Day 4 Communication (Writing Paragraphs)

Class will begin with a review of the parts of a sentence, which will be written on the top of the white board.  Students will make examples of sentences, carefully using the correct verb tense and adding the joining words.

Students will play one or two rounds of the mystery sentence game.

Students will be told that even as a sentence is a group of words that come together to form an idea, a group of sentences come together to form a paragraph.  The goal of a paragraph is to combine several ideas together to make a point.

A paragraph starts with a topic sentence that gives a general overview of what the point is that you want to get across.  It is followed by the body of the paragraph that gives further details to help make the main point.  The last sentence restates the topic sentence in a different way.

Note:  The first sentence of a paragraph is indented 5 spaces.  

The instructor will then use his five sentences from last class to make a paragraph.  The main point of the paragraph is to describe the picture. (Cold, bored feeling)

Sentences

1. There is a man fishing next to a hole in the ice.
2. He has already caught one fish which is next to him.  
3. The weather is cold, so the man is wearing a parka and large mitts.
4. He is waiting for another fish to bite, and is probably cold, hungry and bored.
5. There is a large spear next to the man to help him catch the fish.

Paragraph

In the picture there is a cold - looking man fishing next to a hole in the ice.  The weather looks very cold on the open ice, so the man is wearing a heavy parka and mitts.  He has a large spear next to him, to help him catch the fish.  He has already caught one fish, but still wants another.  He is waiting patiently for another to fish to bite, and he's probably cold, bored, and hungry.

The students will then use their sentences from the last day to make a paragraph describing their picture.