Unit2 paragraph structure and topic sentence

Unit2Paragraph&ParagraphStructure•Areyouextrovert,orintrovert?Warm-upActivity:Gettingtoknowyourpartneroryourself•extrovert:•outgoing;confident;oftenlaugh…•introvert:•shy;reticent;easilyfeelsad…Activities:1.InterviewyourpartnerabouttheitemswrittenintheformonPage9orknowingmoreaboutyourselfbyfillingtheform.2.Figureoutthemostimportantfeaturesofyourpartneroryourself.Trytouseseveralsentencestodescribethefeatures.SampleWarm-upActivity:Gettingtoknowyourpartneroryourself•Example:•Myclassmate,Rose,isaniceandhappygirl.Itiseasyforhertolaugh.Sometimes,shelaughsfornoreason.Andsheseldomgetsangryorcries.Youcanoftenseethesmileonherface.Thus,allthestudentsenjoystayingwithher.Warm-upActivity:GettingtoknowyourpartneroryourselfWhatisthestructureofaparagraph?ThebeginningpartThedevelopingpartTheconcludingpartThisisthestructureofaparagraph!Generallyspeaking,thesethreedifferenttypesofsentencesplaydifferentrolesinaparagraph:1.Beginningpart;2.Developingpart;3.Concludingpart.Itisatopicsentencetotellthereaderwhattheparagraphismainlyabout.Sometimes,aquestionorbackgroundinformation,theintroductorysentence,isbeforethetopicsentence.severallogicalsentencestogivemoredetailedinformationaboutthetopicsentence.asentencetoendaparagraphortosummarizeandreinforcetheideas.(开始/起始部分)(扩展/阐述部分)(结论/结尾部分)Writingatopicsentencewaterbottlesweatercompasssandwichescamera1.Ineedawaterbottleforthehike(徒步旅行)incaseIgetthirsty.2.Asweaterisusefulifitgetscold.3.Acompasswillhelpmegointherightdirection.4.Sandwicheswillbeaneasy-to-carrysnack.5.Icanuseacameratotakepicturesofunusualorattractiveplaces.IneedawaterbottleforthehikeincaseIgetthirsty.Asweaterisusefulifitgetscold.Acompasswillhelpmegointherightdirection.Sandwicheswillbeaneasy-to-carrysnack.Icanuseacameratotakepicturesofunusualorattractiveplaces.WritingatopicsentenceQ:Isitaparagraph?A:No,itisn’t.Withoutacentralidea,agroupofsentencesisjustalist,andnotanactualparagraph.IneedawaterbottleforthehikeincaseIgetthirsty.Asweaterisusefulifitgetscold.Acompasswillhelpmegointherightdirection.Sandwicheswillbeaneasy-to-carrysnack.Icanuseacameratotakepicturesofunusualorattractiveplaces.Canwemakeitaparagraph?Howcanwemakeitaparagraph?Wecanmakeitaparagraphbygivingitacentralidea,orafocus.Wegiveitafocusbystatingthecentralideainonesentence,whichiscalledthetopicsentence.Writingatopicsentence•Ineedmanyitemstobereadyforasafe,enjoyablehike.IneedawaterbottleforthehikeincaseIgetthirsty.Asweaterisusefulifitgetscold.Acompasswillhelpmegointherightdirection.Sandwicheswillbeaneasy-to-carrysnack.Icanuseacameratotakepicturesofunusualorattractiveplaces.WritingatopicsentenceExample1•(1)Fishingismyfavoritesport.(2)Ioftenfishforhourswithoutcatchinganything.(3)Butthisdoesnotworryme.(4)Somefishermenareunlucky.(5)Insteadofcatchingfish,theycatcholdbootsandrubbish.(6)Iamevenlesslucky;Inevercatchanything--notevenoldboots.(7)Afterhavingspentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialwaysgohomewithanemptybag.(8)“Youmustgiveupfishing!”myfriendssay.(9)“It’sawasteoftime.”(10)Buttheydon’trealizeoneimportantthing.(11)I'mnotreallyinterestedinfishing.(12)Iamonlyinterestedinsittinginaboatanddoingnothingatall!TopicsentenceConcludingpartExample2•(1)Ibegantheletterofmyapplicationbypointingoutmysecretarialskills.(2)SpecificallyInotedthatItypeninetywordsperminuteandtakedictationatonehundredandthirtywordsperminute.(3)Next,Iindicatedmypastworkexperienceonthreesimilarjobs.(4)FinallyIgaveasummaryoftheevaluationsofmyimmediatesuperiorsonthethreepreviousjobs.(5)Inshort,Istressedmysecretarialskills,myexperience,andmyevaluationsintheletterofapplication.Example2•(1)Ibegantheletterofmyapplicationbypointingoutmysecretarialskills.(2)SpecificallyInotedthatItypeninetywordsperminuteandtakedictationatonehundredandthirtywordsperminute.(3)Next,Iindicatedmypastworkexperienceonthreesimilarjobs.(4)FinallyIgaveasummaryoftheevaluationsofmyimmediatesuperiorsonthethreepreviousjobs.(5)Inshort,Istressedmysecretarialskills,myexperience,andmyevaluationsintheletterofapplication.Developingpart—content(1--4):a.Secretaryskills—type&dictationb.Workexperienceinsimilarjobsc.Evaluationinpreviousjobs.ConcludingpartExample3•(1)Abusdrivermustanswerquestionswhileguidingabusthroughheavytraffic.(2)Alldaylong,thedriveranswersthesamequestionswithoutbecomingangry.(3)Everyfewminutesabusdriverhastoaskpassengerstosteptotherear(后部)ofthebus.(4)Inspiteoftrafficsnarls(混乱)andthoughtlesspassengerswhocausedelays,abusdriverisexpectedtocoverhisorherroute(固定线路)onschedule．Example3•(1)Abusdrivermustanswerquestionswhileguidingabusthroughheavytraffic.(2)Alldaylong,thedriveranswersthesamequestionswithoutbecomingangry.(3)Everyfewminutesabusdriverhastoaskpassengerstosteptotherear(后部)ofthebus.(4)Inspiteoftrafficsnarls(混乱)andthoughtlesspassengerswhocausedelays,abusdriverisexpectedtocoverhisorherroute(固定线路)onschedule．Developingpart—Details(1--4):a.Answerquestionwhiledrivinginheavytraffic;b.Answersamequestionwithoutangry;c.Repeataskingpassagestomovebackwardsd.CoverrouteonscheduledespitedifferentdelaysCanyousummarizeatopicsentence?--Drivingabusishardwork.