Writing Paragraph

CAPT Rois Nahrudin roisnahrudin@yahoo.com

Why Paragraph
Essay started from paragraph Continuous Logical

What is a paragraph?
A group of sentences that develops one topic or idea

What makes a paragraph?

Topic sentence Supporting sentence Concluding sentence

What is topic sentence?

Main idea One sentence Can be at the beginning, middle, end of a paragraph The starting and the continuing idea

What is supporting sentence?

Support the topic sentence Expand the main idea Develop the main idea Giving evidence Describe the main idea Giving argument to the main idea

What is concluding sentence?

Finalize the paragraph Summarize the paragraph contents Future reference

What to do?
Finding a topic Brainstorming - Selecting Outlining Drafting Writing Proofreading Correcting Finalizing Submitting

Finding a topic
Given Reading Listening Discussing Etc

Brainstorming - Selecting
Spontaneous thoughts (if necessary) write down
The people nature beauty

Natural resources

My hometown

Favorite foods

Tourism objects Local highlights

Local cultures

Outlining
Topic sentence - Apple Malang is well known as one of the highlight of fruits from Malang. Supporting sentence - The name apple Malang is taken from its original site where the apple is grown and cultivated; Malang East Java. - Malang is located in East Java around 200 kilometers from capital city Surabaya. - Naturally the apple colored with green to whitish and tastes sweet yet a bit sour, a very perfect balance for those who love to take diet. - Another reason apple malang is famous because of its low price. - In fact, this local fruit has been exported to various countries such as Japan, the US and the UEA. - According to one of the reports, the exporting record reaches to 10,000 tons in 2007. - Apple Malang has proven to be local but internationally famous fruit

Outlining
Concluding sentence
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In short, apple Malang is widely consumed by not only local people but also almost everyone around the globe. I hope other products from Malang can be as bright as apple Malang in the near future

Drafting
> can take more than once; draft 1, draft 2, etc. > time to check logic, cohesive devices, grammar, etc. Example:
Apple Malang is well known as the highlight of fruits from Malang.The name apple Malang is taken from the original site where the apple is grown and cultivated; Malang. Malang is located in East Java around 200 kilometers from capital city Surabaya. Naturally the apple colored with green to whitish and tastes sweet yet bit sour as a very perfect balance for those who love to take diet.Another reason apple malang is famous because of its low price.In fact, this local fruit has been exported to various countries such as Japan, the US and the UEA.According to the one of the reports, the export record reaches to 10,000 tons in 2007.Apple Malang has proven to be local fruit but internationally famous. In short, apple Malang is widely consumed by not only local people but also almost everyone around the globe. I hope other products from Malang can be as bright as apple Malang in the near future

Writing
When you happy with the draft Focused on the task Follow the instructions Do not change your mind Pay attention to the spelling, capitalization, punctuation.

Proofreading
Neutralize your mind Read your work thoroughly This is a final check (if necessary NOT for test) ask your colleagues/teachers to proofread DO NOT take the advise/suggestion 100% Take the most essential advise; grammar, word choice (syntactical aspects)

Correcting
Re-write your work ONLY if YOU HAVE TO DO NOT CHANGE the topic UNLESS your work is RUBBISH Make sure you are happy with your work

Finalizing
This is the end of your hard and smart work Check the administration of your tasks Make sure you do not miss a thing.

Submitting
Submit your work elegantly Be on time! Say thank you or good bye to anyone in charge of the tasks. Pray mate!

Questions? (only if you have to)

Thank you for listening and not snoring and most importantly NOT throwing things at me