Getting started

Think of an object and some words you could use to describe it. Take a strawberry for example:

• it is red
• it tastes good
• wash it before you eat it

Make these statements into sentences:

• A ripe strawberry tastes good on a warm summer day
• A strawberry is bright red and smells delicious
• You need to wash a strawberry before eating it and then add some cream

Now think of a different fruit and five things you know about it.

Make the words on your list into 5 sentences and consider which sentence you want to come first, then second, third..... we are now on the way to a paragraph!

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea. It can be as short or as long as you like as long as you are sure that the topic or idea you have been covering has been fully explored in that paragraph.

Once you feel happy that you have nothing further to say on that particular subject, you should move on to a new paragraph.