Informational-Explanatory+Writing

The two writing genre that we will emphasize this year are explanatory/informational writing and persuasive writing. Embedded within those genre are many different areas of emphasis such as using good descriptions and reasons that support statements of opinion, etc. On this page, you will see compostions that show our attempts at explaining or informing the reader. Some of the submissions may be research-based, others will be opinion-based. Come back to visit often as students will add to this page regularly.

A Good Paragraph Taryn T.

In addition to the outstanding use of voice, a well constructed paragraph has five essentia parts. One of the five elements of a paragraph is a topic sentence. A topic sentence does not list reasons and should be concise. It announces what the paragraph is going to be about. Another part is reasons and main points. The reasons prove or discuss the topic. Reasons have to be different from each other and MUST begin with transitions. Unlike reasons, detail should not have transitions anywhere throughout them. Details also give information about the reasons and like Mrs. Raleigh says “The more the better.” another element is transitions. When you use transitions you should not use numerical words except for first. Transitions signal your reader that you are moving on to new reasons. Last, but not least, is a conclusion. A conclusion should be fun and creative and can be more than one sentence. A conclusion refers to the topic sentence. A paragraph should have all those parts and should include whats called voice. Voice means to add your own fat to your paragraph which means to add your own __F__eelings __A__nd __T__ houghts. Add your own feelings and thought to your paragraph!

= Dana D = = PAW #7 = === Do you think you know how to write a well-constructed paragraph? In addition to the outstanding use of voice, a well-constructed paragraph has five essential parts. First, you need a topic sentence. It must be concise, and DO NOT give reasons here!! If you do, your entire paragraph will have to be about that reason!! Anyway, it announces what the paragraph will be about (that's why you shouldn't put reasons!). After the topic sentence, you must give reasons and main points for support. These tell why the topic sentence is true and/or things to be brought up about it. They should begin with transitions to make sense. Don't put things here if you've already said them in the topic sentence. For each reason, you should have at least one good example or detail. The more examples, the better the paragraph. Again, you should have transitions. They signal the reader of a new reason, but don't use number phrases, like secondly, after your first point. Boring! Finally you need to have a good conclusion. Your conclusion should refer to, but not repeat, the topic sentence. It can be more than one sentence long, people! Get a few! In conclusion, remember these five parts and use voice! Talk how you would normally to put some meat into your para-burger! ===

How to Write a Paragraph El Zimpel

Did you know there are really six parts to a marvelous paragraph? In addition to a great use of voice a well structured paragraph there are five essential parts. To start off, a topic sentence is needed in a paragraph. The topic sentence needs to be concise. Topic sentences that include reasons are a big no no. The topic sentence announces what the paragraph is about. The second thing you need for a superb paragraph is reasons. Reason or main points support the topic sentence. The main points must different from each other. Reasons start with transition. Also a good paragraph has details. My teacher tells us that the more details the better. The next thing you need for a outstanding paragraph are transitions. transition you are changing main points. Transitions don't have ordinary numbers. also you need a conclusion thats clever. A conclusion can be more than one sentence. Lastly the most important thing to have is voice. Voice adds FAT to your paragraph. Voice helps add vibrant language. In conclusion there are six parts to writing a marvelous paragraph.