Guidelines+for+developing+a+paragraph

How to develop paragraphs in essays.

Your job is to fully explain your topic sentence. Keep asking yourself **"why" and "in what way"** and you will come up with examples for your paper. For example, let's say you are working on your essay about The Giver. You are to come up with reasons why you think schools should be abolished. Use your outline builder to help you come up with ideas: Schools should be abolished. Why:
 * 1) Students are all different and should be allowed to work independently to learn in ways they want.
 * 2) The internet allows us access to information in new and varied ways.
 * 3) If we abolished schools, we would save money that could be used in different ways.

Now, try to think of one or two sentences that would introduce all these ideas. Then include your ideas in the paragraph!


 * The current system of educating all students in the same way and on the same time schedule doesn't work to create equal citizens. In the future, schools should be abolished**. Imagine if people could learn from home or in small groups with a mentor. Children could use the internet to learn what and when they needed. Students could use Skype or other online applications to interview and learn from experts around the world. Plus, students could move at their own pace. No more waiting for everyone in class to read the book or get the math problem. The best part? Look at all the money states would save. This money could be used for so many necessary projects.

Ta da. A paragraph!!