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Activity: The Home I Knew as a Child:
A Guided Paragraph Writing Exercise
Instructions for the Student
A long paragraph is almost an essay. It
has about five to eight sentences and is about one topic.
Often, the paragraph states an opinion.
Write a paragraph describing the house
you lived in as a child. Here is how you do it. First, answer
“Questions for Writing” below with one sentence
or more. You don’t have to answer every question, only
the ones that interest you. Second, after you have proofread
your sentences, rewrite them on a separate piece of paper
without the numbers, one sentence right after the other.
When you finish, you have a long paragraph. If you feel
like adding more words as you are copying, do that. The
last questions require an opinion or ask you to express
a feeling. They are the conclusion to your paragraph. Many
students like to change their essays after hearing what
others have written. Feel free to change and rewrite your
paragraph. Each time you will be more pleased with what
you have written.
Don’t forget: Begin your sentences
with a capital letter and end them with a period.
Please write your responses on a separate sheet of paper.
Questions for Writing
1. What country, city, and neighborhood
are you from?
2. When you were a child, did you live
in a big city, a small town, or the country?
3. Did you have a large or small house
when you were a child?
4. What were other houses like in your
neighborhood?
5. Did you have trees and land by your
house?
6. Did your house have a basement, or
was it built above the ground?
7. What do you think of the houses you
see in this country?
8. Do you miss your old home? Write down
what you remember and miss the most.
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