Paragraph Writing

Note: We discontinued use of this material in 9/05. We felt that the material was too advanced for Eric and he was learning to write in his other subjects. We decided to increase the amount of writing (reports, essays, etc) directly related to his other subjects rather than continue formal paragraph writing instruction with unknown topics.

For specific instruction in paragraph writing I created a textbook combining items from several resources. I used multiple examples of each topic to clarify and reinforce.

Sources

Teach Me Language (TML)

RHL

No-Glamour Language (NGL)

Evan Moor Paragraph Writing (EM)

Teacher Created Materials

Paragraph Writing Made Easy! (PWMAE)

Teach Now Writing Paragraphs (TN)

Outlining Remedia (RM)

Paragraph Writing Textbook Part 1

How to Write a Paragraph (adapted from TML)

Topics

Main Idea

Main Idea (formatted to text for offline use)

Main Idea RHL

Main Idea NGL

How to Find the Main Idea (TML)

Find the Main Idea (TML)

Main Idea/Whatís the Big Idea? (TCM)

Identifying Main Idea (Steck Vaughn sample sheets)

Whatís the Big Idea (EM)

Find the Main idea (EM)

Topic Sentences

Writing a Topic Sentence (adapted from TML)

Practice Writing a Topic Sentence (adapted from TML)

Whatís My Topic Sentence? (EM)

Best Topic Sentence (EM)

Writing a Topic Sentence (EM)

Supporting Details

What Doesnít Belong? (EM)

Sticking to the Point (TCM)

Main Idea and Details (TCM)

Write Supporting Details (EM)

Concluding Sentence

And soÖ (TCM)

Review How to Write a Paragraph (adapted from TML)

Paragraph Composition Worksheet

Paragraph Writing Textbook Part 2

Paragraph Structure

How to Write a Paragraph review

Paragraph construction (PWME)

Whatís the Topic? (TN)

Stick to the Topic? (TN)

Outlining

Outline Titles

Main Topic

Subtopics

Details

Outlining a Story

Outlining Examples

Note Taking Using Outlines

Taking Notes in Outline Form (PWME)

Signal Words (PWME)

Writing Using Outlines

Using an Outline to Write a Report (RM)

Write a Paragraph (EM)

Using Notes to Write Paragraphs (PWME)

Using Signal Words (PWME)

Discontinued 9/05

Types of Paragraphs (PWME)

Enumerative

Sequence

Cause-effect

Comparison/contrast

Descriptive

Narrative (EM)

Persuasive (EM)

Revising and Proofreading (TN)

Indenting Paragraphs

Complete Sentences

Logical Order

Run-on Sentences

Word Choice

Sentence Variety

Proofreading

Writing Multiple Paragraphs

Introductory Paragraphs (TN)

Multiple Paragraphs (TN)

Detailed Outline Form (PWME)

Detailed Outline Form for Writing (PWME)

Outlines and Parallel Construction (PWME)

Academic Skills Language Arts