EF5Wr567 Class 11

 Good afternoon, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

New segment- Discussion topic

-small group chatting about a topic

-discuss the topic

-report out to class – tell what ideas you came up with in the small group chatting

Today’s agenda

• Continue paragraph work

Finish writing paragraphs from homework

Read the paragraphs from homework out loud.

• “Features of a Good Topic Sentence”

• Begin “Grabbers”

• HW Topic sentences on various topics

WED OR THURS Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

Wednesday

• Return Quiz#2

Go over

RW for Bonus pt

• Review simple and compound sentences

• Read aloud some more paragraphs.

• Continue “Grabbers”

Thursday

• Test#2 pass-in paragraph

Friday

• “Top 100 Most Used Adjectives”

• Song lyric- listening exercise

Next week 

begin sentence paragraph types, modes of writing

-narrative- telling a (personal) story

-descriptive-describing something- five senses

taste, hearing, smell, sight, touch

-persuasive – give our opinion, convince the reader, present an argument for or against something

-process/expository- teach how to do something, explain how something works

HOMEWORK

Choose one holiday/celebration day from your home country.  

You can start to organize and write a paragraph about it. Tomorrow we will finish writing the paragraphs. Then we will read them out loud.

**Write your own sentences. Don’t get ChatGBT to do it.

lunar calendar

lunar- moon

independence day

Ramadan – 30 day fast -no food or drink from sunrise to sunset

end of Ramadan- Eid

juggle

** Review

Features of a Good Topic Sentence

- Opens a door for the reader to walk through. An invitation to keep reading.

- Not a general fact. 

- Don’t announce the topic.

e.g. “In this paragrpah, I will tell you about Sri Lankan New Year’s.”

ALTERNTIVE ”Sri Lankan New Year’s is a wonderful mix of ceremony, food, and celebration.”

- Specific. Focus the topic down with your controlling idea.

- Deals with one idea

HOMEWORK

Choose a few (3-4) of these topics. Write a topic sentence for each. No need to write a full paragraph. Be clear and specific. Make them interesting.

1. International Students

2. Travel

Traveling with young children can be very challenging.

3. The Internet

4. English

5. Pets

6. Music

7. Sports

8. Vaccines

9. Family

10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN TOPIC

Email them to me by 7pm. We will share them tomorrow.