How to write a paragraph?

1 What is a paragraph?

A paragraph is a group of sentences that center around one idea or meaning.

The paragraphs are building blocks for writing longer essays, articles and stories.

2 Paragraph Order

Beginning – a topic sentence

Middle - supporting details

Middle - supporting details

End – a conclusion sentence

3 Writing a Good Topic Sentence

A topic sentence is the opening sentence of their paragraph. The key things to
remember about topic sentences, she explains, are that they introduce what the
paragraph is about, capture the reader's attention.

Examples of thematic sentences:

The holidays were incredible

Finally, the Battle was won by Batman

The exit with Laura could not be worse.

The computer was broken again

Activities
Today we are going to use the paragraph to write a good story.
Before you start writing, read the following story made with
paragraphs and pay attention to the content and structure.

The Magical Monster of Doom

It all happened one day last winter holidays. We had been stuck indoors for two
long days because of the rain—it felt like it would never stop.

I remember the morning clearly. I'd been fighting with my little sister Mia—she
wouldn't share her elastic with me so I could bungee-jump her teddies from the
top bunk to the floor. Disgusted, I threw all her teddies on the floor and went
into the lounge.

There was my Lego. Within half a minute I was sprawled on the carpet, attacking
the enemy from my supersonic jet. As I flew past the enemy barracks, my jet was
shot down. Quickly it crash-landed and turned into a black stallion, racing to a
medieval castle to rescue the king from the evil pirates. Of course, it was going to
leave the princess to the pirates. Let's see if she could use her elastic to help
with that, huh!

From the distance, I could hear a voice, seeping through my mind fog, ―Five
minutes until we leave for the library. Tidy up in here please.‖

I transformed the black stallion into Indiana Jones. The pirates were getting
closer. I could see their Lego grimaces bearing down on me. Suddenly, up shot my
favourite—the magical monster of doom!

―Tidy up now!‖ came the intruding voice, trying to blast its way into my attention.
But the magical monster of doom was nearer, louder and I had him cornered with
my dagger to his throat. I heard him spit out, ―I'll grant you one wish, whatever
you like, if you spare my life.‖

That was when it happened. At that exact moment, I felt

myself pulled to my feet, and my mother stared at
me. She was almost frothing at the mouth.

―Why don't you ever tidy up when I tell you

to? Look at all this mess, and you left all
Mia's soft toys on the floor. You know, I
wish all this stuff would hang from the
ceiling! Then I wouldn't have to walk all
over it every day!‖

I felt bad that she was so upset. I looked

around, but I couldn't see much mess. There was my Lego, spread out on the
carpet. By the door was my spy gear from yesterday's game, and all over the
bench were my papers and pens from my last session of drawing Transformers. I
was quite proud of those pictures. I didn't get what Mum was going on about. It
didn’t matter though, we had to go. The tidying could wait. Before long we were in
the library.

The trouble started when we got home again. Running to the lounge I stopped
short. Nothing on the floor, nothing on the bench. I was gripped by fear. What
had happened to all my stuff?

―Did you tidy my things?‖ I said to Mum as she came in the room.

―No,‖ she said looking around, then up. She let out a startled cry and pointed.
Everything was clinging to the ceiling. All my Lego, all my spy gear, all my drawings,
and the dirty dishes!

I walked, stunned, into Mia's bedroom. All the teddies were clinging to the roof.
The house had never looked so tidy, but the ceiling was incredibly chaotic.

Mum was lying on the couch, laughing hysterically. I think this was because she
hadn't been able to even sit on the couch for such a long time. It was usually
covered with books and sweatshirts and toys. Yes, they were all clinging to the
ceiling too.

―This is amazing,‖ I said, shaking my head.

Mum stopped laughing and shouted, ―Quick, let's vacuum before it all falls down
again. We might even be able to dust!‖

Mia came into the room crying because she couldn't get her teddies down.

―After we've cleaned,‖ said my Mum, in a slightly manic voice.

After our cleaning frenzy was over, and Mum had sat down with a cup of tea to
enjoy the view, I climbed onto a stool and tried to pull Mia's teddies down. They
popped back up as soon as I let them go.

By lunchtime both Mia and I were upset. We couldn't get any of our toys down.
Mum didn't seem to mind, she said it didn't matter that we didn't have any plates
for lunch. But by teatime she agreed that we might need our things back. If only I
could spot the magical monster of doom and force him to grant us another wish. I
finally found him, hiding inside the pirate ship, which was attempting to sail across
the ceiling.

I tried to scare him into granting me a wish, but nothing happened. So reluctantly
I handed him over to Mum. I told her how to threaten him with death by pulling
his head off—he would be sure to grant her a wish. She was about to do it when
she said, ―One condition kids. I'll keep this magical monster of doom, and if you
don't tidy up when I say from now on, he'll be working for me.‖

We had no choice. We had to agree—we even had to promise.

Mum scared the magical monster of doom with her evil sounding threats of certain
painful death. She was so terrifying and mean sounding it sent a chill down my
spine. I think she may actually be a wicked pirate herself. Then she wished all our
stuff would be taken down from the ceiling and put tidily in its proper 'put away'
place, which was where it all quickly zinged to.

And from that day on, that's exactly where our stuff ends up whenever we hear
our mother say, ―Tidy up time, me hearties.‖
 The End!
Questionnaire about history
1- What are the 4 most important characters in history?

2- Where do events happen in history and what is the place

like?

3- What is the conflict of the story?

4- How is the conflict in history solved?

First:
Select one of the following topic sentences. Choose the one you
like the most and think you can talk a lot.
 1 My safari in Africa was wonderful.

 2 Last night when we camped in the forest I heard strange sounds.

 3 I had a great weekend with my grandparents

 4 The cats in my neighborhood are

disappearing

Second:
Describe the characters and the place of events.
Characters:
Characters:
Place:
Third:
Keep in mind that the stories have a structure, the beginning -
Start, the conflict - knot and the resolution - finish.

¡Since you have all the elements of the story, it's time to start
writing!!!

Beginning:

Conflict:
Resolution: