Good morning.
We will get started at 8:30.
Today’s Agenda:
• Quiz#1 - simple and compound sentences
• Begin paragraph work “Structure of a Paragraph”
Wednesday
• Continue paragraph work- grabbers, topic sentences
Valentine’s Day example - TS
• Begin complex sentences
Thursday
• Test#1 -paragraph
• Continue complex sentences
Friday
• Types of paragraphs
I will return Quiz#1 to you tomorrow.
Marking – “Corrections Codes”
- I will choose some anonymous examples from your sentences to go over in class.
-helpful to share real-world examples
Paragraph – collection of sentences (approx. 4 minimum, often 7,8)
-EF6, Eng 10,11,12 about 150-200 words
- Provincial Exams-
“In paragraph form and in at least 150 words, answer question 1...”
-a paragraph is a pretty short piece of writing, compact
- has to be focussed, has to be well-organized
-longer piece- 10 pages, more room to maneuvre, scope for exploration
paragraph – so short- has to really focussed, well-organized, laser sharp
EF5/6- (50m-55m) paragraph (150-200 ww)
English 12 -much shorter amount of time (~20m)
Over the next few courses-EF5/6, EF7, Eng11, Eng12- there will be a speeding up for the writing.
* Source of anxiety, worry – time pressure
mitigate that with good planning and practice
VOCAB mitigate(v) – make a difficult situation easier
e.g. In order to mitigate this problem, we are going to delay the project for two weeks.
*Writing a good paragraph and writing it quickly is a challenge.There are steps we can take to make it easier. Process and practice will make writing paragraphs less stressful, more routine.
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH- Western school structure
1. Grabber- (optional) also called a Hook
-attention-getting sentence
-pulls the reader in to wanting to read your paragraph
- 7 ways to do a Grabber, teach tomorrow
2. Topic sentence- essential, can’t skip it
-introduces the mainidea/topic of the paragraph
-helps the reader know what the paragraph is about
-focusses on the question that was asked
-relate directly to the question that the teacher asked
3. Body sentences – supporting sentences
-explain, describe, give examples, etc
-all related to the topic sentence
-focussed on the topic sentence
-support the topic sentence
4. Concluding sentence- final sentence
-summary of the paragraph, restatement of the
topic sentence
-way to wrap up the paragraph smoothly
-the paragraph will not end abruptly
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH
Grabber (optional, but highly recommended)
Topic sentence
Body sentences/supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
(150-200 words)
Distribute example paragraphs
paragraph – organized collection of sentences, all on the same topic, one topic – express your idea in full within a short format
Your main point of contact with teachers, instructors, professors, customers, etc, will be through writing.
The ability to construct and formulate a coherent, organized piece of writing is a wonderful gift that you can give yourself.
coherent- following a logical order, well-organized, makes sense, no ? when the reader is reading
cohere(v) The restaurant must cohere to food handling requirements.
adhere(v) – connect to, glue adhesive-glue
coherent(adj) incoherently(adv) The man on the bus was talking incoherently.
The piano teacher explained very coherently how to place your fingers on the keyboard.
likely 6-8 approximately, around 150 words approx.
I’m not counting the words.
- not too short, not too long- Goldilocks range
IDIOM Goldilocks zone- just right, not too much, not too little
90 words is too short, 300 words is too long
Students are much more likely to go long than short.
150-220 words is the ‘sweet spot’
‘sweet spot’ a good spot
IDIOM sweet spot – sports term
‘sweet spot’ – the best place to hit a ball, tennis racquet, ping pong, baseball bat, golf club
pitcher- throws the ball
catcher- catches the ball
batter- tries to hit the ball with the bat
umpire – call strikes and balls
You can watch a ballgame at Nat Bailey Stadium close to Hillcrest Community Centre near QE Park.
*How to count your words: word processor on computer – word count
MS Word, Googledocs, Notes (free with Apple)
*How to count your words on paper: count two lines and multiply
College – 1500, 2500-word paper
Organization:
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Model Paragraph #1
“Golden Week” paragraph
Golden Week
How does it look on the page?
- one block of writing
- first word indented
Topic sentence – topic and controlling idea
-topic- the subject of the paraph, the topic thsat will be addresses
-controlling idea- your take on the tiopic, your focus, the direction you are going go with the topic, limits the scope of the paragraph, focusses, the reader knows what to expect
Our job as writers is to set the parameters of the paragraph and then satdify those parameters.
Golden week is Japan is a combined celebration of four holidays.
Supporting sentences
Support #1- ‘first’
Point - subpoint
Support #2 ‘second’
Point - subpoint
Support #3 ‘next’
Point - subpoint
Support #4 ‘fourth’
Point – 3 subpoints,
Why? Why change the stucture? -most imprortant point, explain more, cultural value
There are reasons why you can break the pattern. Have a good reason. Be aware of your pattern.
Concluding sentence -wrap-up, way to end the writing, bring it to a conclusion, nice, gentle, land the airplane, like saying ‘Goodbye’ on the phone
** Establish a structure to follow: point+ subpoint
There is no grabber in this paragraph. -missed opportunity
- good idea to use a grabber
Grabbers tomorrow
Sequence- Time-order transitional words:
first, second, third, firstly, secondly, next, then, after that, also,
at first, first of all, to begin with, in the first place, in the second place, at the same time, for now, for the time being, in time, in turn, later on, soon, later, earlier, simultaneously, afterward, finally
Summarizing – alternatives to in conclusion
after all, all in all, all things considered, briefly, by and large, in any case, in any event, in brief, in conclusion, on the whole, in short, in summary, in the final analysis, in the long run, on balance, to sum up, to summarize, in a nutshell
By and large, Golden Week is...
Try some new words when you are writing. Stretch your vocabulary. Stretch your word usage.
HOMEWORK Read the three paragraphs about Valentine’s Day, Model Paragraphs 2,3,4.
-same topic, different controlling ideas, different takes on the topic
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