Paragraph Writing with Quotations

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 What is paragraph writing with quotations?

  • Paragraph writing with quotations are writing lessons to practice a range of key writing skills:
  • Referencing the selected sources using in-text citations.
  • Identifying a position or opinion on a given topic.
  • Reading ten quotations and identifying the ones that support the student’s position.
  • Choosing three quotations to write a 120-180 word paragraph.
  • Following the conventions of paragraph structure (topic sentence, development, examples, concluding sentence).
  • Paraphrasing the quotations into a cohesive paragraph.

WRITING SKILLS

These paragraph writing lessons are designed to help you improve your academic writing skills through”s

  • Identifying a position or opinion on a given topic.
  • Reading ten quotations and identifying the ones that support the student’s position.
  • Choosing three quotations to write a 120-180 word paragraph.
  • Following the conventions of paragraph structure (topic sentence, development, examples, concluding sentence).
  • Paraphrasing the quotations into a cohesive paragraph.
  • Referencing the selected sources using in-text citations.

How to use these worksheets.

  • Task 1: Introduction. Do some research and take some notes.
  • Task 2: Quotations. Read through these ten quotations and choose three quotations to answer the question.
  • Task 3: Paragraph writing. Write a paragraph (approx. 120-180 words) on the title of….  Use Harvard in-text citations and appropriate paraphrasing.
  • Task 4: Review / Editing. Use this table to check your paragraph
  • Task 5: Sample Paragraph. Check your paragraph to this sample answer.
  • Task 6: Sample Paragraph Questions. Answer questions about the sample paragraph.
  • Task 7: Sample Paragraph Answers. Check your responses to these answers.
  • Task 8: Writing Tutorial. Send the summary to an academic tutor to check and provide feedback (optional).

Worksheet Downloads

FREE: Artificial Intelligence Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on AI that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheet (here) / Level ***** (B1-C2)


1. ChatGPT Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on ChatGPT that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheet (here) / Level ***** (B1-C2).


2. Circular Economy Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on the circular economy that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheet (here) / Level ***** (B1-C2).


3. Ecocities Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on eco cities that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheet (here) / Level ***** (B1-C2).


Writing Course

Take all these five worksheets in our paragraph writing course which includes email writing tutorials with professional academic English tutors.


4. Generation Gap Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on generation gap  that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheet (here) / Level ***** (B1-C2).


5. Social Media Paragraph Writing Quotations Worksheet

This lesson has been designed to help students select a number of quotations based on social media that they paraphrase and reference as part of a paragraph writing exercise. The worksheet includes ten quotations to choose from as well as a sample paragraph to analyse. An example of the worksheete (here) / Level ***** (B2-C2).


TUTORIAL: Paragraph Writing using Quotations Tutorial

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Writing Course

Take all these five worksheets in our paragraph writing course which includes email writing tutorials with professional academic English tutors.