Page 2 - PARAGRAPH ELEMENT 3 Dayanna Gamboa
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INSTRUCTIONS
As you read through the steps, you will see how Salina, a student from
Greece, prepared to write a paragraph about a favorite pastime.
Complete steps 1 to 3, and then write your first draft.
STEP1: To select a topic, make a chart like the one below showing pastimes or
kinds of entertainment that you enjoy. List as many reasons as you can for each
one. Then put a check next the pastime or kind of entertainment that you think
has the best supporting reasons. Good supporting reasons are clear, and they are
ideas you can develop with an explanation or an example.
She put to check next to the others classes because she had more to say about that
topic than
Pastime or Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3
kind of
Entertainment
Rock singer Great voiced Beautiful
Axel Rouses songs
Watching Escape from Share our
DVDs with my our daily opinions
sister routine
taking skating feel the rhythm Make friends Make my
classes of the music mind and body
work together
