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2 A PARAGRAPH, IS A COMMUNICATIVE UNIT FORMED BY A SET OF SEQUENTIAL SENTENCES THAT TREATS THE SAME SUBJECT. IT IS COMPOSED OF A SET OF SENTENCES THAT HAVE A CERTAIN THEMATIC UNITY OR, WITHOUT HAVING IT, ARE STATED TOGETHER. IT IS A COMPONENT OF THE TEXT THAT IN ITS EXTERNAL ASPECT BEGINS WITH A CAPITAL LETTER AND ENDS AT A POINT AND APART. IT COMPRISES SEVERAL RELATED SENTENCES ON THE SAME SUB-THEME; ONE OF THEM EXPRESSES THE MAIN IDEA

3 STRUCTURE One main idea One or more minor ideas The main idea contains the essence of the paragraph, without it can not understand the central message that contains each. Secondary ideas broaden, complement or reiterate the main idea. If they are removed from the paragraph do not affect the meaning of it.

4 Argumentative: contains an idea that seeks to convince the recipient about something that is denied or affirmed. Conceptual: these paragraphs specify the thought of some author or the definition of a term, which will be used throughout the text, so it is essential to understand. These paragraphs are present in scientific and technical texts. Chronological: In this class of paragraph is expressed, in the order in which they happened, a series of events.

5 Of enumeration this paragraph is composed of a series of characteristics that allude to a same fact, object or subject and an organizing phrase that allows to understand what it is being ordered. Descriptive: this paragraph describes, according to a logical criterion, an object, person or event. Explanatory: these paragraphs are useful for expanding or specifying the topic being addressed. Expositive: in these paragraphs is presented in an orderly way certain information. Narrative: in these are presented facts or actions occurred in an orderly manner. Comparative: this paragraph presents similarities and differences between two or more objects, events, or any phenomenon..

6 TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS Ordinary paragraph Normal or Spanish: it is the most frequent and is characterized by contain a sangria in the first line. Modern paragraph In block or German: it does not contain sangrias and it is distinguished by the half of the line to separate it of the contiguous paragraphs Paragraph in the form of summary or Frenc All its lines are indented except the first one. It is used frequently in texts of dictionaries, bibliographies, alphabetical indexes or text whose components have some type of numeration

7 She always plays basketballI am always happy to see you. Kim goes running usually You are never ready for school on time Sometimes she plays football. She is rarely late for work. Kim never goes swimming. I always use a pencil in math class I always play video games. He usually goes to school by bike We never buy oranges My teacher often arrives early You are never on time We sometimes play tennis at ninght They go to eat pizza usually The seldom fail a test I watch TV sometimes I never eat a big breakfast I'm late usually Carlos is rarely absent from school Senteces

8 Transition headline Let’s start with the first set of slides 8 The modern agricultural technologies have reported global progress in the agricultural production; however, in many developing countries, a large number of small farmers impoverished countries from different environments has not benefited from these technologies. To improve the means of life of these farmers, there is an urgent need to find alternative approaches which would increase production while preserving the natural resource base, while maintaining biodiversity and preserving traditional knowledge. The Agroecology facilitates this approach, integrating the benefits of modern technologies with the social and ecological dimensions of traditional agricultural systems, to reach more effectively to small and more to the poor farmers. The characteristics that have this type of agriculture is the increase of food production and traditional agriculture What improvements have agricultural technology? What are the alternatives that preserve natural resources? What type of people do you want to reach effectively? Mention the characteristics of this agriculture?

9 VOCABULARY 1. REFER (REFERIRSE): Mencionar a una persona o cosa de manera directa o indirecta. 2. TIME (PERIODO) : Espacio de tiempo durante el cual se realiza una acción o se desarrolla un acontecimiento. 3. IMPERFECT (IMPERFECTO): Que no tiene todas las cualidades requeridas o deseables para ser bueno o el mejor de su género. 4. PUNCTUAL (PUNTUAL): Que hace las cosas en el tiempo o plazo debido o convenido, sin retraso, en especial si llega a un lugar exactamente a la hora debida. 5. SPEAKER (HABLANTE) : Persona que habla, especialmente el que habla una determinada lengua o es usuario de ella.

10 BIBLIOGRAPHY  http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/ratherthan.html http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/ratherthan.html  http://www.english-for-students.com/Rather-1.html http://www.english-for-students.com/Rather-1.html  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica- britanica/adverbs-of-degree/rather http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica- britanica/adverbs-of-degree/rather  http://www.spanishdict.com/translation http://www.spanishdict.com/translation  Reverte Disctionary  http://inglesnaturalmente.com/2014/09/01/como-usar-rather-en- ingles/