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Keep related ideas together
1 · Learn
A paragraph groups sentences about one main part of a text. In a story, a change of place, time or focus can be a useful point to begin another paragraph.
In an information text about a garden, one paragraph might describe the plants and another explain the tools. A paragraph is not defined by having exactly three sentences.
2 · Worked example
I group 'The shed holds spades' with 'The tools hang on hooks'. I put 'Sunflowers grow by the gate' in a paragraph about plants instead.
3 · Your turn
Group these sentences by topic: The roses need watering. The fork is in the shed. The beans are climbing. The rake hangs on a hook.
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Plants: roses need watering; beans are climbing. Tools: fork in shed; rake on hook. Each group could form a paragraph.
4 · Apply your learning
Write two short paragraphs about an invented club: what it does and what members need. Check the focus of each paragraph.
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