In this lecture, we're going to cover how to write discussion point paragraphs, so each discussion
point gets its own paragraph.
And in this lecture, I'm going to show you exactly how to do it.
So let's go ahead and get started with writing discussion points.
The general letter, body, paragraph.
All right.
So let's talk about discussion point writing.
First of all, you want to make sure that you review your outline before you start writing the discussion
points.
Remind yourself of the ideas that you're going to talk about.
This will help you stay focused and make sure you stay within the confines of the discussion point.
You want to make sure you create a proper topic sentence.
You should always mention in the very beginning of a discussion point paragraph what you're going to
be talking about or addressing in this paragraph.
And then make sure that the details support that controlling idea.
Finally you have three discussion point paragraphs.
You have an introduction point one paragraph, point two, paragraph, 0.3 paragraph, and then a conclusion.
A reminder on time management for each discussion point, you're going to spend 4 to 5 minutes.
So when you're at home and practicing, it's important that you practice under time conditions.
You could either start off doing it paragraph by paragraph, set their timer on 4 minutes and write
your first discussion point, then set your timer on 4 minutes again and write the second discussion
point and repeat that process for the third.
And then once you get good at being able to write a discussion point within that time structure, then
set your timer maybe on 12 or 15 minutes and write all three at the same time.
Here's a reminder of our structure.
Introduction 1 to 2 sentences.
Discussion point number one 2 to 3 sentences.
For me, I always write three sentences.
I think that helps to make sure I'm meeting the word count and doing a great job on my task achievement
or task development.
So let's work together.
You're going to write with me in terms of producing great discussion point body paragraphs.
I want you to set your timer for 12 to 15 minutes.
If you are an experienced writer, you should be able to write all three discussion point paragraphs
in 12 minutes.
If you're a beginner, set it on 15 minutes.
You want to review your outline, your outline, or if you want, you can use my outline.
It'll be better if you use mine because then you can compare your body paragraphs directly to what I'm
doing.
Then write your own body paragraphs and like I said, compare them.
So let's go ahead and get started now.
It's up to you to control the clock.
Right.
You have to control the clock.
So when it's time to write the body paragraphs, stop the lecture and then write your body paragraphs.
Then start the lecture and compare.
Compare to what I did.
So here is our first one.
You already know the introduction is still there.
This well considered letter regards your erroneous thought towards shutting the doors of our regional
sports and leisure facility.
The only difference with the introduction is I took out the word beloved.
I think that we probably should leave out that emotional language.
So that's the only difference is I took out the word beloved and this is what a proper introduction
would read like.
So now go ahead and set your timer on 12 to 15 minutes and write your discussion point one paragraph,
discussion, point to paragraph and discussion point three paragraph.
You could begin writing now.
Okay.
If you've been timing yourself, it's been 15 minutes.
And now we're going to go ahead and show you what I wrote for each discussion point.
So here is my first discussion point, and you can see here that I have the controlling idea.
The first discussion point is why it's important for members of my family in yellow, I'm highlighting
the sentence structures, I'm using correlative conjunctions, and that is a higher level of writing
that will really impress the examiners if you do it correctly.
And then we move down to the next discussion point as an additional point to reject closure.
You should recall how the sports facility integrates the community.
So now I'm talking about why it's important for the local community.
Due to our geographical weather.
Snow and ice subsists for four months a year and the centre remains the only winter leisure activity
option even more.
That's my connecting language as a gymnasium embodies a meeting place for the community that promotes
connections and strengthens our neighborhood.
And then the third discussion point and here we're talking about.
In terms of the effects on the local community.
If you proceed to see sports facility operations, we will lose a treasured gem that negatively impacts
all residents.
So I'm going to talk about the impact on all residents.
Now I'm starting off with a conditional sentence.
So really, I'm trying to show you different ways of starting sentences and different sentence types.
That's how you score seven plus.
Also, here's an introduction.
Please take these points in mind when pondering the closing of the Sports and Leisure Facility.
That's it for the.
That's it for the conclusion.
There's nothing more than that.
Here is our next example.
There's the introduction.
We wrote it before.
Now, what I want you to do is go ahead and set your timer on 12 to 15 minutes.
Stop the lecture.
If you if you're going to use my outline, here's my outline right here.
You can see my outline at the bottom.
You can use my outline or you can use your own.
But if you want to be able to compare to what I'm doing, you might want to use my outline.
Okay, so let's go ahead and write your body paragraph or discussion points right now.
Begin.
OC.
And here's a look at what I did.
Let's start with an introduction.
I practiced law and will resettle in Istanbul with my lovely wife, Dr. Gauntlett, and three beautiful
children aged ten, 12 and 16.
We participate in kayaking, cycling, tennis and baseball, so we consider ourselves a very active
family.
There's an introduction.
I did exactly what I'm supposed to do.
Introduce myself and my family.
Second discussion point the type of accommodation moving on to the heart of the matter.
We need numerous factors satisfied with the Istanbul rental property.
Without question, we must acquire a two storey villa that possesses five bedrooms, laundry connections,
indoor spa and three bathrooms.
Besides these attributes, there is connecting language.
My wife considers herself a professional gardener, and thus the house should hold a large backyard
backyard for agricultural purposes.
Now, you might be asking yourself, you use the language moving on to the heart of the matter.
That's really that's really business language.
And this is more of a business letter.
This is a semi-formal letter.
And so I can do that.
I can use I could use business jargon.
Okay.
I could use business jargon, but I'm not going to use colloquial language.
There's a difference.
The third body paragraph is talking about the preference for location.
The word accommodation should really not be there because we addressed it in the second point.
Really, we're talking about preference for location here.
As Istanbul newcomers, we will lean on your assistance in discovering the perfect neighbourhood location.
More specifically, we hope you can secure a house in a neighborhood surrounded by kid friendly parks
facilities for the above reference activities and top rated schools.
There we have a really good use of parallel parallelism.
Lastly, the suburbs present less aesthetic appeal.
We prefer an inner city residents conclusion.
We hold high expectations and hope you can secure the accommodations for our relocation.
Sincere thanks, John Smith.
All right.
Let's move on to the next example.
Here.
This is the one about missing your friend's birthday party.
You're going to apologize for missing the birthday celebration.
Explain why you missed it and didn't tell your friend.
Say what you would like to do to say you are sorry.
Here's the plan below.
You can use my plan or you can make your own.
But for comparison purposes, you might want to use my plan.
Here is the introduction that was written previously.
And the first body paragraph.
Anyway, I'm feeling a bit down and want to express from the depths of my heart how sorry I am to have
not attended your born day and created lifetime memories together.
I should have told you that I wouldn't make it because our friendship deserves that notification.
I've been down in the dumps about my celebration, absence and beg your forgiveness.
There you can see a lot more colloquial language down in the dumps.
Create a lifetime memories.
The depths of my heart.
Right.
But everything is only about me apologizing.
Me apologizing.
I'm not going to talk about why or say what I would like to do.
Each discussion point gets its own paragraph.
And there you have the second body paragraph.
And here you can see in blue what I'm highlighting in blue is I'm highlighting for you the discussion
points, the controlling ideas, so that the person reading the letter knows this is what we're going
to talk about in this letter.
In this in this paragraph, this is what we're going to talk about.
In this paragraph.
We're going to talk about my actions deserving an explanation.
And then we have the third.
The third.
Discussion, point, paragraph, and here I'm going to talk about what I would like to do.
I'll start off telling him the party's not over.
That's the indication that I'm going to do something.
There's something that I want to do.
Here you can see I'm using a complex sentence.
Here, I'm showing you how to use a compound, complex sentence.
And here I'm using a complex sentence.
So again, showing quality, showing organization, coherence.
This is how you want to be able to write.