sm3. working with paragraphs

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Analysing

A PARAGRAPH


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Paragraphing

Before you can write a paragraphproperly you must be able to

read, analyse and understand

a paragraph properly.

A rather long paragraphfor analysing follows


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INTRODUCTION

to

The STUDY of THEOLOGY

Christians believe that God desires to have fellowship

with the humans he has created. He wants us towalk closely with him. This means we need to knowhim personally and want to please him continuously.Theology is the study of that relationship betweenGod and his creatures, in every aspect of that

relationship. It seeks to understand who God is, whathe has revealed to us of himself, his purposes for hiscreation, and what he expects of us his creatures. Soby studying theology we should learn more clearlywhat to believe about God and ourselves, and theworld into which he has placed us. We should equally

learn how we should behave towards God, ourneighbours and our physical environment. Mostimportant of all we should deepen our experience ofGod as we seek to walk with him more closely eachday. Christian theology sees Christ as the goal of all

these studies, whether they take belief, behaviour orexperience as their starting point.


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What are the KEY WORDS

in this paragraph?

For the purposes of this exercise

only underline all the words or phrasesthat should stand out as being

important.Without them you could not make sense of the

passage.

They signal all the points made in the paragraph.


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INTRODUCTION to

The STUDY of THEOLOGY worksheet

Christians believe that God desires to have fellowship

with the humans he has created. He wants us towalk closely with him. This means we need to knowhim personally and want to please him continuously.Theology is the study of that relationship betweenGod and his creatures, in every aspect of that

relationship. It seeks to understand who God is, whathe has revealed to us of himself, his purposes for hiscreation, and what he expects of us his creatures. Soby studying theology we should learn more clearlywhat to believe about God and ourselves, and theworld into which he has placed us. We should equally

learn how we should behave towards God, ourneighbours and our physical environment. Mostimportant of all we should deepen our experience ofGod as we seek to walk with him more closely eachday. Christian theology sees Christ as the goal of all

these studies, whether they take belief, behaviour orexperience as their starting point.


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INTRODUCTION to

The STUDY of THEOLOGY Response

Christians believe that God desires to have fellowshipwith the humans he has created. He wants us to

walkclosely with him. This means we need toknow him personally and want to please himcontinuously. Theology is the study of thatrelationship between God and his creatures, inevery aspect of that relationship. It seeks to

understand who God is, what he has revealed to usofhimself, his purposes for his creation, and whathe expects of us his creatures. So by studyingtheology we should learn more clearly what tobelieve about God and ourselves, and the world intowhich he has placed us. We should equally learn how

we should behave towards God, our neighboursand our physical environment. Most important of allwe should deepen our

experience of God as weseek to walk with him more closely each day.Christian theology sees Christ as the goal of all

these studies, whether they take belief, behaviouror experience as their starting point.


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What is the TOPIC of this

PARAGRAPH?


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What is the TOPIC SENTENCE?

Your Suggestions:


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TOPIC & TOPIC SENTENCE Tutors Response

TOPIC:

Theology

TOPIC SENTENCE:

Theology is the study of

that relationshipbetween God and his creatures,

in every aspect of that relationship.


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What are the MAIN POINTS (statements) of this paragraph?(Some possibilities choose 5 or 6:

God wants us to walk closely with him We need to experience him personally

Theology studies the relationship between Godand us

Theology is about the study of God Theology tells us what God has revealed about

himself and his creation

Theology is primarily about belief, behaviour andexperience of God

We must learn what are our responsibilitiestowards God, our neighbours and theenvironment

Christ is the ultimate goal of all our theological

studies.)


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MAIN POINTS Tutors Response

God wants us to have a personal relationshipwith him

Theology studies aspects of that relationship

In particular Theology is about belief,behaviour and experience of God

It concerns our responsibilities towards God,

other people and the created world

Christ is the ultimate goal of all our studies.


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Write your own SUMMARY of this paragraph

using these main points

(in approximately half to one third of the original space)


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SUMMARY Tutors Response

Theology studies the various aspects of

the relationship God wants us

to have with him.

This involves

matters of belief about God,of how we experience him,

and of our behaviour towards God,

our fellow human beingsand the world we live in.

Ultimately we find that

Christ is the goal of all theological studies.


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What has been Learnt?

What have you learnt from this study?

Note down as several items (in statementform) what you have learnt

Then form eitherone paragraph orseveralparagraphs to describe all that you have

learnt from this exercise


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What has been Learnt? Worksheet


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What has been Learnt?

I trust you have learnt something abouthow to construct a PARAGRAPH,

perhaps also about makinga SUMMARY or PRECIS.

I hope you will also have learnt,

from working on this exercise,

something about THEOLOGY!


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Notes

To analyse:

To study / examine something in detail

in order to discover more about it.

NB:

Analysis involves separatingthe different parts of the whole.


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A Topic:

A subject which is

discussed, written about or studied.

Its function is to provide a general idea of

what the whole discussion / passage is about

A Topic Sentence:

states the general pointbeing made about the topic

Main Points:

state the chief points being made

relating to this general point

Key Words:

the signposts that help us to

identify these points


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A Precis (or Summary):

A short form of a text which briefly gives

only the important parts.

A prcis helps us to focus and clarify

our understanding of the text.

In a prcis:

details and examples are left out

use is made ofkey words and mainpoints, which may be

re-phrased.


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