Paragraph Writing

For my social studies as an extra, I had done a kind of essay? as I could say. I had done an "essay" about how to to write a paragraph. I put down the key points about writing a paragraph. I also wrote down the meaning for the T.E.E.L acronym, also two paragraphs about myself.

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• Your paragraph will be much better if you start it with rhetorical questions. Or start it with a sentence that states the subject and main idea.
• Develop a thesis statement, if your first sentence was a statement about the main idea. Then you should come up with facts or describe the main idea. If it was a question you should answer the question.  This should be at least 3 - 5 sentences.
• Write down things that support or argue with your thesis in order of importance. This is a good way to make the reader believe you. For example, you wrote a paragraph about koalas. You write something down about it. So you must have a scientific explanation.  
• Add an example.
• Make sure to summarize your topic.
• Write down your opinion, or why you think it's true.
• Have evidence if it’s for a persuasive or research paragraph. Or give a link to where you got your information from.

T.E.E.L acronym meaning:

T - Topic - Start your paragraph with a sentence based on the topic or main subject. 

E - Explanation - Give an explanation about the topic, or give your opinion.

E - Evidence & Examples - Give evidence and examples to prove your statements.

L - Link - A link is to show you are telling the truth and showing where you got your information.

Use T.E.E.L as a guide when writing your paragraphs, it makes things a lot easier. Using this acronym works and many different kinds of paragraphs. Mainly informative and persuasive ones, but it also works on essay paragraphs. Or just your usual kinds of paragraphs. 

Here are 2 paragraphs based on myself as an example of how I do it:

My name is Rieya Naidu and this is about me!

Let’s say I have quite a large family, I wouldn't say I have such a big family where I have 13 people in my family. I don’t have a typical kind of family. We are a mix of cultures, we call it a fruit salad. We have Kiwi, Filipino, Spanish, and Fiji-Indian.  We have strict rules, always babysitting, and NEVER allowed to waste time but we live happily. However, we did not expect to face some circumstances and trials in our lives. It has been hard since there are two kids still young. So it’s me the oldest and one of my sisters the second oldest. Who has the obligation to look after them? But our family never loses hope, and our parents always find a way to make our lives normal. 

Ok, now let’s talk about me. My full name is Rieya Preciousa Naidu, I am 13 years of age and am a freshman in high school. I have three little sisters, so I have a family of six. As I have a Filipino family in the Philippines I have a lot of cousins, aunties, grandmas, and grandpas. The same goes for the Fiji-Indian side. Likes? Well I have a passion for badminton, and netball believe it or not I like to do sports. Sometimes I pretend I don’t want to since my friends don’t. But sometimes I'd rather listen to myself than them.  I have a shy personality, but once I trust someone I am the exact opposite around them. I am not the brat type of person but I will act a bit like that. But only depending on the way someone treats me. I love to be organized if I see in the house something messy it is triggering. For some reason, I have a big sister instinct to keep my sisters safe. Of course when I am trying to make sure they don’t get in trouble or keep them safe they think I'm being mean. But I mean a big sister has to do what they need to to keep the young ones safe and sound. 

(I know I didn’t do my things based on T.E.E.L but this is an example of how I write my paragraphs.)