Organizing writing Chapter Notes | Additional Learning for TOEIC PDF Download

Introduction

Organizing writing is all about putting your ideas in a clear order so others can understand your thoughts easily. In this chapter, we learn how to arrange sentences to make a story or idea make sense. This helps us share what we want to say in a way that is fun and easy to follow. We will practice putting sentences in the right order to create a complete and clear story.

Put the Sentences in Order

• Understand what makes a good sentence order
  • Learn that sentences should follow a clear sequence to tell a story or explain an idea.
  • Know that a good order helps the reader understand the beginning, middle, and end.
  • Start with what happens first, then what happens next, and finally what happens last.
• Arrange sentences to make a complete story
  • Put sentences in order to show the start of a story, what happens in the middle, and how it ends.
  • Make sure each sentence connects to the next one smoothly.
  • Check that the story makes sense when all sentences are in the right place.
• Practice with simple stories
  • Use short stories with 3-5 sentences to practice putting them in order.
  • Read each sentence carefully to decide which one comes first, next, and last.
  • Think about what makes the story flow from beginning to end.
• Use time words to help with order
  • Learn words like "first," "next," "then," and "finally" to show the order of events.
  • Use these words to make it clear when things happen in a story.
  • Practice adding time words to sentences to make the order easier to understand.
• Check if the order makes sense
  • Read the sentences after putting them in order to see if the story is clear.
  • Make sure the sentences follow a logical sequence, like steps in a process or events in a story.
  • Ask if the story would make sense to someone reading it for the first time.