The paragraph is a series of sentences

developing one topic.

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 The Topic Sentence

• The topic of a paragraph is

stated in one sentence. This is
called the topic sentence.

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 The Topic Sentence
There are many reasons that I
love to teach. First of all, I love to teach
because I love being at school. Another
reason I love teaching is that the days go by
quickly. A third reason I love to teach is
because I love seeing a student understand
something new. Finally, I love to teach
because I love to be around kids. These are
just a few reasons I love to teach.
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 The rest of the paragraph consists
of sentences that develop or
explain the main idea.
• There are many reasons that I
love to teach. First of all, I love
to teach because I love being at
school. Another reason I love
teaching is that the days go by
quickly. A third reason I love to
teach is because I love seeing a
student understand something
new. Finally, I love to teach
because I love to be around kids.
These are just a few reasons I
love to teach.

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 Unity in the Paragraph
Every sentence in a paragraph should support the main
idea expressed in the topic sentence.

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 Connecting Sentences Within the
Paragraph

• chronological order • in order of

importance
• first
• however
• meanwhile
• furthermore
• later
• as a result
• afterwards
• in fact
• finally
• yet
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 The concluding or
clincher sentence
• There are many reasons that I love to teach.
First of all, I love to teach because I love being at
school. Another reason I love teaching is that the
days go by quickly. A third reason I love to teach is
because I love seeing a student understand
something new. Finally, I love to teach because I
love to be around kids. These are just a few reasons
I love to teach.

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 Types of Paragraphs
• The narrative paragraph
• tells a story
• The persuasive paragraph.
• tries to convince the audience
• The descriptive paragraph
• describes something
• The expository or explanatory paragraph
• gives information or explains something

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