If you wish, you could ask some students – perhaps those who finish early – to write their paragraphs on an OHT for all the class to look at. Comment on the extent to which students have managed to paraphrase, whether they have successfully covered the point in the plan, and whether their topic sentence is supported well by the sentences that follow.
Closure
Ask students to finish the following sentences as quickly as possible.
Traditional beliefs are … ‘Clairvoyance’ is …
A common myth about mental illness is … ‘Depression’ is a … which …
Multiple identity disorder is another … for … ‘Traumatic’ means …
A good example of a misrepresentation of mental illness is …