1ST MEETING

PARAGRAPH FORM

Yudhie Indra G

STANDARD COMPETENCY

The students are able to understand basic composition skills by integrating in each unit paragraph organization, rhetoric, grammar and mechanics, sentence structure and the writing process.

BASIC COMPETENCY

Students are able to write a paragraph about people.

LEARNING ACTIVITY

1. LETTERS2. WORDS3. SENTENCE4. PARAGRAPH5. PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE

PHYLOSOPHY OF WRITING

Letter →Words → Sentence → Paragraph → Essay.

1. LETTERS

a written element of an alphabet that represents a single phoneme

2. WORDS

2. SENTENCE

•A sentence is a group of words that makes sense.•A sentence expresses a complete thought.•A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a symbol.•A sentence has at least one verb an action word. Example:

Sam went to the store.

3. PARAGRAPH

A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. The Basic Rule: Keep One Idea to One Paragraph

The basic rule of thumb with paragraphing is to keep one idea to one paragraph. If you begin to transition into a new idea, it belongs in a new paragraph.

3. PARAGRAPH STRUCTUREA. TOPIC SENTENCE

B. SUPPORTING SENTENCE

C. CONCLUDING SENTENCE

A. TOPIC SENTENCE

INTRODUCE THE MAIN IDEA IN THE PARAGRAPH

IT DOES NOT GIVE TOO MANY DETAILS TO THE READER

ONLY AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PARAGRAPH WILL BE OUT

B. SUPPORTING SENTENCE

IN A FEW SENTENCE, GIVE DETAIL AND SUPPORT THE MAIN IDEA OF THE PARAGRAPH

YOU SHOULD GIVE THE FACT, DETAIL AND EXAMPLE

THIS WILL HELP THE READER UNDERSTAND YOUR TOPIC BETTER

C. CONCLUDING SENTENCE

RESTATE THE MAIN IDEA IN THE PARAGRAPH USING DIFFERENTS WORDS.

TIPS FOR WRITING PARAGRAPH

1. ALWAYS PROOF READ WHAT YOU WRITE2. DONT BE AFRAID TO EDIT OR CHANGE SOMETHING IN YOUR WRITING3. REMEMBER THAT A PARAGRAPH MUST BE COHERENT4. DONT BE AFRAID TO USE TRANSITIONAL PHRASES5. STAY ON ONE IDEA

EXAMPLE OF PARAGRAPH

My hometown is famous for several amazing natural features. First, it noted for the weathon river, which is very wide and beautiful. Also, on the other side of the town is wheaton hill, which is unusual because it is very steep. The third amazing features is the Big Old Tree. This tree stand two hundred feet tall and is probably about six hundred years old. These three landmarks are trully amazing and make my hometown a famous place.

That is the end of my presentation. Thank you for your attention

nice to have been with you today,

Good LuckAnd see you

again

LONG..TOLOOOOONG