Building Better Paragraphs

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 12Jun74 · MP25731 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Media, a division of Esquire, Inc

Description: Shows a young folk singer who performs a musical lesson in paragraph writing of his younger brother, emphasizing five guides for better paragraph building. For elementary grades., Discusses the technique of writing coherent paragraphs. Uses examples of a class report on one pupil's prize-winning dog to compare the logical order of ideas in a good paragraph to the logical arrangement of a picture story sequence. Emphasizes the need for beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence, followed by the sequence of supporting ideas, and ending with a good closing statement.

Complete Record: Shows a young folk singer who performs a musical lesson in paragraph writing of his younger brother, emphasizing five guides for better paragraph building. For elementary grades., Discusses the technique of writing coherent paragraphs. Uses examples of a class report on one pupil's prize-winning dog to compare the logical order of ideas in a good paragraph to the logical arrangement of a picture story sequence. Emphasizes the need for beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence, followed by the sequence of supporting ideas, and ending with a good closing statement.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.