General Writing Paragraph Design

 What makes writing: Letter makes word. Word makes sentence. Sentence makes paragraph. Paragraph makes essay.  What makes good paragraph: Topic sentence Giving the idea, writer’s attitude, intent of the paragraph. It is the core of the whole paragraph. Developing sentence The explanation to the topic sentence. It often contains some anecdotes, statistics, experiences, numbers etc. They must be related to the topic sentences. Closing sentence At the very end of a paragraph. It should reconfirm the topic, give the solution, make a prediction, put up with a related question to make reader think further.

Paragraph Design  Model 1 I must study hard so that I could catch up with my classmates. I had to stay at home during my last holidays. I began to learn the lessons by myself. I studied some of my subjects in classroom. Usually I read English in the morning and did my homework in the afternoon. I telephoned my teachers and classmates when I had questions in my studies. They gave me great help. Now I know it is important to learn how to study. I think I must study harder than before.

Paragraph Design  Model 2 In 2050 you will sleep later because your job will start later in the morning. This is just one of the many ways that will make life in 2050 different from what it is today. Too, machines will do most of your routine works for you. Also, you will travel to work on a moving sidewalk. Furthermore, you will talk to your friend on a picture phone. Finally, you will take longer vacation in more distant places since transportation will be so much faster and cheaper.

Paragraph Design  Model 3 Today I went to park. When I was playing, I saw a girl. She was eating bananas. After eating, she threw some banana skin on the ground. I think it’s a bad behavior. We shouldn’t do like that. We must protect environment and keep our environment clean and beautiful.

Paragraph Design  Model 4 A white woman with a bachelor's degree typically earned nearly $37,800 in 2003, compared with nearly $43,700 for a college-educated Asian woman and $41,100 for a college- educated black woman, according to data being released Monday by the Census Bureau. Hispanic women took home slightly less at $37,600 a year. The bureau did not say why the differences exist. Economists and sociologists suggest possible factors: the tendency of minority women, especially blacks, to more often hold more than one job or work more than 40 hours a week, and the tendency of black professional women who take time off to have a child to return to the work force sooner than others. Employers in some fields may give extra financial incentives to young black women, who graduate from college at higher rates than young black men, said Roderick Harrison, a researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank that studies minority issues.

Paragraph Design  More exercises: Making topic & closing sentences according to the following scenario about first trip to Europe; a brief introduction of yourself; an introduction to your company; a birthday party of your colleague; the first paragraph of a report about the new products promotion to your boss; the last paragraph of the love letter to your Bf or Gf;

Paragraph Design  Home work Select anyone you like to expand it into a 100-word paragraph.