How to write a well-structured paragraph, A lecture about the components of a good paragraph. part of (ENGL163 course ) Academic Writing.

1. What are the skills needed for
academic writing? (4)
Abdulaziz Assanosi
PSAU – Saudi Arabia
azizsanosi@gmail.com
Main Source:
First Steps in Academic Writing (Level 2)
Second Edition
By: Ann Hogue
Pearson Longman

2. Organization
•Organization is
a bout
paragraphs.

3. What is a paragraph?
A paragraph is a group of
related sentences about
ONE topic and ONE
idea

4. The three main parts of a paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Supporting sentences
• Concluding sentence

5. Burger organizer

6. Paragraph shape

7. Components of paragraph in details
• Topic sentence:
• The first sentence in a paragraph, names the
topic and tell what the paragraph explain about
the topic.

8. Components of paragraph in details
• Concluding sentences
• The middle sentences in a paragraph which give
example or details about the topic.

9. Components of paragraph in details
• Concluding sentence
• The last sentence in a paragraph. Repeat the
topic sentence or summarizes the main point.

10. Title
• Each paragraph for this class should have a title.
• A title could be short, not complete sentence, it
may be One word.
• My family
• Happiness
• A Nice Holiday

11. Examples of organized paragraphs

12. Examples of organized paragraphs

13. Examples of organized paragraphs

14. Paragraph form
• Please follow the following rules when writing a
paragraph in this course
• Use black or dark blue ink
• On the left corner write your name, course name
and the date
• Write the title
• Indent the paragraph
• Leave margins
• Leave space between lines.

15. E X A M P L E paragraph form

16. Write a paragraph about your
classmate
• Topic sentence
• My classmate is X is
• Supporting sentences
• Details
• Concluding sentence
• I happy to know X