The 2nd meeting with freshmen at the University of Kufa, College of Education, Dept. of English. The presentation covers the Paragraph structure for the 1st grade. Instructor: Haider Al-Mansury

1. Paragraph
Structure
HAIDER AL-MANSURY
FEB.19,2020
READING CLASS: 1ST GRADE
MEETING # 02

2. Steps
1. Narrow the topic in light of your audience and purpose.
2. Write a topic sentence that has a clear controlling idea and is a
complete sentence. If you have trouble, freewrite or brainstorm first; then
narrow the topic and write the topic sentence.
3. Free write or brainstorm, generating facts, details, and examples to
develop your topic sentence.
4. Select and drop ideas for the body of the paragraph.

3. 5. Arrange ideas in a plan or an outline, deciding which ideas will come
first, which will come second, and so forth.
6. Write the best first draft you can.
7. Conclude. Don’t just leave the paragraph hanging.
8. Revise as necessary, checking your paragraph for support and unity.
9. Proofread for grammar and spelling errors.
Steps