Reading and Written

Composition
LESSON 1
Ponder on these…

 Are you are reader or a non-reader?

 What does being a reader mean?
 What kind of materials do you like to read?
 Among all those that you have read, what made a great impact in your
life?
 What is a non-reader?
Ponder of this…

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready

man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a
man write little, he had need have a great memory; if
he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if
he read little, he had need have much cunning, to
seem to know that he doth not.”

- Francis Bacon
“Some books are to be tasted,
others to be swallowed, and some
few to be chewed and digested.”
- Francis Bacon
Outline

 Paragraphs
 Topic Sentence
 Methods of Paragraph Development
 By Description
 By Process
 By Definition
 By Comparison
 By Contrast
Homework:

 What is a paragraph?
 What are the qualities of a good paragraph?
 What is a topic sentence
 What are the different methods of developing a topic sentence?
 What are the different methods of paragraph development? Give a
maximum of two-sentence explanation/definition of the following
methods:
 Description, Process, Definition, Comparison, Contrast
 See the instructions in the next slide.
Format for the Homework

1. Write your answer in the word document

2. Font style – Arial; Font size – 12; Spacing – 1.0; Margin – 1 inch on all sides.
3. Maximum of only one page.
4. Upload your homework in the google classroom in the folder, Homework
No. 1.
5. Submission of homework should be not later than Sunday.