This document provides instruction on developing ideas for writing paragraphs. It discusses brainstorming ideas, crafting an effective topic sentence to guide the paragraph, using supporting sentences to explain and expand on the topic sentence, and concluding the paragraph with a sentence that restates or predicts based on the main idea. Examples are given for different types of topic, supporting and concluding sentences. Students are assigned to brainstorm ideas on a given topic, write a paragraph using an appropriate topic sentence, and complete exercises on pronouns and punctuation from the textbook and online.

1. Composition I Laura Gang Week 2

3. It doesn’t matter if the first ideas are good or bad

4. a good writer thinks before he writes.

5. not linear, consecutive; rather messy

8. It is NOT a general fact.

9. It is specific.

10. Is is NOT TOO specific.

12. Let’s practice!!!Topic sentences pg. 40 Flowers are beautiful. Cats are nice. Paris is the capital of France. The English alphabet has twenty-six letters. It costs forty cents to mail a first-class letter from the United States to Canada. Tennis is an enjoyable sport.

14. Always capitalize the word I

15. Capitalize proper nouns, specific names of people, places or things.

17. Question marks (?) Used at the end of a question.

19. Supporting and Concluding Sentences Like a good foundation of a house, supporting sentences need to hold the paragraph together. The concluding sentence will close the deal.

21. Answer the main wh questions (who, what, where, when, why, how)

22. Give details

23. Be related to the topic sentence.Go to pg. 50 Activity 1-2

27. Give the paragraph a logical conclusionYou should read many examples of concluding sentences to help you learn how to write an effective one.

36. Great Paragraphs Course Textbook

37. Online Writing Lab website > http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/index.htm