Writing is an art and cannot be taught per se because it depends on creativity and there are many schools of thought on how to write a good essay. But we can study models of good academic writing. Today we will study how to write a good paragraph, topic sentences, supporting sentences and concluding sentences. Later we will study different types of essay including how to write one. Read as a whole class: What is a good paragraph? What is a good topic sentence?

Activity 4: Do Topic sentence and controlling idea practice

Read as a whole class: What are good supporting sentences? Do Activity 18: Check students understanding of topic sentences, supporting ideas and concluding sentences

Vocabulary and Collocations Practice + Noun form Grammar Practice + Read capitalization and comma rules as a whole class and do comma practice

Write your own paragraph in describing a particular restaurant.

Peer editing of paragraph in pairs by providing a checklist