An important part of planning a
paragraph is knowing your
_____________ for writing.
In a descriptive paragraph, your
purpose is to _____________
something.
In a narrative paragraph, your purpose
You must use the paragraph format
looked at in class:
Your TOPIC SENTENCE must:
_____________ the topic of the
paragraph – anyone should be able to
read that one sentence and know
exactly what your paragraph is about.
 It should ______ the basic idea of your
paragraph.
 You must have at least 3 specific supporting
details that are arranged in
__________________. Chronological order
means that your details are given in the same
order that they happen.
 Each of these details must have a
__________________. This is where you give a
little bit more information about the detail or
explain why it is important.
 Your details must be connected with
____________ that show chronological order
use the transition sheet given to you
Your _______________ sentence must
sum up the main idea of the paragraph
without introducing any new information.
 __________ the main idea and why it is
important.
When you write a narrative paragraph
that explains something that happens to
you, you can use “I”, “we”, “us”, etc.
Even though the narrative paragraph
______ the events of a story, it is NOT
written as a story.
TOPIC: Write a paragraph explaining your
winter holiday.
1. Topic Sentence
*** remember to indent a new paragraph
Christmas is my favorite holiday.
2. Transition + Supporting Detail #1
Firstly, I love Christmas because I like
decorating my house.
3. Backup
I love turning my home into a winter
wonderland.
4. Transition + Supporting Detail #2
Similarly, I like the time I get off of work
at Christmas.
5. Backup
It gives me a chance to re-energize and
catch up on sleep.
6. Transition + Supporting Detail #3
In addition, giving and receiving gifts is
another reason why Christmas is my
favorite holiday.
7. Backup
I enjoy the feeling of getting something I
like and giving something else to someone
I care about.
8. Concluding Sentence
For having the opportunity to do so many
activities that I truly enjoy, Christmas is the
holiday I look forward to most during the
year.
Christmas is my favorite holiday.
Firstly, I love Christmas because I like
decorating my house. I love turning my
home into a winter wonderland. Similarly, I
like the time I get off work at Christmas. I
gives me a chance to re-energize and
catch up on my sleep. In addition, giving
and receiving gifts is another reason why
Christmas is my favorite holiday. I enjoy
the feeling of getting something I like and
of giving a gift to someone I care about.
For having the opportunity to do so many
activities that I truly enjoy, Christmas is the
holiday I look forward to most during the
R – first person (I)
A – Miss Brown/the class
F – narrative paragraph
T – Write a paragraph explaining your most
memorable day over the winter break
S – to narrate, to tell