Fernanda Amorim Machado
ProfesorIsabel Yepes
Sandra Rosa Arroyo Paredes
Learning to write well in English starts with understanding the smallest building blocks and gradually combining them into something bigger. This course offers a clear, step-by-step path that moves from sentence structure to paragraph formation and finally to complete text creation, giving you a solid foundation for any writing task.
What will you learn in this writing course?
The course is organized around three core skills that build on each other [0:03]:
This progression is essential because writing is not just about putting words on a page. Each level adds complexity, and mastering one step makes the next one much easier.
Who is the teacher and what is the course approach?
The instructor is Fernanda Machado, a Brazilian teacher who has been living in Colombia for four years and has been teaching since 2012 [0:17]. Her experience across different cultures and languages brings a practical perspective to English writing instruction.
Every class includes a hands-on activity that you complete and share with the learning community [0:33]. This practice-based approach means you are not just reading about writing — you are actually writing from day one.
Why should you keep a writing record?
One valuable recommendation is to create a document or use a notebook where you collect every sentence, paragraph, and text you produce during the course [0:39]. This personal record serves two purposes:
Tracking your own improvement over time is a powerful motivator, especially when writing feels challenging at the beginning.
How can you make the most of this course?
Active participation is key. Completing the activities, sharing your work, and maintaining your writing record will help you internalize the structures rather than just memorize them. Writing is a skill that improves with consistent practice, and this course is designed to give you that practice in a guided, supportive way.
If you have any doubts along the way, the instructor encourages you to ask questions and engage with the material. What writing skill are you most excited to develop? Share your goals and let the learning begin.
Fernanda Amorim Machado
ProfesorIsabel Yepes
Sandra Rosa Arroyo Paredes
Gibrán Pelayo Miranda
Sandra Rosa Arroyo Paredes
Maria Fernanda Quintanill Arias
Héctor Fraire
Sara Hernandez
Maria Fernanda Quintanill Arias
Iris Valentina Barrios
Luis Alonso Rivera Mejía
DANIEL ALBERTO PRADA HERRERA
Sandra Rosa Arroyo Paredes
Gabriela Michell Diaz Aguirre
Brandon Nicolas Morales
Maria Fernanda Quintanill Arias
Omar Gabriel Aguilar Moscoso
Iris Valentina Barrios
Abigail Perez
José Armando Santiago Mendoza
Miguel Angel Valencia Gonzalez
Iris Valentina Barrios
Juan Camilo Maldonado Perez
Juan Diego Vergel Sánchez
Omar Daniel Centeno
Alberto Keb Gorocica
Claudia Estefany Cáceres
Jacqueline Gomez
Yaritza Jazmin Sanchez Rosa
Yaritza Jazmin Sanchez Rosa
Maritza Medina
Clency Sepúlveda
Carlos Eduardo Céspedes Angulo
Hello everyone!
My name is Fernanda, I am the teacher of this course and I will be here in the comments helping you with your questions and comments.
Please let me know if you have any doubts, I will be more than happy to help!
I really want to learn how to write correctly in this course. Thank you, Fernanda and I love your shirt 😍🐦🐦🐦🐦
I have a lot of expectation of this course💙, because i need to structure my ideas in a paragraph 😎
Let's enroll in this course and improve our writing! Sometimes we are missing structure, marks or even letters or prepositions in our writings, so i hope this course can teach us those little details we need to pay attention for. You're doing great by being here! 👍👍👍👍
Yes, i hope that we improve our habilty of writing
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When you think that you already finish the English basic section. Here it comes another great course!. Ohh right!.
Yes, as we say in Platzi, never stop learning, right? :smiley:
😃
Writing
In this course, you will learn the basic structure of a sentence.
How to put all your sentences together to form a paragraph and how to combine your paragraphs to create a complete text.
Keep learning 🚀 :)
MMN
I've always found difficult to write in English, thanks for this course
Me too,
me too
Hello, this was a really energenitc welcome!
👏👏👏
I like energy of teacher
#Writing
In this course, you will learn the basic structure of a sentence.
How to put all your sentences together to form a paragraph and how to combine your paragraphs to create a complete text.
#NeverStopLearnig 🚀
here we go!
#NeverStopLearnig 🚀
Hello. My name is Miguel Valencia. I am from Colombia. I am twenty five years old. For me is very importan learnd to write in English because I am journalist and my dream is write a book.
Writing
In this course, you will learn the basic structure of a sentence.
How to put all your sentences together to form a paragraph and how to combine your paragraphs to create a complete text.
Keep learning 🚀
Hi team Platzi! I'm back, to fight and not stop learning, this time it will be the basic writing structure (sentence, paragraph, text) I need it a lot, thank you very much.
Is it advisable turn on the subtitles? or it's better too hear without them'?
Try this:
If you are developing your listening skills, and you understand less than 80% you should keep the subtitles ON at least for a first view, that way you will follow the class.
After that you could watch the class a second and third time without subtitles, and try to catch everything.
I am cat lover too!
It is a very beautiful cat
Hello teacher, nice to meet you. My name is Jacqueline i´m from Guatemala.
¿Qué pasa si cometo errores al escribir?
Cometer errores es una parte completamente natural y necesaria del proceso de aprendizaje. Cuando te equivocas al estructurar una oración o al elegir una palabra, estás descubriendo los límites de tu conocimiento actual. Cada error corregido es una lección que se graba con mayor fuerza en tu memoria. Lo importante es no paralizarse por el miedo a la equivocación. Escribe con libertad, revisa tus textos con ojo crítico y utiliza las retroalimentaciones como escalones para mejorar. La perfección inicial no existe, pero la mejora continua está garantizada si mantienes una actitud abierta y sigues practicando constantemente.
¿Por qué es mejor usar un cuaderno?
Mantener un registro centralizado, ya sea en un documento digital o en un cuaderno físico, te permite tener un historial tangible de tu evolución. Cuando escribes en hojas sueltas o archivos dispersos, pierdes la perspectiva de cuánto has mejorado. Al revisar tus primeros textos semanas después, notarás fácilmente cómo tu vocabulario se ha expandido y cómo tus estructuras son mucho más naturales. Además, este cuaderno se convierte en tu propio manual de referencia personalizado, donde puedes anotar las correcciones frecuentes, las reglas gramaticales que más te cuestan y las nuevas palabras que vas incorporando a tu repertorio diario.
Capitalization:
Is when you write the first letter of a word in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase
Basic Rules:
Example:
The first letter of a sentence
Example
My Sister and I watch tv
I doesn't matter if it's in the beginning, in the middle or in the end of your sentence
This is Mr. Jones
I live in Bogota, Colombia
Today is Sunday, February 14 th. It's Valentine's Day
hay subtítulos
¡Hola! :) Gracias por la consulta. Por ahora solo tenemos activos los subtítulos para ver desde el computador. ¿Podrías intentar con un dispositivo de este tipo?