Paragraph Structure: Pace of life
Possible paragraph structure:
- Topic Sentence
- Explanation
Explains the topic sentence.
- Example or Evidence
- Link to the essay topic
Examples:
One effect of this increased pressure to succeed academically is that children have less time to themselves. Instead of having time to play after school, they now have to complete homework on a daily basis. This means less time to socialise with other children, and less time to undertake physical activity. Children of fifty years ago were thinner and more active than children today. Twenty-first century children are more literate and academically able. They also become adults who expect their working life to seep into their home.
Another reason for the increased paced of life is technology. Technology connects people faster and across greater distances, but in doing so makes them available to others at times which used to be regarded as their ‘own’. Fifty years ago many people did not have telephones in their homes. When workers went home, they could not be contacted easily by their employers. Now managers can simply ring, email, or text an employee, requiring them to respond immediately rather than on the following day.
SimoneEvans, 2006
Another reason for the increased paced of life is technology.
Children of fifty years ago were thinner and more active than children today.
Fifty years ago many people did not have telephones in their homes.
Instead of having time to play after school, they now have to complete homework on a daily basis.
Now managers can simply ring, email, or text an employee, requiring them to respond immediately rather than on the following day.
One effect of this increased pressure to succeed academically is that children have less time to themselves.
Technology connects people faster and across greater distances, but in doing so makes them available to others at times which used to be regarded as their ‘own’.
They also become adults who expect their working life to seep into their home.
This means less time to socialise with other children, and less time to undertake physical activity.
Twenty-first century children are more literate and academically able.
When workers went home, they could not be contacted easily by their employers.