Chapter 1: One Paragraph, One Topic

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1. 01

   Sprint 1.1: Say What This Paragraph Is About

   Learner states the central topic of a paragraph in one sentence without using "and", and identifies paragraphs where this cannot be done.

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2. 02

   Sprint 1.2: The Sentence That Announces It

   Learner writes a sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph will be about, and places it where the paragraph needs it rather than always first.

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3. 03

   Sprint 1.3: The Sentence That Belongs Somewhere Else

   Learner finds the sentence that does not serve its paragraph's topic and moves or deletes it, rather than adding a connective to smooth it over.

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4. 04

   Sprint 1.4: Where A Paragraph Ends

   Learner breaks a text into paragraphs at topic changes rather than at length intervals, and recognises both the wall and the scatter.

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5. 05

   Sprint 1.5: The Paragraph Serving The Essay

   Learner names each paragraph's job in the essay — not just its topic — and finds the paragraph whose job duplicates another's.

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6. 06

   Sprint 1.6: How Many Paragraphs

   Learner chooses a paragraph count that follows from the task and their content, and stops applying a fixed four-paragraph template to every question.

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7. 07

   Sprint 1.7: Chapter Repair — Unmarked Paragraphing

   Learner repairs paragraphing faults where nothing marks which is present, including the case where the correct action is to leave the text alone.

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