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OPEN TUTORING SESSION WRITING: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH

OPEN TUTORING SESSION WRITING: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH. CENTRO COLOMBO AMERICANO AUGUST 2011. Identify the elements a good paragraph has. Understand the importance of following concrete steps to write a good paragraph. OBJECTIVES.

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OPEN TUTORING SESSION WRITING: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH

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  1. OPEN TUTORING SESSIONWRITING: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH CENTRO COLOMBO AMERICANO AUGUST 2011

  2. Identify the elements a good paragraph has. • Understand the importance of following concrete steps to write a good paragraph. OBJECTIVES • Get familiar with some online tools you can use to practice writing.

  3. According to your experience, discuss what you think about the following statements: REFLECTION I agreeI disagreeWell, I’m not so sure!

  4. Writing helps me recycle and improve grammar. • Writing is an important skill to reinforce vocabulary. • Writing helps me communicate with people from other countries. • Written tasks help me discover different types of texts. • Feedback on my writing helps me identify my mistakes.

  5. Number the following statements from 1 to 5 (1 being the easiest and 5 being the most difficult for you .) SOME DIFFICULTIES

  6. - Starting to write is really challenging. It takes a long time to find the first things to write. - It is difficult to express all ideas you want at the moment of writing a paragraph. - It is easy to correct compositions using the correction symbols used by the teacher. - Paragraphs generally lack organization and interest. - Mistakes in terms of grammar, spelling, vocabulary and word order are often common. Findouthow similar ordifferentyou are fromyourpartner!

  7. THE WRITING PROCESS STEPS

  8. 1. CHOOSE A TOPIC AND NARROW IT DOWN.

  9. For a writingassignmnent, youmustnarrowthetopicdownto a limitedtopic. NARROWING THE TOPIC * Examples are taken from: Oshima, A. and Hogue, Anna. ( 1997) Introduction to Academic Writing. Second Edition. New York: Longman

  10. NARROWING THE TOPIC RIVER RAFTING * Examples are taken from: Oshima, A. and Hogue, Anna. ( 1997) Introduction to Academic Writing. Second Edition. New York: Longman

  11. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN… Put in order the ideas given to narrow down each topic: Husband-wife/ at home / family/ relationships space exploration/ science/unmanned exploration/space science

  12. 2. BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS AND FIND SOME INFORMATION. • Listing • Grouping • Mind-mapping

  13. Whatis a paragraph? What are itsparts? Thewritingprocessstartswith a paragraph. A paragraph is a group of ideas put together in logical order to describe, explain or support a main idea. A good paragraph is made of: STEP 2: WRITING A PARAGRAPH TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTINGSENTENCES CONCLUDING SENTENCES

  14. A topicsentences introduces themain idea of a paragraph. Itmentionsthetopic and whatitisabout (controlling idea). TOPIC SENTENCE Itisneithertoo general nortoospecific.

  15. Topicsentencesstartwith a main idea ortopicwhichisthenexpandedby a controlling idea. Theyhelpcreate a more concrete context. Whatisriver rafting like? Whyisriver rafting dangerous? What do youneedtopracticeit? Whopracticesriver rafting? River rafting is a challenging sport withimportantrequirements.

  16. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN… What questions would you ask to specify the controlling idea? What would your complete topic sentence be like? Familyhusband/wife at home relationships Howhavefamilyrelationshipschangedoverthepastdecades? Traditional Colombian family relationships have changed greatly in the last thirty years. Who’sthe bread maker in Colombianfamilies? Men are not longer the only providers at home. .

  17. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN… • Studythefollowingpairs of sentences and checktheoneyouthinkwouldbe a good, cleartopicsentencefor a paragraph. Explainyourchoice. • Don’twriteonthephotocopies.

  18. Once your topic sentence is ready, you can use all your supporting ideas to develop your paragraph.

  19. - They explain the topic sentence. - They give facts based on your research or experience. SUPPORTING SENTENCES - They describe your ideas using examples, statistics, studies or quotes. - They need to be convincing and interesting.

  20. In order to choose details to support the topic sentence, rephrase it as a question, and then answer that question with your supporting sentences.

  21. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…Rephrasethetopicsentence as a question and thenanswerthatquestionwithyoursupportingsentences.

  22. Traditional Colombian family relationships have changed greatly in the last thirty years.

  23. - Theyendtheparagraphreferingtothetopicsentenceusingdifferentwords. CONCLUDING SENTENCES - Theynever introduce a new idea or concept. - Theygenerallyincludeconcludingtransitionsignalssuch as all in all, in summary, toconclude, tosum up, in brief, in conclusion, consequentlyoras a result,amongothers.

  24. Whenyouwrite a concludingsentenceyou can use one of thefollowingmethods: • Statethetopicsentence in differentwords.Do notjustcopythetopicsentence. • Summarizesome of themainpoints in theparagraph.

  25. River rafting is a challenging sport withimportantrequirements. In short ifyou are fearless and in goodphysicalcondition and can reactquickly, river rafting isthe ideal outdoor sport foryou.

  26. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN… Writetheconcludingsentenceforthetopicwehavebeenworkingon.

  27. All in all due to the increase of divorce rate, single parenting and free unions, the traditional Colombian family relationships are very different from what they were thirty years ago.

  28. Some links: https://web.gsc.edu/fs/mhorton/LSenglish/compasspractice/passage1/compass1.html http://www.readwritethink.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4XK0uV_hpY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuExRE6N-4&NR=1&feature=fvwp

  29. WHAT ARE SOME IMPORTANT STEPS TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH? FINAL REFLECTION HOW CAN YOU IDENTIFY A TOPIC SENTENCE? WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ELEMENTS A PARAGRAPH HAS?

  30. We hope the tips we presented here today help you improve your writing skills.Please complete the following survey so we can take your comments into account for future tutoring sessions. THANK YOU

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