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Making Concluding Sentences

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How to make a good conclusion: Simple, short, and clear. Messages can be delivered well. Contains the gist of the writing. Starting from the specific to the general. Using standard vocabulary. It can join the main sentence. It can be a cause-and-effect relationship or a cause-effect relationship. by www.gramedia.com Example: main idea:  The definition of humanistic teaching paragraph:              According to Grundy cited by Hall (2011), some main keys to humanistic teaching are defined. The first is respecting students as human beings. The second is respecting independent student knowledge. The next notion is recognizing students' affective and cognitive traits based on student learning experiences. The following definition can be recognized as the role of individual learning autonomy and the role of self-discovery. The last understanding about humanism is teaching in a way where the teacher is a facilitator, not an instructor tr...

Fun Games to Teach Writing

Some people probably consider that learning 'writing' is boring. To reduce it, we try to create some fun things before starting the writing class. Not only the lecturer but also all of the students have ideas to do warm-up activities. Please check them out! it is diverse in every meeting! You can use or adapt these ideas when you teach someday :).  Meeting 1: Snowball Fight Every student prepares a piece of paper They write 1 problem or question related to study writing They write her/his initial name After max. 5 minutes of writing, the paper will be crumpled up (make a snowball). The students will play 'Snowball Fight' - throw and take randomly the snowball in a circle of students in 1 minute. They will take a piece of paper (hopefully NOT his/her own paper: but if it happens, she/he can exchange it with another student who has a similar case) They will open up the piece of paper They will try to answer the question or solve the problem They will find the paper owner ...

Writing Supporting Sentences

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👈Last week, we decided on the main idea that we can apply to a paragraph.  👉Today, we will use it to create supporting sentences.  What are Supporting Sentences? The supporting sentences of a paragraph develop the main idea you presented in the topic sentence. When writing supporting sentences you should be giving examples, reasons, or descriptions to support your topic sentence.  Here are some tips: Supporting sentences should focus on the following: - They should provide the main supporting points for the paragraph's main idea (topic sentence) - There are usually 2 - 5 supporting sentences in a paragraph. - They should be arranged in a logical order. - They should NOT begin a new topic or introduce a new idea. 📑adapted from:  Supporting Sentences (siue.edu)   https://www.siue.edu/~tkohler/Supporting%20Sentences.html#:~:text=What%20are%20Supporting%20Sentences%3F,to%20support%20your%20topic%20sentence. 🕮Example: main idea:  The definition of humanistic...

Creating Main Idea

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Please post your sketch or draft which you made last week with your group here (On Comment Box). However, you have to develop your individual main idea based on the topic discussed. Don't forget to write your last three digits of your Students' Number.  Here is the example of mine: Topic/Theme: CULTURE Main ideas:  1. Dangerous massive K-pop culture. 2…. 3…. 4…. 5…. Topic sentences: 1. Today, massive K-pop culture in Indonesia becomes more dangerous for young generation. 2…. And so on. Post your sketch or draft which you made with your group on the Blog (On Comment Box: 1 comment for 1 group). However, you have to develop your individual main idea based on the topic discussed. Don't forget to write your last three digits of your Students' Number.  Names: MARISA_001,....,.....

What is the Main Idea in a Paragraph? How To Make It?

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Theories The main idea of ​​the paragraph is the core of the conversation or the main problem in reading. The main idea is a general sentence, then it can be explained through a more specific explanatory sentence so that the reading is more coherent. The main idea is the main sentence that contains thoughts and the basis explained by other sentences. The main idea is also called the topic sentence, theme, and subject matter. In one paragraph, there is at least one main sentence that becomes the main idea. The main idea becomes the main core of reading, then the next sentence provides information development. Nurhaena (2010:123) in Introduction to Indonesian suggests that the main idea is the idea that underlies the preparation of a paragraph in the reading. The main idea is then developed again with more detailed sentences called supporting ideas or explanatory ideas. With the main ideas and explanatory ideas, the paragraphs in the reading can be arranged into a whole. In a paragraph, ...

Paragraph Function Theory

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Understanding Paragraph           The understanding of paragraphs from several experts, among others, paragraphs is part of an essay consisting of a number of sentences that expresses a unit of information with the main idea as the controller (Ramlan in Rohmadi and Nasucha, 2010: 23). Thus, according to Ramlan, a paragraph always has the main idea, the essence of the information disclosed in the paragraph.                In connection with that, Handayani et al, (2013: 97-98) also talk about the importance of an idea in a paragraph. She states that a paragraph (allenia) is a series of sentences that are mutually related to creating an idea.         According to Akhadiah in Nasucha, et.al, 2009: 33, paragraphs are pouring the essence of thoughts into thought. In a paragraph, there is one unit of thought that is supported by all the sentences in the paragraph, starting from introductory sen...

Introduction

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Hello everybody, My ICP (International Class Program) who takes my Paragraph-based Writing Course 2022, I would like to inform you that we are done with the Introduction. You can see the file on Prezi.com ( Prezi ). Just click on it.  Today, our second meeting will be more discussing paragraph function theory and composing the main idea (Theory and Practice). Have you read and prepared anything about those? Before, just enjoy your friends (a group/partner of lecturer assistants) will have a fun warm-up today!  They named the game "Tongue Twister". Next, we are going to do this: The main part, it is about paragraph function theories. It can be explained, as follows: