Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Show relationships between sentences in a paragraph, and between paragraphs.
Information for Teachers
· A paragraph has a main sentence and then its explanation.
· When we write we must put all sentences about one thing or idea together in a paragraph i.e. every paragraph talks about just one thing in detail.
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Material / Resources
Board, chalk/marker, textbook
Development
Activity 1
· Brainstorm (ask for ideas from students) about the topic MY HOME.
· Write the ideas on the board.
· Keep sample chart of mind map for your reference.
· Collect ideas on board according to the chart. Do this for almost ten minutes.
· Ask students to write three paragraphs about the topic.
· Give clear instructions to students. Remind them of parts of paragraphs, use of pronouns, transitional devices and punctuation to make a meaningful paragraph.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Ask students to come forward and read their paragraphs to the class.
· Display the paragraph in a prominent place, under the heading ‘YOUNG WRITERS OF CLASS’
Assessment
· Assess students through their responses and written work.
· Teacher is also required to involve the students in solving the problems given in the exercise at the end of unit/chapter.
Follow up
· Ask the students to ‘illustrate the paragraph at home’ (Draw and color a picture according to the topic.)
