WI567 Class 38

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test4

Optional RW for bonus point

Pass in today or first thing tomorrow

·      Begin essay

·      Sentence combining

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 8

·      Return Quiz5

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Essay work- essay types-      compare/contrast

persuasive

·      Sentence combining

 

Final week

Monday

·      Essay

 

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

·      Essay?

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Friday- last day

·      One-on-one meets

·      Final marks and comments

*You will be able to see you final marks. You will be get a report card from the office the following week.

 

 

 

 

Essay writing-

 

Collective nouns for animals

a pack of dogs

a pack of wolves

a flock of birds

a school of fish

a herd of sheep

a herd of cows

a herd of horses

a herd of goats

a pod of camels

a troop of monkeys

an army of ants

a pack of raccoons

a group of people

a swarm of bees/flies/mosquitoes/wasps

STRANGE ONES

a school of fish

a sleuth of bears

a murder of crows

 

 

listening in on someone’s private conversation- eavesdropping

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz5

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Pass in by 1:05.

1.    prepare                which

2.    presentation       who

3.    pension                that

4.    patient                 who

5.    scary                     that

6.    confuse                who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test4

Write a persuasive/opinion paragraph of at least 150 words on one of the topics.

Pass in by 1:06

Choose one topic:

1.    Which make better pets: dogs or cats?

2.    Should college and university be free for Canadian residents?

 

Grabber

Topic sentence

3-4 supporting points

Concluding sentence

(150+ww) – sweet stop 150-200

 

 

Writing Process

PREWRITING-ideas and organization stage, clear plan

1.Read the question- make sure I understand the question.

MY STRATEGY: Read the questions five times. Read every word.

2.Generate ideas- brainstorm, mindmap, list. Vocab bank, synonyms

3.Organize the ideas.

*Write down the words

WRITING

4.Write the rough draft.

Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting setnences

Concluding sentence

(150+w)

*Every sentence has to be a simple, compound, or complex sentence.

That requires ongoing practice.

MY OBSERVATION: The students who are reluctant to speak out loud out often have difficulty expressing their thoughts in authentic-sounding English.

5. Proofread and edit. sp, vt, vf, punc, prep, phrasing, etc.

6. Pass in the corrected draft.

 

 

SENTENCES

Dogs always stick/stay by your side.

Dogs always stick/stay with you.

Dogs have an easier time than cats adapting to a new house.

Taking your dog for a walk is good exercise for you.

Jun took his dog for a walk.

 

 

Essay

5-paragraph model

 

1.Introductory paragraph

Grabber

Thesis statement (topic sentence-paragraph) TS

(optional) Preview of three points

 

 2,3,4 Body paragraphs – three ideas, a short paragraph about each one

 

5 Concluding paragraph

 

 

Essay types: process/expository(how-to/explaining how something works), persuasive paragraph(opinion), compare/contrast( similarities/differences), literary(short story, novel, poetry), defnition essay(tell what something is), narrative(tell a story),

descriptive(describing- five senses)

 

dissertation- long essay, long piece of writing

She wrote her dissertation on women’s rights in Afghanistan. She received her PhD.

 

process/expositiory- cause or effect essay?

 

narrative-reflective writing- you write about an experience that you had, what you learned, your takeaways from that experience

 

thesis- final wriiting for a degree, 50-80-100 pages