아이디어 정리 및 연결 장치(linking devices)

Plan, then write

• Spend one minute on a plan before you write.
• Note your main ideas and put them in order.
• A plan stops you forgetting a point or repeating yourself.

A plan takes a minute; rewriting the whole essay can take lunch.

One idea per paragraph

• Put each main idea in its own paragraph.
• Start a new paragraph for a new idea.
• This makes your writing clear and easy to follow.

A one-minute plan becomes your paragraphs: one idea each, joined by linking words

Link your ideas

• Use linking words to join ideas smoothly.
• Adding: in addition, also. Contrast: however, although. Result: so, therefore.
• Linking words guide the reader through your writing.

Watch a paragraph grow

• Topic sentence: "School trips teach more than classrooms sometimes can."
• Explain it: "As well as being fun, they make students plan, budget and work as a team."
• Example: "On our trip to Xi'an, my group managed the whole train timetable."
• Link forward: "However, trips only work when…" — the reader glides into your next paragraph.