🏔️ Part 1: Paragraph Structure Knowledge

1. What are the three main parts of an informative paragraph?

Topic sentence, supporting facts, concluding sentence

Beginning, middle, end

Title, body, summary

2. Which linking words can help connect ideas in your paragraph? (Tick all that apply)

Also

For example

Together with

The end

3. A good topic sentence should:

Tell the reader what the paragraph is about

Give all the facts at once

End the paragraph

4. Circle the best topic sentence for a paragraph about NZ Winter Olympic teams:

New Zealand has amazing winter Olympic athletes who compete in many different sports.

I like watching the Olympics on TV.

Winter sports are cold.

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Paragraph

5. Write a topic sentence about NZ Winter Olympic teams:

6. List three facts you could include about NZ Winter Olympic teams:

Fact 1: _________________________________________________

Fact 2: _________________________________________________

Fact 3: _________________________________________________

7. Write a concluding sentence for your paragraph:

8. Complete these sentences using linking words:

New Zealand has talented winter athletes. _____________, they compete in skiing and snowboarding.

Our teams train very hard. _____________, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold in snowboarding.

🏅 Part 3: Writing Practice

9. Use your plan from Part 2 to write a complete paragraph about NZ Winter Olympic teams. Remember to include a topic sentence, supporting facts with linking words, and a concluding sentence.

10. Check your paragraph. Tick the boxes when you have included each part:

Clear topic sentence

At least two supporting facts

Linking words (also, for example, together with)

Concluding sentence

Capital letters and full stops

NZ Winter Olympic Writing

NZ Winter Olympic Writing

🏔️ Part 1: Paragraph Structure Knowledge

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Paragraph

🏅 Part 3: Writing Practice

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