Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
Today’s agenda
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Quiz #3 – adverb clauses
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Topic sentences
“The Topic Sentence” p.c.
“Topic Sentence URLs”
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Review sentences so far
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Finish subject verb agreement work
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HW Read
“English Globalization”
Thursday
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Continue work on Topic Sentence- Concluding
Sentence
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“English Globalization”
Friday
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Test #2 – paragraph
Monday
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Review Test #2 paragraph
Paragraph writing
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH (what goes in it, the parts)
Grabber – 7 ways to choose from
-short!- ~ one sentence
1.
question
2.
anecdote
3.
fact/statistic
4.
history
5.
quotation
6.
funnel- general statement, gets specific
7.
idiom
Makes your paragraph more inviting to read.
Topic sentence – relates directly to the topic
- gives topic, gives controlling
idea (your take on the topic, your specific approach)
PRO TIP: Borrow
words from the question, or use synonyms.
That
will ensure your paragraph is on topic.
TOPIC: Pets
TS: Of all the animals in the world, dogs make the best
pets.
TOPIC: The benefits of music.
music therapy old
people seniors
TS: Music therapy is beneficial for seniors in several ways.
TS: I like music. kind of boring
TS: Music is good. vague, broad, no focus
Supporting sentences- 3-4 points that support the TS
3-4 points – 3-4 sentences, maybe more
Concluding sentence- sticks close to the TS, Rewrite the Topic
Sentence
Rewrite – paragraph, say the same things with different
vocab.
TS: Of all the animals in the world, dogs make the best
pets.
Use synomyms
CS: animal companion canine greatest best friend
From the above, it is clear that our canine companions are
truly our best friends.
TS: Music therapy is beneficial for seniors in several ways.
CS: treatment help useful
helpful positive influence advantage
advantageous favourable elderly older retired aging
The elderly can benefit from the positive influence/help/advantages
of music-based treatment/ music in their lives.
synonyms- words with the same meaning, thesaurus
excellent tool for building vocab – thesaurus
thesaurus, like dictionary
thesaurus – gives lots of synonyms and antonyms
thesaurus.com – free website
Helps to give you more words.
Excellent for building your depth of vocabulary.
Exceptional for enhancing the extent of your phraseology.
All of this is based on a good Topic Sentence!
“The Topic Sentence” p.c.
Topic sentence- topic + controlling idea
PRACTICE: circle topic, underline controlling idea
Imagine you were writing paragraphs on the following topics.Write
a topic sentence for some of the topics. You don’t have to do them all. Email
them to me and we can share them tomorrow.
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