Organising ideas into paragraphs Primary Longman Elect 2B Chapter 2 Organising ideas into paragraphs

This is my best friend. Do you know about her? What questions can you ask me? How old is she? What is her name? Is she tidy / helpful? What does she look like?

Good! Let’s put your questions in a mind map. Now, let me tell you the answers. I want to write about my best friend. What does she look like? What is her name? tall, legs — long, hair — short Kate My best friend Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework How old is she? 18

name, age and appearance These questions are about my best friend’s name, age and appearance. It is not good to write everything in one big paragraph. Let’s put the questions into groups. What does she look like? What is her name? tall, legs — long, hair — short Kate My best friend name, age and appearance Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework How old is she? 18

name, age and appearance This question is about my best friend’s character. What does she look like? What is her name? tall, legs — long, hair — short Kate My best friend name, age and appearance Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework How old is she? 18 character

So, I can put the questions into two paragraphs. Now, let’s write sentences for each paragraph. Questions Answers Paragraph 1: name, age and appearance What is her name? How old is she? What doe she look like? Kate 18 tall, legs — long, hair — short Paragraph 2: character Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework

My best friend is Kate. She is eighteen years old. She is tall. Her legs are long. Her hair is short. Questions Answers Paragraph 1: name, age and appearance What is her name? How old is she? What doe she look like? Kate 18 tall, legs — long, hair — short Paragraph 2: character Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework

My best friend is Kate. She is eighteen years old. She is tall My best friend is Kate. She is eighteen years old. She is tall. Her legs are long. Her hair is short. Kate is tidy. She tidies her room every week. She is helpful. She helps with the housework. Questions Answers Paragraph 1: name, age and appearance What is her name? How old is she? What doe she look like? Kate 18 tall, legs — long, hair — short Paragraph 2: character Is she tidy / helpful? tidy — tidies her room every week helpful — helps with the housework

My best friend My best friend is Kate. She is eighteen years old. She is tall. Her legs are long. Her hair is short. Kate is tidy. She tidies her room every week. She is helpful. She helps with the housework. Kate is my best friend. I hope we can be friends forever.

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