including three key elements: a topic sentence, supporting details or evidence, and a concluding sentence. It demonstrates this structure through examples of writing paragraphs about dogs making good pets and having to attend school. The document encourages readers to practice writing their own paragraphs and provides a topic to get started.
16. Now put it all together:
Dogs make great pets.
They are smart, friendly, and loyal.
These animals also make good companions.
They can also be trained to do many things.
Dogs are really the perfect pets.
19. Think of some details,
reasons, or facts about
why you have to go to school
20. The law says that you must attend school
until you are 16.
Most jobs require a high school
diploma. Colleges only admit high
school graduates.
The military won’t take drop outs.
21. Now restate the topic
It seems that school is a necessity.
Whether you like it or not,
you have to go to school.
23. Whether you like it or not, you have to go to
school.
The law says that you must attend school until
you are sixteen.
Most jobs require a high school diploma.
Colleges only admit high school
graduates.
The military won’t take drop outs.
It seems that school is a necessity.
25. There are several steps in learning to
snowboard.
First, you have to learn to balance on a
board. next, you have to get used to
going down slope fast, and you need to
learn to turn and stop.
These are just a few of thebeginning
steps to snowboarding.
26. You are now masters of the
paragraph, so try to write
you own!
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