hello ladies and gentlemen this is mister Guy. I'm going to talk to you
about writing good body paragraphs
the body paragraphs are
the heart your essay. they carry the message
YES, the introduction is important
yes the conclusion is important but those body paragraphs
are very important. so what we're going to talk about is what makes a good body
paragraph and then we're gonna look at
examples a good body paragraph that are well developed.
okay first good body paragraphs have a clear topic sentence
with main points to support the topic sentence
sometimes a body paragraph can have two main points
and sometimes can have three main points either way
there's a topic sentence with two to three main points
good body paragraphs
have support an explanation for the main points
this is very important we make points
but then we explain the importance and significance of them.
We explain the importance and use
connectors to make the paragraph feel together
when I say connectors I'm talking about words like firstly, secondly,
in addition, moreove. I'm talking about
words like and, but, so -- all words that
connect our ideas. all right now let's take a look
at the basic format
basic format is that a body paragraph has a very clear topic sentence
I like my topic sentences short sweet
and to the point. very direct once we make
our topic sentence
then we come up with main idea warm and then we
explain we support, we give details an explanation
We will look at an example paragraph
before we look at the example paragraph however
you know these words for example are used when we give examples
we use words like this means when we explain things
when we show affects we use words like as a resul, or so
when we show causes we use words like because
when we show similarities use words like
similarly this is similar to and sometimes we show differences
special contrast we use words like in contrast or we say this is different
and the point here is that in order to develop
our thoughts we need to give examples
we need to explain what we mean we need to show affects maybe
show causes if it's appropriate show similarities
when when it's appropriate and we show differences
but the idea is that we don't make
a statement without developing it so we're going to do is we're going to look
at a paragraph about solar panels
I wanna make sure you do know what solar panels are
and solar panels are these things that go on top of the roof of a house.
group the people's house and many people are using solar panels to
people save a lot of electricity by using solar energy
and to actually create their own small business
so here's a little bit a background about but the paragraph is going to be
about
now here's a body paragraph and I'm telling you now it's
underdeveloped you can look at the word count:
its 39 works but let's look at what's good about it for a second
first you can see clear topic sentence
putting solar panels in your home can help you save money so this whole
paragraph is gonna be about solar panels in saving money
so I've got first point and I've got
a second point so what I've got is a
paragraph but it undeveloped
it's got two main point look firstly
and secondly and that's pretty good
but it's not developed so what can we do
well we can start adding support an explanation in details
let's take a look here's the same paragraph
but more developed topic sentence
installing solar panels will improve your finances okay so to save you money
the green is
the first idea but now it's developed a little bit
that's what let's look at it firstly
it will help you save money and protect us for example
many people report saving up to eighty percent their normal electricity bill
so we've got a topic sentence we've got .1
with development then we've got point2
with development secondly many areas have the solar panels setups with family
so the family can sell the electric back to the electric company
and so there's my second point
and then here is the development at that point
this means that the electric company but by the energy from you
and transfer to their station
so I've got two points firstly and secondly
I got development for those point
and I've got a topic sentence and what's important to understand
is that this green part and this red part
part 1 and part 2 are important and so is the development for each part
the topic sentence the topic sentence says installing solar panels will
improve
your finances here's the first reason how
here's the second reason
this is important in terms up to set up a pure
now let's look at another paragraph that is
more developed
k topic sentence installing solar panels will improve your finances
okay we know this it will help you save money on their electric bills
for example many people report saving up to eighty percent of the normal electricity bill
as a result families can put that money in the banks which
might help the family pay for college so again here we've got
development for point 1 and 2. .1
and then development and what we've got here is a
healthy paragraph 105 words it's healthy because it has
a topic sentence it has .1
development point to development
.1 development .1 in .1 development is here in the green
point2 and 2.2 development is here in the red
and that's important now I'm gonna show you
in other paragraph that I took from the internet
to support the same thing here's a simple example it says my home town is
famous for several natural
or several amazing natural features so this writer has
first
right first and this writer has
second
can now instead of second
he used also and then
he actually has a third point so he said first
also and third to the ideas he has a topic sentence
he has a topic sentence he has a first
I'm gonna make this a color he has a first
he has in also instead of a second
that was his choice and he has
a third
so this writer has three main points first body paragraph
but each point is developed
so for example first it is noted for the Wheaton River
which is very wide in beautiful and then all this
is development up the first point
first it is noted for their week river which is very wide in beautiful
men he gives examples and details in he makes it
significant for the reader either side of the river
which is a 175 feet wide are many willow trees which have long branches that can
move gracefully in the wind
in autumn the leaves above the trees fall and cover the river banks in golden
snow
all this supports the idea and it's beautiful
in the writer goes on again says also the other side of town
is we can Hill which is unusual because it is very steep
so here he's going to discuss. the steepness
even though it is steep climb the hill is not dangerous because there are some
firm rocks along the side that can be used the stairs
there are no trees around the hill so it stands clearly
against this kind can be seen for many miles away so again he's giving details
for his second point
and its third point he said
the third amazing feature is the big oak tree
now this part is talking about the big oak tree
so the idea here is that we we have a topic sentence
we have two to three support sentences
and development for each support sentence
this is critical an important aspect
I thought good paragraph that feels together
now let's look at some other words used of course first
or firstly also
third these are connected words these are words that helped give the essay a
feeling of connectedness
okay other types of important words you can see
because and even though
and show and and
from you know words like and
so using using connector works
subordinating conjunctions coordinating conjunctions
and what we call enumerators firstly secondly
thirdly and transition traces in addition
also moreover all these come together to make the paragraph
feel very connected
okay I hope this helps and please
if you have any questions ask me