The Basic Elements of a Paragraph

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Group Expectations:
Expectations Padlet

Resources:
The Importance of Good Writing Skills

What is a Paragraph?

Paragraph Visual

Reasons for Writing

Transition Words

Sample Paragraph

Padlets:
The Importance of Good Writing Skills in the Workplace

Topic Sentences

Information/Details

Transition Words

Closing Sentences

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Haiku

-Originated in Japan in the sixteenth century

-They usually describe a single image, usually about nature

-Traditional Haikus are 3 lines long

-The poem's most popular form is:
5 syllables in the first line
7 syllables in the second line
5 syllables in the third line

Haiku poems by J. Patrick Lewis

January woods-
a snowy owl chooing one
syllable of wind

A spring peeper's song!
How strange to hear the echo
of winter sleigh bells

Listen to the Spring Peeper!