TUTORIAL QUESTION

Activities To Develop
Sentence Building And
Paragraph Writing
WORD CHARTS
ACTIVITY1:
BUILDING SENTENCES BY USING WORD
CHARTS


Goal:
Student will be able to create subject-verb-
object sentences with adjectives and adverbs.

Activity: in written form, combine the nouns and
verbs to create logical sentences.

i.e.: The big waves crashed loudly.
The young children played.
Building sentences by using word charts



ACTIVITY 2: PARAGRAPH
HAMBURGER
A writing organizer that visually
outlines the key components of
a paragraph. Topic sentence,
detail sentences, and a closing
sentence are the main
elements of a good paragraph,
and each one forms a different
"piece" of the hamburger.
WHAT?
WHY?
It helps students organize
their ideas into a cohesive
paragraph.
It helps show the
organization or structure of
concepts/idea.
It demonstrates in a
concrete way how
information is related.
HOW?
Discuss the three main
components of a paragraph,
or story.
The introduction (top bun)
The internal or supporting
information (the filling)
The conclusion (bottom bun)
Ask students to write a topic
sentence that clearly
indicates what the whole
paragraph is going to be
about.
Have students compose
several supporting
sentences that give more
information about the
topic.
Instruct students on ways to
write a concluding sentence
that restates the topic
sentence.
EXAMPLE OF WORKSHEET
ACTIVITY 3 :

SUBTITUTION TABLE
A substitution table
is built on a given
sentence pattern.
It consists of several
text columns, each
one of which is
formed by words
that can play the
same role within the
sentence.
WHAT?
Young children have very short
attention span especially
when it comes to teaching
them to write; even more so
when you teach them to write
purely using words and
sentences for them to look at.
Children, especially aged
seven to nine (level one in
primary school) need
something else other than
alphabets on the board for
them to look at to get them
interested in writing.
WHY
USE?
One simple way to get
them to write, let's say
about someone, is to
introduce the
character(s) complete
with pictures that they
can identify with.
And in the case of writing
using a substitution table,
two sets of characters
can be introduced and
be used interchangeably.
HOW?
One simple way to get them to write, let's say about someone, is to
introduce the character(s) complete with pictures that they can identify
with. And in the case of writing using a substitution table, two sets of
characters can be introduced and be used interchangeably.
ACTIVITY 4: FILLING IN LINKERS
IN A GIVEN PARAGRAPH
WHAT?
A word that connects one sentence
with another sentence in a
paragraph.
WHY?
To ensure cohesion in a paragraph
To relate and organize previous
paragraph/sentence with a new one
To clearly differentiate one idea with
another in a sentence.


HOW?
ACTIVITIES 5: FRAMED
PARAGRAPH ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the Framed Paragraph
Activity is writing using a frame (outline or
template) to write a paragraph that contains
a main idea (topic sentence), supporting
details, and a summary statement
(conclusion).
Paragraph writing in the context of
academic tasks is excellent practice for
exam questions and are an excellent
classroom assessment.
EXAMPLES
Reproducible graphic organizers and paragraph frames are provided for these
skills:
Generic Paragraph Organizers(Title, Introduction (&Topic Sentence), (4) Details,
& Conclusion)
Conclusions
Historical Setting
Predicting
Details
Main Idea
Sequencing
Cause & Effect
Compare/Contrast
Reading Critically: Visualization
Authors Purpose
Event Map
Problem/ Solution
Characterization
Symbolism
Conflict (Internal, External, Conflict Dissection)