BE CLEAR: = organising=20 your ideas into paragraphs

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Introduction

In this exercise, you will be asked to group sentences together to = form=20 coherent paragraphs.
Activity 1 is concerned with = CONTENT

The=20 student essay you will read concerns the Emporio Armani commercial for = the=20 perfume Diamonds,featuring Beyonce.

Objectives

This exercise is designed to help you construct clear paragraphs to = help your=20 reader follow your argument.

Activity = 1: Text 1

In an academic essay, points are developed into a paragraph with = supporting=20 details or explanation. Can you break up this sample paragraph into = points, and=20 reorder these points to create an outline of a coherent essay?

Instruction

1. Download the text using the link marked 'Text 1' below. This = will open=20 the document in Microsoft Word and you can then edit the text as = usual.=20 2. Read through the text and try to identify the different points = that are=20 made. 3. Cut and paste these points into a new document as separate = paragraphs=20 and re-order them as you think appropriate. 4. Paste your suggested = solution=20 into the text box and compare with the solution given via the link in = the=20 feedback box.

Text 1

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You will need to break up the paragraph into separate sentences or = parts of=20 sentences. It will then be necessary to re-order these chunks of text to = group=20 ideas together in a logical order. Your final document may well not make = complete sense, but the ideas will be in order.

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Commentary: A SAMPLE ANSWER TO THIS TASK CAN BE FOUND BY DOWNLOADING = THIS=20 TEXT:
Paragraphs = arranged=20 by content

For more information on PARAGRAPHING, click here:

Activity = 2:

(OPTIONAL) Write a lead-in to your activity here

Instruction

Write the instruction to your activity here

(OPTIONAL) Insert any additional text here such as a short piece of = text=20 and/or a link or a reference.

Write any text for the interactive task item here

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Insert your feedback here. This should be a correct set of answers = and/or=20 comment or explanation to help the learner understand why certain = answers might=20 be right and others wrong etc.

(OPTIONAL) Write a sentence linking any extra resource to the main = activity=20 here, making it clear what the purpose of the resource is.
Then = insert a=20 link to your extra resource here and indicate the file type and size = e.g.=20 Transcript ( pdf 30KB).

Dependent resources that you might wish = to=20 consider including are: a Word doc for the learner to complete; a = transcript of=20 an audio or a text for offline reading in pdf format.

=C2=A9 Nicola = Taylor. Dept Applied=20 Linguistics, University of=20 Reading