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

2. Agenda for the Day Recap: Formal/Business Letters.
Issues with the Format of a Business Letter?
How to write an effective paragraph.
Transitions

3. Letter Visual

4. Envelope Visual

5. Paragraphs
What makes an effective paragraph? Resourcelines (pp )
There is ONE key with a paragraph…..what is it?

7. Narrative Writing

8. Descriptive Writing

9. Expository Writing

10. Creating a Paragraph With ONE Main Idea…..

11. 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.

15. Topic Sentences
Picture #1:
Picture #2:
Picture #3:

16. What’s Coming Up? Unity and Completeness Creating an Outline
Any questions??