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Writing Strong Body Paragraphs Overview: a organized A body paragraph is where you develop the ideas in your essay. A body paragraph is not stream of consciousness collection of ideas that you write out. A body paragraph is and carefully planned. Every sentence should have a purpose, and every sentence should be carefully planned out by you in order to accurately and clearly help your reader understand your ideas. Follow the steps below to practice writing a body paragraph. 1) Support your thesis Directions: Before you start writing the body of your essay, you need to make sure you have a clear thesis to follow. The thesis is like compass of your essay. Each body paragraph must directly support your thesis. Write a draft thesis statement to help guide your body paragraph. Being afraid to make mistakes will keep you from learning. 2) Use transitions to signal a new idea Directions: Transitions help your reader to follow (understand) your ideas. When you start a new body paragraph, it's a good idea to use a transition to help your reader know that your paper is moving to a new idea. Choose a transition to use from the list below. Circle it. Second Body Paragraph First Body Paragraph first of all to begin | first | to start the first reason (why) second | additionally | furthermore the Second reason (why) Last Body Paragraph finally lastly one final reason (why) 3) Include a clear topic sentence Directions: A topic sentence is very important to writing a clear and organized body paragraph. The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is about. It should be clear and concise and let the readers know what they're about to read about. VS. Think about it like this. A topic sentence is like a storefront. Imagine trying to go shopping in a market where there were no store names or signs, and you couldn't see what was inside. How would you know which store to go into? What would you find? How would you feel entering such a store? I image you'd prefer to go shopping in a place where the stores had signs and welcomed you in just as in the picture on the right. Well it's the me for the reader. If you don't put a clear topic sentence at the beginning of your paragraph, your reader will enter the paragraph feeling a bit uncertain and lost Write a topic sentence for your paragraph on the line below. Include the transition from step 2. First of all, if we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make mistake while learning? O 4) Developing your body paragraph Directions: Your body paragraph must be developed, organized, and clearly explain the point you're making. There are different ways you can do this. Look below at some examples of how you can develop a body paragraph. Remember, your paragraph must stay focused on the topic you stated in your topic sentence. Example Topic Sentence: Being afraid to make mistakes will keep you from learning. Reasonsing Personal Example Think about it. To learn a language, you must practice. Of course when you practice, there's no way to avoid making mistakes. If you're afraid to make mistakes, then you won't practice as much, and if you don't practice, you'll never learn. For example, when I was learning Spanish, I was so excited about being able to express myself in a new language, that I didn't care if I made mistakes. I practiced and practiced and talked to whoever I could. I learned Spanish quickly. I think that if I had been afraid to try, I wouldn't be able to communicate in Spanish like I can now. Quotation You can't be afraid to make mistakes. In fact, Lewis said "The only way to be perfect at a new language is to never speak it. And if you don't speak your target language language, two things happen (6). In other words, if you tell yourself that you have to make sure you're perfect before you speak, so you don't make mistakes, you'll never learn. Practice and making mistakes is how you learn a language. Reasoning, personal examples, and quotations from a source are three common ways that you can develop and explain your main point. They don't have to go in this order, and you don't have to include all three in each of your paragraphs. Furthermore, there are certainly other things you can put into a paragraph, but it's good to know how to do these common ones. Complete the chart below to explain the topic sentence you wrote in part 3. Reasonsing Personal Example Quotation 5) Putting it all together Directions: Copy your paragraph here including your transition, topic sentence, and development for your body paragraph. You can change the order for what you wrote in part 4 and exclude some things and add other things if you like. Writing Strong Body Paragraphs Overview: a organized A body paragraph is where you develop the ideas in your essay. A body paragraph is not stream of consciousness collection of ideas that you write out. A body paragraph is and carefully planned. Every sentence should have a purpose, and every sentence should be carefully planned out by you in order to accurately and clearly help your reader understand your ideas. Follow the steps below to practice writing a body paragraph. 1) Support your thesis Directions: Before you start writing the body of your essay, you need to make sure you have a clear thesis to follow. The thesis is like compass of your essay. Each body paragraph must directly support your thesis. Write a draft thesis statement to help guide your body paragraph. Being afraid to make mistakes will keep you from learning. 2) Use transitions to signal a new idea Directions: Transitions help your reader to follow (understand) your ideas. When you start a new body paragraph, it's a good idea to use a transition to help your reader know that your paper is moving to a new idea. Choose a transition to use from the list below. Circle it. Second Body Paragraph First Body Paragraph first of all to begin | first | to start the first reason (why) second | additionally | furthermore the Second reason (why) Last Body Paragraph finally lastly one final reason (why) 3) Include a clear topic sentence Directions: A topic sentence is very important to writing a clear and organized body paragraph. The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is about. It should be clear and concise and let the readers know what they're about to read about. VS. Think about it like this. A topic sentence is like a storefront. Imagine trying to go shopping in a market where there were no store names or signs, and you couldn't see what was inside. How would you know which store to go into? What would you find? How would you feel entering such a store? I image you'd prefer to go shopping in a place where the stores had signs and welcomed you in just as in the picture on the right. Well it's the me for the reader. If you don't put a clear topic sentence at the beginning of your paragraph, your reader will enter the paragraph feeling a bit uncertain and lost Write a topic sentence for your paragraph on the line below. Include the transition from step 2. First of all, if we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make mistake while learning? O 4) Developing your body paragraph Directions: Your body paragraph must be developed, organized, and clearly explain the point you're making. There are different ways you can do this. Look below at some examples of how you can develop a body paragraph. Remember, your paragraph must stay focused on the topic you stated in your topic sentence. Example Topic Sentence: Being afraid to make mistakes will keep you from learning. Reasonsing Personal Example Think about it. To learn a language, you must practice. Of course when you practice, there's no way to avoid making mistakes. If you're afraid to make mistakes, then you won't practice as much, and if you don't practice, you'll never learn. For example, when I was learning Spanish, I was so excited about being able to express myself in a new language, that I didn't care if I made mistakes. I practiced and practiced and talked to whoever I could. I learned Spanish quickly. I think that if I had been afraid to try, I wouldn't be able to communicate in Spanish like I can now. Quotation You can't be afraid to make mistakes. In fact, Lewis said "The only way to be perfect at a new language is to never speak it. And if you don't speak your target language language, two things happen (6). In other words, if you tell yourself that you have to make sure you're perfect before you speak, so you don't make mistakes, you'll never learn. Practice and making mistakes is how you learn a language. Reasoning, personal examples, and quotations from a source are three common ways that you can develop and explain your main point. They don't have to go in this order, and you don't have to include all three in each of your paragraphs. Furthermore, there are certainly other things you can put into a paragraph, but it's good to know how to do these common ones. Complete the chart below to explain the topic sentence you wrote in part 3. Reasonsing Personal Example Quotation 5) Putting it all together Directions: Copy your paragraph here including your transition, topic sentence, and development for your body paragraph. You can change the order for what you wrote in part 4 and exclude some things and add other things if you like.

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