{"id":53,"date":"2019-05-24T17:11:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=53"},"modified":"2019-08-22T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T22:03:46","slug":"paragraph-sort","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/chapter\/paragraph-sort\/","title":{"raw":"Paragraph sort","rendered":"Paragraph sort"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Suggested course level<\/h1>\r\nLower level undergraduate\r\n<h1>Activity purpose<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Students will learn to identify different paragraph types.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Materials required<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Paragraph handout<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Paragraph activity sheet cut into strips (one for each group)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Activity instructions<\/h1>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>This activity can either follow a lesson about different types of paragraphs, or it can be used reflect on readings students did about paragraphs.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Print off one copy of the paragraph activity sheet for each group, then cut it along the lines.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Put the cut-up pieces into an envelope.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Give each student a handout about the paragraph types.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Then, break them into groups of 4 \u2013 5.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Give each group an envelope and ask them to match the paragraph to the paragraph type.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h1>Debrief questions \/ activities<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>After the activity, I ask students what the hardest paragraphs to figure out were, then go over these again.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Next, students examine their own writing to find different paragraph types or identify places where they could use a paragraph type to fix a disorganized paragraph.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Additional resources \/ supplementary resources<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a 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