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Good morning.
Today’s agenda:
1. Go over descriptive writing from yesterday
2. Sentence combining from homework “At the Beach”.
3. Narrative writing
Surprise test- sentence combining test
Next week is our final week. We have quizzes and tests, as usual. I don’t do a big final test. We will review the work we have done over the past nine weeks.
-descriptive writing – descriptive paragraph
ballet dancer
blue dress
beautiful
graceful
dancing shoes
elegant hands
arms raised
jumping high
long black hair
face raised to the sky, looking up
crowd
taking pictures
watching
in awe
bored man walking in front
young and old in the audience
buildings
stone
grey
old looking
Excellent vocabulary, excellent descriptive elements (words and phrases)
Topic sentence
- supporting sentences (description)
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Concluding sentence
Remember:
Indent
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14-16 point font (size of the letters)
I use 18-point font for Zoom teaching. For writing, I use 14-point font.
Font is too small.
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A ballet dancer in the street
A photograph capturing a ballerina dancing on the street with a crowed of people surrounding her. The ballerina is wearing a beautiful blue dress, jumping high in the air with her arms and legs wide open. The crowed are watching her in shock and open eyes. Taking a closer look at the crowed, we can see people of all ages and backgrounds who seem like tourists, holding their cameras and capturing the moment. There are two historical buildings in the background, with the one on the right covered in beautiful blue, white and yellow ceramic. Also, we can see beautiful hand crafted sculptures on the front and sides of the building.
Much better
16-point font
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A ballet dancer in the street
The photograph captures a ballerina dancing on the street with a crowd of people surrounding her. The ballerina is wearing a beautiful blue dress, jumping high in the air with her arms and legs wide open. The crowd is watching her in shock and with wide open eyes. Taking a closer look at the crowd, we can see people of all ages and backgrounds who seem like tourists, holding their cameras and capturing the moment. There are two historical buildings in the background, with the one on the right covered in beautiful blue, white and yellow ceramic. Also, we can see beautiful handcrafted sculptures on the front and sides of the building.
From homework:
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At the Beach
1. The group met at the beach.
They met at 10:00 a.m.
They met every day.
The beach was public.
The group met if it was sunny.
Every sunny day, the group met at 10:00 am at the public beach. SIMPLE
The group met at the public beach at 10am every day if it was sunny. COMPLEX – adv cl
2. The beach was hot.
The beach was crowded.
The beach was exciting.
There were children.
There were adults.
There were clowns.
There were lifeguards.
When there were children, adults, clowns and lifeguards, the beach was crowded, hot, and exciting.
The beach which was hot and exciting was crowded with children, adult, clowns and lifeguards.
You didn’t do any homework. I’m not going to do your work.
3. Mr. Isaac sold ice cream.
It was packed in ice.
He was considered part of the beach.
The truck was small.
The truck was in the parking lot.
4. The teenagers lay in the sun.
They played volleyball.
The children swam.
The children waded.
The children ran in the sand.
They ran for the joy of running.
5. A group of clowns juggled.
They played with children.
The children were laughing.
The clowns gave out balloons.
The balloons were filled with helium.
6. The sand was while.
The white was glaring.
The sand emitted waves of heat.
The waves of heat blurred the water.
The water was beyond the beach.
The water was blue.
The blue was vibrant.
Narrative writing- narrate (V) to tell a story
narrator (n) – a person who tells a story
narrative tells a story
TS – introduces the story
- supporting sentences
- events of the story
- step by step
- in order of time
CS
What did you do last night?
TS – quiet normal evening
- had supper, cleaned up
- did some homework
- watched a movie
- went to bed at 11pm
CS – routine, nothing special
What was the scariest thing that ever happened to you?
TS – walking home along through a graveyard last year
- midnight, wind was blowing, scary sounds
- a ghost came up behind you, chased you
- you ran to your car, but the ghost got in too
- now ghost lived in your house, doesn’t do any chores
CS – scariest thing that ever happened
Modes of Writing – writing for different purposes
We will talk about these four:
descriptive
narrative
process, expository
persuasive
Other kind for higher classes:
illustration
literary
compare or contrast
definition
Test – Surprise!
Combine each exercise in two different ways, for a total of eight sentences:
Email them to me by 12:15
e.g. The cat is sleeping.
The cat is tired.
The cat is sleeping because it is tired.
The tired cat is sleeping.
1. The children stay for a week.
They stay at the camp.
They stay without their parents.
2. They sleep in cabins.
The cabins are big.
The cabins are made of logs.
3. The leaders are teenagers.
The leaders are responsible.
The leaders are fun.
4. The leaders like the job.
The job is hard sometimes.
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