about writing good body paragraphs

the body paragraphs are

the heart your essay. they carry the message

YES, the introduction is important

yes the conclusion is important but those body paragraphs

are very important. so what we're going to talk about is what makes a good body

paragraph and then we're gonna look at

examples a good body paragraph that are well developed.

okay first good body paragraphs have a clear topic sentence

with main points to support the topic sentence

sometimes a body paragraph can have two main points

and sometimes can have three main points either way

there's a topic sentence with two to three main points

good body paragraphs

have support an explanation for the main points

this is very important we make points

but then we explain the importance and significance of them.

We explain the importance and use

connectors to make the paragraph feel together

when I say connectors I'm talking about words like firstly, secondly,

in addition, moreove. I'm talking about

words like and, but, so -- all words that

connect our ideas. all right now let's take a look

at the basic format

basic format is that a body paragraph has a very clear topic sentence

I like my topic sentences short sweet

and to the point. very direct once we make

our topic sentence

then we come up with main idea warm and then we

explain we support, we give details an explanation

We will look at an example paragraph

before we look at the example paragraph however

you know these words for example are used when we give examples

we use words like this means when we explain things

when we show affects we use words like as a resul, or so

when we show causes we use words like because

when we show similarities use words like

similarly this is similar to and sometimes we show differences

special contrast we use words like in contrast or we say this is different

and the point here is that in order to develop

our thoughts we need to give examples

we need to explain what we mean we need to show affects maybe

show causes if it's appropriate show similarities

when when it's appropriate and we show differences

but the idea is that we don't make

a statement without developing it so we're going to do is we're going to look

at a paragraph about solar panels

I wanna make sure you do know what solar panels are

and solar panels are these things that go on top of the roof of a house.

group the people's house and many people are using solar panels to

people save a lot of electricity by using solar energy

and to actually create their own small business

so here's a little bit a background about but the paragraph is going to be

about

now here's a body paragraph and I'm telling you now it's

underdeveloped you can look at the word count:

its 39 works but let's look at what's good about it for a second

first you can see clear topic sentence

putting solar panels in your home can help you save money so this whole

paragraph is gonna be about solar panels in saving money

so I've got first point and I've got

a second point so what I've got is a

paragraph but it undeveloped

it's got two main point look firstly

and secondly and that's pretty good

but it's not developed so what can we do

well we can start adding support an explanation in details

let's take a look here's the same paragraph

but more developed topic sentence

installing solar panels will improve your finances okay so to save you money

the green is

the first idea but now it's developed a little bit

that's what let's look at it firstly

it will help you save money and protect us for example

many people report saving up to eighty percent their normal electricity bill

so we've got a topic sentence we've got .1

with development then we've got point2

with development secondly many areas have the solar panels setups with family

so the family can sell the electric back to the electric company

and so there's my second point

and then here is the development at that point

this means that the electric company but by the energy from you

and transfer to their station

so I've got two points firstly and secondly

I got development for those point

and I've got a topic sentence and what's important to understand

is that this green part and this red part

part 1 and part 2 are important and so is the development for each part

the topic sentence the topic sentence says installing solar panels will

improve

your finances here's the first reason how

here's the second reason

this is important in terms up to set up a pure

now let's look at another paragraph that is

more developed

k topic sentence installing solar panels will improve your finances

okay we know this it will help you save money on their electric bills

for example many people report saving up to eighty percent of the normal electricity bill

as a result families can put that money in the banks which

might help the family pay for college so again here we've got

development for point 1 and 2. .1

and then development and what we've got here is a

healthy paragraph 105 words it's healthy because it has

a topic sentence it has .1

development point to development

.1 development .1 in .1 development is here in the green

point2 and 2.2 development is here in the red

and that's important now I'm gonna show you

in other paragraph that I took from the internet

to support the same thing here's a simple example it says my home town is

famous for several natural

or several amazing natural features so this writer has

first

right first and this writer has

second

can now instead of second

he used also and then

he actually has a third point so he said first

also and third to the ideas he has a topic sentence

he has a topic sentence he has a first

I'm gonna make this a color he has a first

he has in also instead of a second

that was his choice and he has

a third

so this writer has three main points first body paragraph

but each point is developed

so for example first it is noted for the Wheaton River

which is very wide in beautiful and then all this

is development up the first point

first it is noted for their week river which is very wide in beautiful

men he gives examples and details in he makes it

significant for the reader either side of the river

which is a 175 feet wide are many willow trees which have long branches that can

move gracefully in the wind

in autumn the leaves above the trees fall and cover the river banks in golden

snow

all this supports the idea and it's beautiful

in the writer goes on again says also the other side of town

is we can Hill which is unusual because it is very steep

so here he's going to discuss. the steepness

even though it is steep climb the hill is not dangerous because there are some

firm rocks along the side that can be used the stairs

there are no trees around the hill so it stands clearly

against this kind can be seen for many miles away so again he's giving details

for his second point

and its third point he said

the third amazing feature is the big oak tree

now this part is talking about the big oak tree

so the idea here is that we we have a topic sentence

we have two to three support sentences

and development for each support sentence

this is critical an important aspect

I thought good paragraph that feels together

now let's look at some other words used of course first

or firstly also

third these are connected words these are words that helped give the essay a

feeling of connectedness

okay other types of important words you can see

because and even though

and show and and

from you know words like and

so using using connector works

subordinating conjunctions coordinating conjunctions

and what we call enumerators firstly secondly

thirdly and transition traces in addition

also moreover all these come together to make the paragraph

feel very connected

okay I hope this helps and please

if you have any questions ask me