2019-11-06 Writing: outline and paragraph

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: make a list of at least five things you know how to do that many people don’t
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Follow the steps on p. 83-85 to get ideas and make an outline, then write your paragraph.
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Step 0: Pick one thing you know how to do well. This will be your topic this week.
Step 1: Take a few minutes to write down everything you need to do in order to accomplish that goal.
	(Don’t worry about the order or importance, just write down everything to start with.)
Step 2: Edit your list by crossing out less important steps and putting the other steps in order
Step 3: Organize your list into an outline (with the steps in the correct order) and add a topic sentence and a conclusion sentence.
Finally: Use your outline to write a first draft of your how-to paragraph. Use time or list order transition signals to introduce the most important steps. You can also add sentences to give more details to confusing steps, and a sentence or two of introduction (before the topic sentence) to explain why someone might want to have this skill.
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example:
	If you have a computer that is a little old, it might be pretty slow when you try to run new programs on it. One way to improve the performance of your computer is to upgrade the memory (RAM). Replacing or upgrading the memory in your computer is not difficult if you follow these steps. First, you need to find out what kind of memory to get, and how much. You can do this by…
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Homework: write a paragraph (or more) to explain how to do the activity you picked.