Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Finish spoken
presentations
· Continue essay work-
simplified essay tomorrow
· IF TIME Continue verb
tenses- present perfect
· Quiz 5- noun clauses-
final quiz (last 30m)
Tuesday
· Pass-in essay
· Give marks for
presentation-
Email
x/1
Prep
x/3
Spoken
x/6 – based on PLOs
x/10
Wednesday
· Return Quiz 5
Go
over
Optional
RW for 1 point
· Sentence combining?
Thursday
· Return essay
Go over
Optional RW for 1
point
· Optional replacement
quiz and/or test
Friday- Last day
· Return everything
No more RWs
· Final marks and
comments
· One-on-one
student-teacher conferences
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Essay
multi-paragraph
SIMPLIFY
Introductory paragraph
Body paragraphs- 3,2,1 paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
Standalone paragraph-
150ww+
Essay – 300ww+
total - the paragraphs have to be
under 150ww
-
balanced
length
-
Model paragraphs
Barbara’s essay- top
student
Bicycle essay
PROCESS
PREWRITING- PLANNING
1.
Read
and understand the question.
2.
Brainstorm
ideas. Come up with ideas.
3.
Organize-
clearly organized
PLOs- C5
WRITING
4.
Write
the first draft, rough draft
Intro
paragraph
Body
paragraphs- 3 is the best number, the goal
Concluding
paragraph
(300ww+)
5.
Proofread
and edit
quality
of the sentence
-simple,
compound, complex-adv cl, adj n, n cl
-verb
tense
-verb
form
-punctuation , . ;
-
spelling
-prepositions
6.
Submit.
*I have not have time
to give detailed grammar and sentence feedback. I have done a lot of that already.
You can refer to past quizzes and tests to find areas for improvement.
I will read the essay,
give some feedback and put a mark on it.
**Hooks/Grabbers
Grabber/Hook
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hooks your reader’s attention, grabs their attention
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 PARAGRAPH- Your first day in Vancouver
Travelling
to a new country is very exciting and often overwhelming. My first day after
arriving in Vancouver was both of these.
GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE
NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH- An embarrassing experience that
you had
Everybody
has had an embarrassing experience. The time I met my husband’s parents for the
first time was very embarrassing for me.
GRABBER FUNNEL – TOPIC SENTENCE
TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER FUNNEL Often we are faced with difficult
dilemmas in life.
TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that
Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
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
TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER ANECDOTE I was a teacher in ABCLand. I often
had to make decisions about how open/honest/vulnerable I would be with
students.
TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that
Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
*The anecdote has to be really short- one or two
sentences. No long stories.
Topic: How to eat tacos.
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. They have spread of over the world.
However, if you don’t know how to eat it, it will spread all over your shirt.
TEST1 What would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER HISTORY Teachers in China acted very
differently than teachers in Canada.
TOPIC SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that
Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
4.
-fact or
statistic- numbers
80%,
four out of five, 2/3 of ..., 37,000,000 people...
TEST1 What
would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER
STATISTIC 90% of / Most people would prefer to hide their mistakes
rather than own up.
TOPIC
SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
PROCESS How
to Eat a Taco
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 a taco more neatly.
5.
-ask a question,
the topic sentence or thesis statement will be the answer PROBABLY THE EASIEST
WAY
PROCESS How
to Eat a Taco
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.
TEST1 What
would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER
QUESTION Have you ever been in a situation where you had to own up to a mistake
in public?
TOPIC
SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
VOCAB IDIOM
own up- admit your error
I owned up to
breaking the printer.
Come on. Own
up! Be honest.
6.
-relevant
quotation by a famous/important person
PROCESS How
to Eat a Taco
James Beard
said, "Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” Another
universal experience is dropping taco all over yourself. I will teach how to
eat a taco without making a big mess.
TEST 1 What
would you have done in Mr. Wei’s position?
GRABBER
QUOTATION My grandmother always said to be honest no matter what it costs. INDIRECT SPEECH
My
grandmother always said, “Be honest no matter what it costs.”
DIRECT
SPEECH- her exact words
TOPIC
SENTENCE I would have acted the same way that Mr. Wei acted in “I Confess”.
***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.
OTHER IDIOMS
The apple
doesn’t fall far from the tree. (English)
Christmas
cake. (Japanese) December 25th
Playing
piano/violin (music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Reading to a
donkey. (Farsi)
Pearls before
swine. (English) -showing beautiful pearls to a pig
In one ear
and out the other.(English and other languages) – a person won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1.
funnel
2.
anecdote
3.
history
4.
fact/statistic
5.
ask a question
EASIEST
6.
quotation
7.
idiom/saying
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Different types of
essays
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narrative
-
descriptive
-
persuasive
-
compare/contrast
-
etc.
Get an essay book
from VPL.
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