Saturday, 20 October 2012

Task 4 Introduction of a Paragraph ( Provide Example of the Topic sentence, Supporting sentence & Concluding sentence)

WRITING PROCESS

1) Topic Sentences

Topic sentence is the most important sentence in a paragraph. Sometimes referred to as a focus sentence, the topic sentence helps organize the paragraph by summarizing the information in the paragraph. In formal writing, the topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph

For example:

a)  Topic Sentence - Dogs make woderful pets because they help you to live longer.

     The topic is - " Dogs make wonderful pets".

b) Topic Sentence - Cooking requires a number of different skills.

    The topic is - " Cooking".


2) Supporting Sentences

Supporting sentence is the second part of paragraph. To explain, the idea expressed in the topic sentence.

For example:
 
-They can be boiled lightly and eaten with toast.


3) Concluding sentences
 
For example:

- There are few foods that are as nourishing and versatile as eggs.



Sunday, 14 October 2012

Task 3 Process Writing (Describe stage of "Writing Process")


Writing process is one thing that is beneficial to enhance the writing of each individual. There are five stages of writing process which can be reference to be used in writing. the first stage is planning. Planning means coming up with an idea. In planning you must have idea and inspiration. If you do not have any ideas, try to using a writing prompt to get you started or you can write about incidents from your daily life, or childhood. In addition, you must building on your idea. There are popular methods you can use to add of your idea that is free writing and brainstorming. Free writing is start a new page, and write everything that comes into your head about your chosen topic. Do not stop to write, even if you make mistakes. Brainstorming is write the idea or topic of your page. List down ideas that arise from the topic or directions you could take with the article. Moreover, planning and structure. Some pieces of writing will require more planning than others. Typically, longer pieces and academic papers need a lot of thought at this stage. The next stage is drafting, at this stage do not think about word count, grammar or spelling. do not worry if you have gone off topic, or if some sections of your plan do not fit too well. Just keep writing. Third stage is revising. Revision stage is summed up with the adding, rearranging, removing, and replacing. Adding is a good point to go back to your writing notes look for ideas which you did not use. Rearranging is you have written a short story that drags in the middle but packs in too much at the end. Removing, you have gone over the word count, and you need to take out a few paragraphs. Replacing, if a particular paragraph is not working, try writing it. The next stage is editing. Editing stage is distinct from revision, and needs to be done after revising. Editing involves the close up view of individual sentences and words. It needs to be done after you have made revisions on a big scale, or else you could agonize over a perfect sentence, only to end up cutting that whole paragraph from your piece. The final stage of the writing process is publishing. This means different things depending on the piece you are working on.