Writing Warm Up Write a story using these words: pop bunny tiger glitter After you are finished, please share with your table.

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The Basics Marissa Danielsen

Paragraphs A group of sentences with one main idea.

Paragraph format Indent the first sentence of every new paragraph. (Tab to indent) Keep an even margin around the paper. Sentences should only have one space between them, but should continue on the same line. You don’t need to have a new line for every paragraph.

Check out Practice 1 on page 2 Which is correct? 1, 2 or 3?

Practice 2 What are the three format problems in the paragraph below?

Parts of a paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Sentences Concluding Sentence

Main idea A general idea that the paragraph expresses. General idea: a wonderful flight on Breeze Airlines Specific idea: a wide selection of in-flight music and movies General idea: Ice cream Specific idea: chocolate ice cream

Main Idea practice What would be a general idea out of this list? crime pollution crowds disadvantages of cities the high costs of housing More practice: p 6-8

Supporting Ideas Explain and develop the main idea. Usually there are many supporting ideas Which are the supporting ideas? It is close to the border so I can visit Mexico often San Diego is a great place to live The weather is great It has plenty of interesting places to visit with the family.

Supporting Details Use details to support your ideas and make your writing more interesting. Boring sentence: One student was rude to some others. Detailed sentence: The high school boy yelled at the younger boys, “You’re stupid!”

The Conclusion Ties the composition together and gives closure. Types of conclusions: restatement of the main idea summary of the points look to the future related thought that grows out of body a combination of several types of conclusions

Titles Centered Capitalize the first letter of the most important words in the title use a capital letter after a colon (:) Don’t capitalize articles, prepositions, or coordinators Do not write a sentence as a title

Practice Please find the main idea, supporting ideas, and conclusions for these samples: When your group is finished, write your reverse outline on the board Page 20 -22 Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4

Outlining p 24 Identify types of information Make a rough outline Compose main idea Organize body

Remember: NO CLASS ON TUESDAY, JULY 4th (Independence Day) Homework: Find a novel to write book reports on. Bring novel to class on Thursday the 6th. Journals due Thursday. (Handwritten or typed) Bring an outline of your interview.