Details of a process paragraph is being taught. It is highly recommended for tertiary level

1. ACADEMIC WRITING
- WRITING A PROCESS PARAGRAPH
PART 1

2. A process paragraph describes
• the steps necessary to perform a process or task
OR
• the steps you have followed to accomplish something
In both types, it explains something you know step-by-
step that might be useful to someone else.

3. OR
TYPE 1
TYPE 2

4. Organization of a process paragraph that describes the steps
necessary to perform a process or task (TYPE 1)

5. Read the paragraph and examine the organization by answering the questions on the right.
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6. 1-Re-read the first two sentences. Which one is
the topic sentence?
2-Does the author give background information
about why the process is important? If so, what
is the background information?
3- How many steps can you identify in the
process? Which words help you identify them?
4- Underline the concluding sentence. Does it
restate the topic sentence? Explain your answer.
5- What structure is used most frequently?
Read the paragraph and examine the organization by answering the questions on the right.
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9. Using Imperatives

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11. Rewrite the following sentences in imperatives.
1-You must buy a fishing rod.
Buy a fishing rod.
2-You should warn the patient before you give him an injection.
Warn the patient before you give him an injection.
3-It is necessary to speak English with your classmates.
Speak English with your classmates.
4- You need to type in your log-in ID and password.
Type in your log-in ID and password.
5- You must not smoke here.
Don’t smoke here.

15. Brainstorming
Topic: How to choose a special gift for someone you
love
Try to write down the steps that describe the process.
Think of reason(s) why each step is important. Write
them down.

16. Now you are ready to make an outline for
your paragraph.
Outlining

17. Outlining
Watch the video titled Principles for Success: “The Five
Step Process” on YouTube.
Note down the five steps necessary to become successful.
Use your notes to make an outline for a paragraph on how
to become successful just like the one on the right side.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryD8lfSEGio

18. PROCESS PARAGRAPH Part 2:
Organization of a process paragraph that describes the steps you
have followed to accomplish something (TYPE 2)

19. A process paragraph describes
• the steps necessary to perform a process or task (TYPE 1)
OR
• the steps you have followed to accomplish something (TYPE 2)
Remember:

20. Getting Ready for College
To make sure my first year in college would begin
well, I did several things. First, I arrived on campus
a couple of days before classes began. I got a map
and toured the campus so that I would know the
locations of the library, the bookstore, the cafeteria,
and my classrooms. In addition, I bought my
textbooks and spent a few hours getting to know
them. Reading the table of contents and
introduction in each book gave me some general
ideas about what I was going to learn. I also visited
the college website several times. The site taught
me about the faculty, student services like the
tutoring center, and important dates on the college
calendar. Finally, I talked to several new students
like myself. After all that, I really felt comfortable.
Organization of a process paragraph that describes the steps you
have followed to accomplish something (TYPE 2)
TITLE
TOPIC SENTENCE
SUPPORTING
SENTENCES
CONCLUDING
SENTENCE

21. Read the following paragraph. Find the topic sentence, and the
supporting sentences. The paragraph doesn’t have a concluding
sentence. Write a concluding sentence for it.

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Exercise:
Use all three sentence patterns to practice writing topic sentences
about the following accomplishment:
• learning to speak English
The accomplishment I am happiest about is learning to speak English.
The accomplishment I am proudest of is learning to speak English.
In order to learn English, I followed a series of steps.
Last week/ Last year /Recently I learned English.
build a tree house
build a tree house
built a tree house

25. In the following slides, you will see the necessary steps
to write the first draft of your process paragraph.
Follow those steps to write your first draft and be ready
to revise your paragraph in next week’s class.

26. Miriam’s Steps
As you read through the following steps, you will see
how Miriam, a student from Israel, prepared to write a
paragraph about one of her accomplishments.
Choosing a
topic
Brainstorming Organizing
Writing the
first draft
Revising

27. STEP 1

28. STEP 2

29. STEP 3

30. STEP 4
After reading Miriam’s first and final drafts and doing the following
exercise, begin your first draft (on the following slides), start with your topic
sentence, continue with supporting sentences that tell each step you took to
reach your goal, and complete the paragraph with a concluding sentence.

35. Exercise
Study Miriam’s final draft. Then do the following:
1. Draw an arrow pointing to the five-space indentation at
the beginning of the paragraph.
2. Look at the first letter in each word in the title. Circle
the lowercase (small) letters and put a square around the
capital letters.
3. Underline all the capital letters in the paragraph, and
discuss why they are capital.

37. More on Capital Letters

41. REVISING

42. Composition Focus

43. Exercise
In the following two paragraphs, the topic sentence is not the first sentence. Find and underline the
topic sentence in each paragraph. After that, discuss the purpose of the sentences before the topic
sentence.

46. It is easy to see which sentences give a supporting point when you pay attention to
transitions.

48. Exercise
Next,/ Then,/ After that,
Finally,
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49. 5
Next, /Also,
At the same time, / In
addition, / Also,
At the same time, / In
addition, / Also,
Finally,

52. Exercise
After sentence 5
After sentence 4
After sentence 3
After sentence 6

54. so that
and then
when/ after
and then
and then
so that
when/ after