EnglishYears 7–8Writing

Paragraphing

Use paragraphs effectively to organise ideas; link paragraphs with connectives and topic sentences

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a big pile of toys. You sort them into different boxes — one for cars, one for dolls, one for balls.

  2. 2

    What does a paragraph do?

  3. 3

    Let's sort these sentences into two paragraphs. One is about a dog, the other about a cat.

  4. 4

    Drag each sentence into the right paragraph box.

  5. 5

    Which sentence belongs in a paragraph about the weather?

  6. 6

    When you start a new idea, you start a new paragraph. Watch this:

  7. 7

    You are writing about your day. After 'I ate lunch', what should your next paragraph be about?

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