Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
REMINDER: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s agenda
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Continue to teach paragraphs
Grabbers
“Valentines Day” paragraphs from homework
Preparing for tomorrow’s paragraph, Test#1
·
“Criteria” module
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HW Write
a grabber for one of the Valentine’s Day paragraph.
Decide
on what kind of grabber would work best. Write it down. Email it to me by 7PM.
We can share them tomorrow.
Prepare
for Test#1- paragraph about criteria. Have some ideas about a criteria that you
are already good at and one that you feel you have to improve upon.
Do
your book deposit using your KEV account.
Tuesday - Valentine’s Day
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Romantic idioms
https://learningenglishwithoxford.com/2020/02/10/romantic-idioms-valentines-day/
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Test#1
Just paper and pen on desk. Phones away, etc.
pass-in writing- paragraph about criteria (150-200ww,
50m)
·
Begin sentence work- review of all sentences
·
HW Read
“Viola Desmond” for tomorrow
THEME: Strong women fighting for their rights.
Wednesday
·
Continue review of all sentences
·
Begin simple sentences
·
“Viola Desmond”
Thursday
·
Finish simple sentences
·
Begin compound sentences
·
Continue Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks
Friday
·
NON-INSTRUCTION DAY, NO SCHOOL
·
Professional Development Day
Monday
·
NO SCHOOL
·
Family Day (BC), February 20th
Grabbers
Structure of a Paragraph:
Grabber
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hook
OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph or essay, begin
your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.
Grabbers/Hooks
-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
Seven
different kinds of grabbers top choose from:
1.
-general to specific statement, a funnel
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to specific topic
funnel
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Everybody wants to have
success in their lives. Everybody wants to achieve their goals. Using
goalsetting techniques can help us to accomplish the objectives we want to
accomplish. Grabbers. Topic Sentence
goalsetting
techniques- making specific, realistic, measureable, time-bound plans
2.
-write a short anecdote- short personal story,
very short (1-2 short sentences)
personalizes
your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,
establishes
empathy- same feeling
sympathy – feel sorry about someone’s situation
anecdote
is told first-person “I”
first
person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close
When I was younger, I
always had trouble realizing the goals that I dreamed about for myself. Then I
learned about Goalsetting. This changed everything for me! Now, I will teach
you.
3.
-historical reference- knowledge about history,
READ!
Throughout history, women
have usually been in less powerful positions than men. These days, women have
been claiming their rights to equality.
4.
-fact or statistic- numbers
80%, four out of five, 2/3
of ..., 37,000,000 people...
People who use Goalsetting techniques to
help them achieve their goals have a 65% higher chance of achieving their goals
than people who do not. (bbc.com)
5.
-ask a question (answered by the topic sentence
or thesis statement) PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
How do you keep yourself
on track? What steps do you take when you want to achieve something new in your
life? Goalsetting works for many people. It might work for you, too.
6.
-relevant quotation by a famous/important person
Dr.
Jordan Peterson says, “Make a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.”
“Make
a plan. A plan is not a prison. It is a guide.” This was said by Dr. Jordan
Peterson.
Barack
Obama once said, “Blah blah blah.”
My
mother always used to say, “Blah blah blah.”
Buddha
said, “Life is suffering. We must have empathy for all living creatures.”
Mao
Zhe Dong said, “Women hold up half the sky.”
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.
7. -relevant idiom from any
language, proverb, saying
-don’t translate well, have
a lot of meaning
-these can be really fun
and colourful
In
Chinese, we say that a good career is a ‘golden rice bowl.’
In
Farsi, we say that a person who is making good money has their “bread in the oil.”
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 to a
cow. (Chinese)
Pearls before swine. (English)
-showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
REVIEW
of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1.
funnel
2.
anecdote
3.
historical
4.
fact/statistic
5.
question
6.
quotation
7.
idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation lively and engaging.
PRO
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.
WtC (Writing to Communicate) pp6-7
Valentine’s Day paragraphs
Three paragraphs – same topic
different takes, different directions, different controlling idea
“An Expensive Holiday”
$$
Topic sentence
Grabber?
Supporting sentences
1.chocolate - point, subpoints
2.flowers - point, subpoints
3.dinner - point, subpoints
Concluding sentence
“Valentine’s Day Overload”
advertising
TS (Topic sentence)
SS(Supporting sentences-
1.shops
2.TV
3.Internet
CS(Concluding sentence)
“A Sad Valentine”
-personal story –narrative writing, “I” first-person narration
Grabber
TS
SS
CS
One topic- three different takes on it.
“Criteria for a Good Thinker”
“Criteria for a Good Speaker and Listener”
“Criteria for a Good Reader and Viewer”
“Criteria for a Good Writier and Representer”
from www.bced.gov.bc.ca
You read the document over the weekend.
criteria- standards, measures, expectations
BIG QUESTIONS
1.
Which criteria seem most important to you? Which
ones resonated with you? Which ones stood out to you as being relevant to your
life?
2.
Which ones do you feel you already do well?
Which ones are already your strengths. Which one are you alreayd good at?
3.
Which ones do you feel you have to improve upon?
Which ones reveal some weakness that could strenghtened. Which ones do feel
would be worthwhile working on?
Small group (4-5 people) discuss, chat.
Report out.
Preparing for writing tomorrow.
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