a simple description of what a paragraph is, its features, and some guidelines on writing paragraphs.
useful to teach students of any age group the art of writing paragraphs.
a simple description of what a paragraph is, its features, and some guidelines on writing paragraphs.
useful to teach students of any age group the art of writing paragraphs.
HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY (REVISITING PARAGRAPH WRITING)
English Language learners: This is a step-by-step 24-slide presentation to help you revisit necessary information about paragraph writing, so you can assemble an essay in a few easy steps. (Created by Rita Zuba Prokopetz / G&R Languages – October, 2013)
Chapter Summary Rubric Your assignment is to write a summary oveJinElias52
Chapter Summary Rubric
Your assignment is to write a summary over one chapter from the book Why We Get Sick: the new science of Darwinian Medicine by R. Neese and G.Williams
Due Date
Sunday evenings at or before 6pm
Summary Requirements
A good summary accurately describes the main point(s) and important details of the chapter. Look at the section headings and use them to organize your summary.
In order to be accurate and concise the writer must be thoroughly familiar with the original work. If too long, a summary may be paraphrasing the original work, but if too short, important details may be left out. Paraphrasing is not allowed nor is using quotations from the text itself. Think 500 words, no more.
Hints
· Read and reread chapter as many times as necessary to gain a full understanding of the chapter.
· Opinions are unnecessary. For example, “I thought the part about radioactivity was really interesting” is largely irrelevant.
· Always name the authors and chapter title in the introductory paragraph, usually in the first sentence. From then on refer to authors by last name.
· Always use present tense to discuss the chapter and facts from the chapter.
· When referring to the chapter always capitalize the title and place it in quotation marks. Do not use italics.
· In summarizing, identify the main ideas and supporting information.
· Is the main idea conjecture or is there direct evidence for it from the literature?
· How many ideas are presented in the chapter, are all of these present in your summary.
· If examples are given supporting the author’s hypotheses or conjecture, are they mentioned in your summary?
· Explain what the examples illustrate.
· Identify the recurring theme in the chapters. All told, is the author’s thesis credible? Is the evidence or conjecture sufficient to support their thesis.
· If you had to summarize what you read to someone in your English class, what points would you mention and what evidence/conjecture would you describe?
· If you had to summarize what was covered in the chapter to your Grandmother, what points would you highlight and what evidence/conjecture would you mention?
· The premise, the theses and hypotheses, the evidence all comes from the life sciences. Demonstrate to your reader that you are a biologist capable of identifying the critical elements of the author’s narrative.
Chapter Summary Rubric
Category
5-4
3
2
1-0
Identifies
Important
Information
Student lists at all of the main points of the chapter and identifies the evidence, conjecture supporting the main points of the chapter.
The student lists some of the main points, but only a few are main ideas while the others are not.
The student has only 1 main point and highlights unimportant points.
The student cannot identify important information with accuracy.
Summarization
Student uses paragraphs in their own words to describe clearly what all ...
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2. What is a Paragraph?
A paragraph is often defined as a group of related
sentences in which one single, main idea is developed.
In a typical paragraph, the first sentence declares the
main topic of the paragraph and the rest of the sentences
develop or support the main idea.
A paragraph is most often a part of a longer composition
comprising of several paragraphs.
WORDS SENTENCES PARAGRAPH
3. In short, a paragraph is. . .
A group of sentences
A clear main idea
Supporting information
Part of a longer composition
A miniature essay!
4. A good paragraph has . . .
Unity
Support
Coherence
Good Language
Variety of Structures
7. Activity 1
Rearrange the below sentences:-
1. It contains, of course, the meanings of difficult words.
2. One of the most important reference tools that you must possess is a
dictionary.
3. It also gives you the pronunciation of the words.
4. You do possess one, perhaps, but I doubt whether you are aware of the
different kinds of information it contains.
5. The dictionary can be referred to for the various grammatical forms of the
words.
6. Every college dictionary should provide at least these four kinds of
information about words, namely, pronunciation, meaning, grammatical
patterns and usage.
7. Finally, a good dictionary contains illustrative sentences or phrases, showing
how words are actually used.
8. 2 One of the most important reference tools that you must possess is a dictionary.
4
You do possess one, perhaps, but I doubt whether you are aware of the different kinds of
information it contains.
1 It contains, of course, the meanings of difficult words.
3 It also gives you the pronunciation of the words.
5 The dictionary can be referred to for the various grammatical forms of the words.
7
Finally, a good dictionary contains illustrative sentences or phrases, showing how words are
actually used.
6
Every college dictionary should provide at least these four kinds of information about words,
namely, pronunciation, meaning, grammatical patterns and usage.
9. 2
One of the most important reference tools that you must possess is a dictionary.
4
You do possess one, perhaps, but I doubt whether you are aware of the different
kinds of information it contains.
1
It contains, of course, the meanings of difficult words.
3
It also gives you the pronunciation of the words.
5
The dictionary can be referred to for the various grammatical forms of the words.
7
Finally, a good dictionary contains illustrative sentences or phrases, showing how
words are actually used.
6
Every college dictionary should provide at least these four kinds of information
about words, namely, pronunciation, meaning, grammatical patterns and usage.
TOPIC SENTENCE
10. Linkers
Cause & Effect
as a result
because
hence
since
so
Difference
although
but
however
instead
Though
Importance
at first
last
least
most important
next
Place
above
around
behind
here
Nearby
Similarity
also
another
and
in addition to
like
Time
after
before
then
when
finally etc. . . .
11. More Linkers
above all
additionally
although
apart from
besides
especially
even
for example
for instance
furthermore
further
fortunately
in contrast
in other words
in this case
in the same way
in spite of
Indeed
more importantly
moreover
of course
on the contrary
on the other had
surely
similarly
such
thus
whereas etc . . .
17. Persuasive Paragraph tries to convince the reader of
something
How much homework is too much? Everyday students stays
up very late to finish their homework. After a stressful day
in school, after hard practice for school sports team and
maybe some hours of work, they come home and only thing
they want to do is going to bed. But they can't because
they have to do a bunch of homework. An average student
gets about 30 minutes of homework a day per class. If one
has 7 periods a day, that makes 3.5 hours of homework
every night! Sure, it’s important to review things you have
learned at school to keep it afresh in mind. But the
students need to schedule time for leisure and
entertainment as well.
19. Process of Writing
Gather - relevant information
Organize - meaningful sequence
Draft - first/rough draft
Edit - check, revise, refine
Publish - final version
20. QUESTION TIME!!!
Which are the types of paragraphs?
This type of paragraph gives you important facts about something…
Which type of paragraph describes or tells a story?
Which type of paragraph describes a person?
This type of paragraph tries to convince you about something…
21.
22. Activity 2
Write a paragraph in 100-120 words using the
hints below:
English – global language – more than a 100 countries –
nearly 50% world population – internal and international
communication – library language – research and
publications – web language
