Thursday, 26 October 2023

EF67 Class 35 Begin essay

 

EF67

Today’s agenda

·      Collect writing for the Friday presentations

·      Return Quiz#4

RW for Bonus pt

 

·      Teach you how to use a microphone

·      Check progress of Monday presentations

·      Begin essay work

 

Friday

·      Collect writing for the Monday presentations

·      Check progress of Tuesday presentations

·      Presentations- Friday people

·      Essay work

 

Monday

·      Collect writing for the Tuesday presentations

·      Presentations- Monday people

·      Essay work

 

Tuesday

·      Presentations- Tuesday people

·      Essay work

 

Wednesday

·      Essay – pass in essay

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement test

 

Friday - Final day

·      Final reports, final marks

·      One-on-one meetings

 

 

Quiz#4

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

1.    who            surprised

2.    that             try

3.    which         necklace

4.    who            assist

5.    that             purchase

6.    which         visited

 

 

Noun clause

I wonder how did you find your phone. XXX vf

How did you find your phone?

I wonder how you found your phone. N CL SV

-difference between a simple sentence(interrogative) and noun clause.

 

 

 

 

 

How to Use a Microphone

XLR cable

How do you coil a cable?

Shure Sm58

 

 

 

Essay work

 

sentences—paragraphs—essays – papers (college,university: 5,10, 20 pages) – thesis- graduating from degree (80-120 pages) – book (300-600 pages)

 

** sentences- sentence types: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

FOUNDATION OF ALL WRITING

 

** paragraphs – structure    Grabber

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences,

Concluding sentence

(150-200 words)

 

- format                - font size, doublespace, indent, paper orientation

 

** essay -multi-paragraph writing, 3-5,6,7 paragraphs on a topic

 

EXAM Writing prompt: “in essay form” “in paragraphs” “multi-paragraph” – means write an essay

“at least 300 words”  sweetspot, the Goldilocks zone (300-400)

 

paragraph - at least 150 words

essay – at 300 words

 

We will focus on the five-paragraph essay – basic model, our focus

 

essay- French “to try” , try to explain something in full, attempt to describe a subject completely, endeavour to explicate an idea

 

essay – an attempt to write a longer piece that covers a topic well

 

Writing to Communicate p50

From a paragraph to an essay- expand the paragraph in to the essay.

Distribute photocopy

“Expanding the Paragraph"

 

Model Paragraph #1 “Man’s Best Friend”

Model Essay #1 “Man’s Best Friend”

 

Structure of this paragraph

-Grabber (optional, highly suggested)

-Topic sentence

-Body- supporting points

Supporting idea 1  

-point

            -subpoint 1

            -subpoint 2

Supporting idea 2

            -point

            -subpoint 1 & subpoint 2

Supporting idea 3

            -point

            -subpoint 1

            -subpoint 2

-Concluding sentence- restate the topic sentence

(150-200ww)

 

*The writer chose to not start with a grabber. Starting with a grabber is a good idea.

Possible grabbers: ask a question, short anecdote, fact or statistic, history, etc.

 

 

Model Essay 1- same topic “Man’s Best Friend”

-almost three times as long, not five times, not 10 pp

-divided into paragraphs, five paragraphs

*The five-paragraph is the basic essay model

 

 

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An essay has three sections (five paragraphs):

**

1.    Introductory paragraph – usually one paragraph, introduces the topic, thesis statement, and main points of the essay

2.    Body paragraphs– usually several paragraphs- 2,3,4,5 paragraphs (3 is the magic number for a standard five-paragraph), discussion, explanation, description of the main points of the essay

3.    Concluding paragraph- usually one paragraph, restatement of the introduction, restates the topic, thesis and main points, ends with a clincher (like a grabber only at the end of the piece)

 

Length -300-350 words, not too long, short compact paragraphs, more than twice, almost three times as long as one paragraph, not a book

 

 

Read for HW “THE BARE BONES OF THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY”

 

We will continue tomorrow.

 

 

Practice topic for a essay:

Why did you come to Vancouver?

 

PROCESS

Prewriting

1.Read the question.

2.Generate ideas. Brainstorm.

3.Organize your ideas!

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