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PARAGRAPH BUILDING: T.E.E.L.

PARAGRAPH BUILDING: T.E.E.L.

My Wellbeing Bank: Add to Skills and Achievement by regularly

using this method.

There is a Paragraph Building: T.E.E.L.

Thinking Tool on the website.
Title the first sentence explains what
the paragraph will be about
not too detailed or long.
Explanation expand on the Title sentence
to discuss your thoughts about it
your reasons and arguments.
Evidence provide support for your
thoughts, reasons and arguments
for an argumentative essay, your supporting
evidence would be trends and statistics
for a book, your supporting evidence would
be quotes from and references to the book.
Link one or two sentences relating
back to the Title sentence
not too detailed or long.
A well-structured paragraph includes all of
the T.E.E.L points.

My Wellbeing Bank: Build Skills and Achievement

through effectively using this technique.
To develop well-structured paragraphs use the T.E.E.L. method;
it is a dependable and simple plan. It stands for Title, Explanation,
Evidence, Link. Use it for paragraphs in the main body of the essay,
not for the introductory and concluding paragraphs.
There is a Paragraph Building: T.E.E.L. Thinking Tool on the
website. It is also effective for revising.
Title
the first or topic sentence explains to the
reader what the paragraph will be about
do not make it too detailed or long.
Explanation
expand on the Title sentence and discuss your
thoughts about it
discuss your reasons and arguments about
the topic.
Evidence
provide support for your thoughts, reasons
and arguments as proof
if you are writing an argumentative essay,
your supporting evidence would be in the form
of trends and statistics
if you are writing about a book you are studying,
your supporting evidence would be in the form
of quotes from and references to the book.
Link
one or two sentences relating back to the Title
or topic sentence
do not make them too detailed or long.
The main point in constructing a well structured paragraph is to
include all of the T.E.E.L. points.

ACTIONS

ACTIONS

What are two things I will start doing to build well-structured

paragraphs?

What are two things I will start doing to construct high quality
paragraphs?

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To develop well-structured paragraphs use the T.E.E.L. method;

it is a dependable and simple plan. It stands for Title, Explanation,
Evidence, Link. Use it for paragraphs in the main body of the essay,
not for the introductory and concluding paragraphs.

MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY:

MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY:

24. Painting What. Using charcoal, water colours, paint or pastels

draw a special person you love, your pet or a place you would love
to be.

24. Painting What. Using charcoal, water colours, paint or pastels

draw a special person you love, your pet or a place you would love
to be.

RESILIENCE BUILDER

RESILIENCE BUILDER

24. Negative or pessimistic thinking is when you look at

the potential for something to be/go wrong with something. It can
also be described as looking at the world in a glass half-empty
way. Describe three situations when you have noticed yourself or
others thinking like this.

24. With two friends discuss and describe what you would say to
encourage and support your friends to use positive self-talk and
their top five strengths to overcome times they are really under
pressure and feeling stressed.

WELLBEING TIP:

WELLBEING TIP:

Practice your posture and how you hold yourself in front of a mirror; push
your shoulders back and stand tall.

Practice your posture and how you hold yourself in front of a mirror; push
your shoulders back and stand tall.

WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK AND WHY?

WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK AND WHY?

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