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Paragraph Layout Conventions

A class is preparing a short paragraph for a reading festival display. Help make each paragraph clear and easy to read. Look for sentence capitals and full stops, spaces between words, one main idea, and a clear paragraph start.

Spot the conventions

Use the example and questions to identify the features that help a paragraph look organised.

1.Read this paragraph. The first line begins a little further to the right: At the beach, we searched for tiny shells. We found stripes, spirals and smooth white shapes. We left the living creatures safely in the sand.

A new paragraph is beginning
The writer is shouting
The next sentence is a question
The paragraph has ended

2.A. the wind lifted the kite it sailed above the park we held the string tightly B. The wind lifted the kite. It sailed above the park. We held the string tightly.

Paragraph A
Paragraph B

3.In the beach paragraph in Question 1, name two conventions that make the writing easier to read.

4.Write the correct letter beside each convention.

1. Indentation
2. Capital letter
3. Full stop
4. Spaces between words

B. Separates words so they are clear
D. Begins a sentence
C. Signals the beginning of a paragraph
A. Shows where a sentence ends

Repair the festival paragraphs

Make the writing clear before it goes on display. Keep related sentences together in one paragraph.

5.Rewrite this paragraph with capital letters and full stops. Keep the sentences together as one paragraph: our reading festival begins on friday we will share stories and poems families can visit the book table

6.This paragraph is about preparing for a reading festival. Which sentence should be moved to a different paragraph? We made invitations for the festival. We chose stories to read aloud. My favourite lunch is a cheese sandwich. We practised speaking clearly.

7.You are starting a new paragraph about what visitors will do at the festival. Which layout is clearest?

Start the first line slightly to the right, then write the related sentences together.
Begin every word on a new line.
Leave out spaces so the paragraph takes up less room.
Write every sentence in capital letters.

8.A paragraph is easier to follow when its sentences develop one main idea.

TrueFalse

9.Complete the reminder: Begin each sentence with a letter and use a to show where it ends.

10.Write 3–4 sentences about one thing visitors might enjoy at the reading festival. Keep to one main idea. Indent the first line, begin sentences with capital letters, use full stops and leave clear spaces between words.

11.Read your paragraph from Question 10. Write one convention you checked and describe how you used it.