This project begins taking you through the writing process. You will write a first draft of a paragraph here and then will go through a revision process guided by lessons following this project. Make sure that you pay careful attention to instructions. In the second project you will copy and paste the paragraph from this project and then make needed changes on the new copy. The goal is for you and your teacher to be able to trace the revisions to your paragraph.

Instructions:
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words using one of your subtopic ideas from the lesson "Expository Writing" and the outline you wrote for the lesson "Paragraph Structure."

Answer the questions below concerning the first draft of your paragraph.

What is the topic sentence?
What is the subject of the topic sentence?
What is the controlling idea of the topic sentence?
Which sentences in the paragraph do not support or prove the controlling idea?