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Seventh Assignment: Delivering Oral Presentation

Important not: All the students should note that your respective class English Teacher will assign you with the topics for your Presentations and necessary input required.

Eighth Assignment: Paragraph writing

Assignment No: 8 Paragraph Writing

Exercise:1
The following sentences are about the weather and how to dress while touring Beijing, China. There is too much information here for one paragraph. Some of the sentences are specifically about the weather. Put the number of those sentences in the box below marked Weather. Other sentences are about how to dress while touring Beijing. Put the number of those sentences in the box below marked Dress. Each set of sentences has one that is general enough to be a topic sentence. Circle those two sentences.
Once you have identified the above sentences as to whether they are talking about weather or dress
and found the topic sentences, arrange the sentences in a logical order and write (on a separate sheet
of paper) a paragraph about each topic.

Weather                             Dress
1. ____                              1. ____
2. ____                              2. ____
3. ____                              3. ____
4. ____                              4. ____
5. ____                              5. ____
6. ____                              6. ____

1. Winter is freezing cold.
2. Autumn is best as the temperature is mild and the sun is out a lot.
3. Beijing's four seasons are distinctly recognizable.
4. In the warmer months, T-shirts and light pants or shorts are the best bet.
5. It is easy to dress for touring Beijing.
6. In the autumn, jeans and a sweater are usually fine.
7. For touring during the day, wear casual clothes.
8. Bring nice clothes for going out at night.
9. The temperature in spring is nice, too, but it is very dry and windy.
10. Summer can be unbearably hot.
11. In the colder months, it is wise to dress in layers; long underwear and jeans, shirt, sweater and
a down jacket.

Exercise:2
Each of the following paragraphs has a sentence that is irrelevant. Draw a line through that sentence.
Example:
There are many things you can do to help the earth’s environment. You can
recycle newspapers, clear plastic and aluminum cans. You can buy products
made from recycled paper. Also, you can purchase drinks in glass bottles or
aluminum cans instead of plastic containers. Glass and aluminum are easier
to recycle. I enjoy recycling.

Paragraph 1
Responsibility is an important part of being an adult. We should meet our obligations by
being reliable, accountable, and dependable. We should follow through on our promises. It is
important to be one time for appointments that we have agreed to. I am often late for my
appointments. Be someone your friends can count on. Students should do their homework on
time. By creating a habit of reliability, people around us will see us as responsible individuals.

Paragraph 2
Bird watching is a great hobby. Many birdwatchers began watching birds as children or
young people. Birds hold a fascination with many people because there are almost always birds
around to see. Butterflies are great to watch too. Birds are easy to learn to identify and fun to
watch. Backyard bird feeding is a good way to get started watching birds by bringing them to
your yard.

Exercise:3
Pick one of the topics below and write a topic sentence about it.
Things you like to do on Friday night
How you did for fun in high school or grade school
A memorable holiday
Next, you write at least 10 supporting sentences (on a separate sheet of paper/class notebook) about the topic. Don’t worry about proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar at this point. Review the supporting sentences and make sure that they all support the main idea of the topic sentence. Cross out any sentences that do not support the main idea. Those sentences are irrelevant.
Finally, write a paragraph, using the topic sentence and relevant supporting sentences form above. Be sure to use correct capitalization, punctuation and article use.