2018年7月25日星期三

Writing Skill  Overview


The video is to introduce how to write a paragraph in an essay or paper.

1. The first sentence is the central idea of the paragraph. One paragraph only has one idea. It is a general thesis statement.

2. The rest of the paragraph is the details that directly relate to the main idea. Details include the reasons why you think the thesis statement is important and the examples to support your perspective.

3. For IELT, TOEFL, SAT test, 4 or 5 sentences should be your limit.

4. Avoid repetition in one paragraph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IFDuhdB2Hk



Please based on the writing competences and vocabularies that you studied on the Video and on Nuclino today, create a paragraph in your blog. You may select one of the following topics, or one theme you perfer. 

The recommended Topics

1. A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college?

2. To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities?

3. College students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field?


An example Paragrah

A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college?

Children all learn in very different ways. If the curriculum is standardized completely, it leaves little room for exploratory learning. (thesis statement) One child may learn how to spell from reading, another may learn from phonics. If the curriculum is standardized, suppose one aspect is dropped, that many exclude certain children from learning adequately. (the first reason about children) Especially at the high school level this would be detrimental to the variety of subjects that a student can learn. Standards and the "No Child Left Behind"act in America are already forcing the reduction i n programs such as Art and music that have a less defineable curriculum.(the second reson about young people) Additionally, education systems are rarely funded well enough to achieve the general goal of educating children. If a national curriculum were implemented, would it come with a significant increase in financial support? History suggests that it would not.(the third reson about young people)

(Topics and the example paragraph stem from GRE official guideline)