How to Write a Good Paragraph in English! Academic Writing: Basic Paragraphs + Expanded Paragraphs!

Do you want to improve your academic writing skills? Did you know that a paragraph is the same as a sandwich? Are you ready to learn how to write good paragraphs in English? Would you like to learn about Canadian food? In today’s English lesson you'll learn how to write basic paragraphs and how to write expanded paragraphs.

You'll learn several important steps for writing a paragraph, as well as receive extra writing tips to make your paragraphs even better. You’ll also discover how writing a good paragraph is the same as making a delicious sandwich. As you learn the process for creating a paragraph, you can enjoy an example paragraph about Canadian food.

The easiest way to remember how to write a paragraph is to think about a sandwich. A sandwich has three basic parts to it. It has a top piece of bread, ingredients in the middle, and a piece of bread at the bottom. This is the way a paragraph works as well.

The top piece of bread in the sandwich is like your topic sentence. Your topic sentence is the most important part of your paragraph because it tells readers exactly what they can expect to read about in the following sentences. The middle part of the sandwich is the supporting sentences. Supporting sentences help to provide information about your topic sentence. The two most common types of paragraphs usually written academically for university are reason paragraphs or example paragraphs, so in your sandwich each of the ingredients, each supporting sentence, must be a reason why what you've written in your topic sentence or an example of what you've written in your topic sentence. The last piece of bread in the sandwich is your conclusion. A conclusion is also a vital part of the sandwich because if you don't have that bottom piece of bread, the sandwich will just fall apart. If you don’t have a good conclusion, readers will feel unsatisfied by your paragraph. This English lesson will go into more detail about all of these points!


Formula for a Basic Paragraph:
Topic Sentence.
Transition, Supporting sentence 1.
Transition, Supporting sentence 2.
Transition, Supporting sentence 3.
Transition, Conclusion.


Formula for an Expanded Paragraph:
Topic Sentence.
Transition, Supporting sentence 1.
Detail sentence 1.
Transition, Supporting sentence 2.
Detail sentence 2.
Transition, Supporting sentence 3.
Detail sentence 3.
Transition, Conclusion.

Steps for writing a Paragraph in English:
1. Think about the topic carefully + consider the question you need to answer
2. Write clear topic sentence
3. Brainstorm list of ideas
4. Choose best 3 or more ideas from list
5. Write a supporting sentence starting with a transition for each item chosen
*6. For expanded paragraphs: write one or more detail sentence for each supporting sentence to give more information about that item
7. Write a strong conclusion starting with a transition

The example expanded paragraph from this English writing lesson is as follows:
Canada has a lot of delicious foods! First, Poutine is a classic savoury dish consisting of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy. It was originally created in the 1950s in Quebec, but can be found everywhere in Canada today. Furthermore, Nanaimo bars are a classic three-layered sweet dessert in Canada with chocolate and coconut on the bottom, custard-flavoured butter icing in the centre, and a chocolate top layer. Nanaimo bars were first created in the city of Nanaimo, which is on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. In addition, gooey, sticky, butter tarts are another great Canadian sweet. The earliest butter tart recipe is in an Ontario cookbook from 1900, although the actually history of the butter tart is older. Therefore, hopefully you can try all these tasty Canadian treats!


By the end of today’s English lesson you will have learned how to write a good paragraph to improve your academic writing. This lesson will to help you improve your English writing skills and also make you hungry by teaching you about Canadian food. Thank you for watching, “How to Write a Good Paragraph in English! Academic Writing: Basic Paragraphs + Expanded Paragraphs!” I hope this English writing lesson will be useful for you as you improve your English. Good luck with your English studies!


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