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English Language Arts 9

English Language Arts 9. Paragraphs and Beyond “The Writing Process”. Agenda for the Day. Writing for purpose: Why do we write? The Writing Process. What you need to check for when submitting a written assignment.

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English Language Arts 9

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  1. English Language Arts 9 Paragraphs and Beyond “The Writing Process”

  2. Agenda for the Day • Writing for purpose: Why do we write? • The Writing Process. What you need to check for when submitting a written assignment. • Constructing a Paragraph and Extending the Process to Longer Pieces: Narratives/Essays • Business Letter (Corrections) • Any questions before we begin? Reminders – NSG #1 Reading your Independent Novel - Vocabulary Unit #4

  3. Purpose • Explain • Instruct • Describe • Tell a story (Narrative)

  4. When might you use each? • Examples!

  5. Issues • Not enough detail to support the topic • Not having a clear theme statement to let the reader know what your writing is about. It should clearly deal with the topic you have been assigned • Organizing your thoughts into a logical sequence • Structural problems: sentence structure, paragraphs, conventions • Lack of proofreading!!

  6. Paragraphs Are your building block to any type of writing Is a group of sentences that develops a main idea The beginning of a new paragraph signals that a new idea will be introduced Good paragraphs have three main parts: 1. Main Idea: this can be clearly expressed in a topic sentence, which can appear anywhere in the paragraph.

  7. Continue… 2. Supporting Sentences: explain the main idea of the paragraph. They use related details or examples to expand on the idea presented. 3. Closing Sentence: A good closing reinforces the main idea! It can add something new, and leave the reader with a manageable chunk of information to think about.

  8. Continue… Good paragraphs have: Order Unity Coherence

  9. Building on Paragraphs…. • The Essay OR Narrative…

  10. Letter Visual

  11. Envelope Visual

  12. Viewing Photographs • Look at the following photographs. Study each carefully and decide on an idea you would like to express about the photograph in a descriptive, narrative or expository paragraph. Notice all the details in the picture. The details will help you form a conclusion. The conclusion you have formed is a main idea, in this case a dominant impression. It is a suitable topic sentence for a paragraph.

  13. Topic Sentences • Picture #1: • Picture #2: • Picture #3:

  14. What’s Coming Up? Any questions??

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