Writing 567 Topics for learning

Small group discussion (2-3 people)

1. What areas of writing do you want to get better at?
- depth of vocabulary, deep, like an ocean
rich and large vocabulary
large passive vocabulary - the words you can understand, but probably don't use

small active vocabulary- the words you actually use

Best friend for vocabulary: thesaurus

https://www.thesaurus.com/

synonyms - words with the same, mostly same meaning
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antonyms - words with the opposite meaning

- natural sounding English phrasing
My advice is to become a reader.
You don't have to choose difficult books.
Choose books for teenagers (Young Adult)
choose any genre you are interested in
genre- type of book
romance
mystery
detective
action
sports - magazine
cooking - magazine
music

Vancouver Public Library

- thinking in English, not translating

- grammar 
- punctuation comma ,   semicolon ;     colon :
period, full stop .
quotation marks "   "
Sarah said, "I can't come to the party because my son is sick." direct speech, her exact words
Sarah said that she can't come to the party because her son is sick.  indirect speech, no " "

comma and colon
writing a personal letter (more casual)
Dear Sarah,

writing a business letter (more formal)
Dear Mrs Smith:

if you don't know who you are writing to
To whom it may concern:
AVOID DOING THIS!!! Find out the person's name.
Many of my students are applying for jobs. They are sending resumes to companies and businesses.
My advice: Phone the business and get the name of the person.

Dear Sarah Johnson:

- verbs





2. What areas of writing are you already good at?
- narrative writing, telling a story
- simple sentences simple? easy?
- persuasive writing, giving an opinion
persuade (v) convince, talk somebody into agreeing with you, give good points, explain your opinions, defend your opinion, give reasons
- using conjunction words - however, therefore, moreover, on the other hand, anyway, and, so , but, or
- brainstorming - getting ideas, generating good ideas, individually or in a group
- expository writing, process writing
expose (v) - to show, reveal in detail
teaching someone how to do something, or teaching someone how something works
- descriptive writing - describe something, five senses- sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
6th sense - ESP (extra sensory perception), tell the future, communicate through your mind

Make notes so we can share ideas.

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