Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Begin paragraph writing
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Continue -simple future verb tense
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Finish “The Cost of Living”
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New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”
Wednesday
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Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
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Continue paragraph writing, Test coming up-
paragraph
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New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”
**PAPER FORMAT for pass-in writing**
Quizzes and tests,
paragraphs, essays
Please use lined ruled
8 1/2 X 11 inch paper.
You can get it at a
dollar store. $1.25
ORIENTATION of the
paper
right side up, not
upside down
three holes to the
left
NAME CLASS DATE
Put your full name,
class, and date in the top/upper righthand corner above the line.
TITLE
Title line -Name of
test, quiz
Quiz 1, Test 1, Quiz
1 RW
FORMAT
-Write in pen-
black or blue ink
NOTE: Black ink
gets higher marks on provincial exams.
Please! No pencil.
-Double space.
Write on a line; then skip a line.
-Write between the
margins.
Paragraphs
-Indent the first
word of each paragraph- 2cm ¾” 1”
Canada is a metric
country; however, we still use Imperial measurements for a lot of things.
Metric system- cm
km
Imperial- inch foot,
mile
height- how tall
you are
Metric 183cm,
173cm, 1.6m
Imperial 6 feet
tall 6’ , five feet six inches 5’6”, 5’2”
“ inch e.g. 2”
‘ foot 6’
6’2” 5’10”
5’4” “Doris is five four.”
If you are writing
on a computer, how do you indent? What key do you press to indent?
Use the TAB key.
Press SPACE five
times- amateur hour
Imperial –
measurement – mile, foot, inch, gallon, pound
The US uses the
Imperial system.
Metric and
Imperial measurements
kilometre -mile 1mile = 1.6km
cm – inch I inch – 2.54 cm
kg – pound I kg =
2.2 lbs
**
It’s easy to forget
these details when you are focussed on writing.
When the formatting
is right, it looks better.
Paragraph Format
format- layout
-
how a paragaph is presented on a page
1.
Use 8 ½ * 11 inch ruled paper
ruled
– lined paper with margins
2.
Paper orientation- rightside up, not backwards
3.
Write between the margins (the red lines).
4.
Write in black or blue pen.
5.
Doublespace.
6.
Full name, class and date in top right corner
7.
Indent the first word of the paragraph
“Narrative Paragraph”
Grabber/Hook
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hooks your reader’s attention, grabs
their attentiom
OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph
or essay, begin your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.
Grabbers/Hooks- used in advertising
Grabber/Hook
-usually first sentence, before the Topic
Sentence
-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your
reader attention
-makes them pay attention, makes them want
to read your writing
-effective attention-getting device for
writing, highly recommended
MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your
writing way more interesting.
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Good for paragraphs, for essays, for
speeches, e.g. TED Talks https://www.ted.com/ TEDVancouver- downtown VPL
**
Seven
different kinds of grabbers/hooks to choose from:
1. -
a funnel, general to specific statement
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel
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NARRATIVE
Travelling to a new country
is very exciting and often overwhelming. My first day after arriving in Vancouver
was both of these.
Everybody has had an
embarrassing experience. The time I met my husband’s parents for the first time
was very embarrassing for me.
PROCESS
How
to eat a taco.
GRABBER-FUNNEL
Some
food is eaten with knife and fork; some food is eaten with chopsticks. However,
tacos are eaten by hand. It can be a mess! TS
2. -write
a short anecdote- short personal story to illustrate a point, very short (1-2
short sentences)
VOCAB
anecdote- a short personal story that illustrates a point
personalizes
your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,
establishes
empathy- same feeling
anecdote
is told first-person point-of-view “I”
first
person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close
PROCESS
I eat a lot of tacos
because my mother used to make them for me. They can be messy, but I will teach
how to eat them.
3. -historical
reference- knowledge about history
PROCESS
Tacos are a traditional
food from Mexico. However, that have spread of over the world. However, if you
don’t know how to eat it, it will spread all over your shirt.
4. -fact
or statistic- numbers
80%, four out of five, 2/3 of ...,
37,000,000 people...
10
million tacos are eaten every day in North America; also, billions of napkins
are wasted wiping food off tables. I will teach you how to eat them more
neatly.
5.
-ask a question, the topic sentence or thesis
statement will be the answer PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
PROCESS
Are
you a messy eater? Have you ever made a big mess eating tacos? Have you ever
embarrassed yourself eating a taco?
If so, I can tell you how to do it right.
6.
-relevant quotation by a famous/important person
James Beard said, "Food is our common
ground, a universal experience.” Another universal experience is dropping taco
all over yourself.
***PRO
TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very
helpful to reference when you are writing.
Look up quotations organized by theme.
Debating teams- technique to begin with a
relevant quotation
GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION FOR QUOTING DIRECT
SPEECH
Jun said, “I will be early
tomorrow.”
direct speech – exact word
Her mother said, “Be home by 10.”
“ “ quotation marks
single quotation marks ‘ ‘
double quotation marks “ “
99.99% of the time
7. -relevant
idiom, proverb, or saying from any language,
-sometimes
don’t translate well
-have
a lot of meaning
-these
can be really fun and colourful
In Japanese, people say “Even monkeys fall
from trees.”
In Mandarin, we say “If you are gold, you will
shine eventually.”
In English, we say, “Cream rises to the
top.”
In French, they say, “La creme de la creme.”
The best of the best.
We say, “All that glitters is not gold.”
In Ukranian we say “A little gold is
expensive, too.”
In Korean, we say, “Time is golden.”
In Chinese, we say that a good government job
is a ‘golden rice bowl.’
In Farsi, we say that a person who is making
good money at a job has their “bread in the oil.”
In Farsi, we say a person fell in honey.
That means that they got very lucky.
There is a saying in Japanese: ‘Even monkeys
fall from trees.’ It means everyone makes mistakes. It’s important to keep
going after you did something wrong.
IDIOM The
apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. (English)
Christmas
cake. (Japanese)
Playing
piano/violin (music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Pearls
before swine. (English) -showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
In
one ear and out the other. – a person won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do
grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
EASIEST
6. quotation
7. idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation more lively and engaging.
PROFESSIONAL: ADVICE: When writing a
paragraph or essay, write the grabber last. You can mull it over (think about
it, roll it around in your mind) as you are writing the rough draft. A good
grabber might jump out at you. If not, if you can’t think of anything for a
grabber, just ask a question. The question is the easiest way to do a grabber.
PRACTICE:
Let’s get some ideas going for a narrative paragraph.
Choose one topic:
1. Write about your first day in Vancouver.
2. What would your perfect day be?
We can start building a paragraph. Finish for homework.
Tomorrow, we will read them out loud.
IMPORTANT: Let’s not use translating apps, ChatGPT, etc.
