EF45 Class 20

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Charting our course for the next month.- Look at PLOs

 

·      “Paragraph Structure and Writing Process EF45”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·      (final 50 m)

Return Test#3

2^nd draft Chance to do a second draft, second chance to write a paragragh to be marked as usual.

OR

RW RW for one bonus point as usual

(last 50m)

 

What are some things that you learned about First Nations the past two classes?

 

 

 

Wednesday

·      “Topic Sentence Expanation EF45”

·      Example paragraphs

·      Begin complex sentences

·      Continue verb tenses- past progressive

 

Thursday

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

 

Next few days- few extra minutes

·      Continue vocab exercises- pick away at them when we have some extra time

·      Continue dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

·      Continue verb tenses

Next few weeks-

·      Reading texts- short stories, poetry

·      EF5 multi-paragraph writing- short essays

 

Starting our fifth week – about halfway finished the course

Chart our course for the next month- PLOs

Where are we going? What are we going to focus on?

PLOs- Prescribed Learning Outcomes

prescribed(adj,v) -prescription- doctor’s directions, doctor’s orders

learning- study, knowing, get education, catch information, improve, gain skills, achievement

outcomes- future, result, goal, objective, destination, ambition, achievement, output

 

PLOs – the guides that I/we must address

 

EF4 – Oral language- A1

          -Writing-C1

We/You can make a lot of progress in the last five weeks of the course.

 

 

Paragraph Structure and Writing Process

 

·      OPTIONAL Grabber, Hook (I will teach this in a couple days)

·      Topic sentence

·      Supporting ideas- 2,3,4 ideas that you want to write about

·      Concluding sentence

*I will teach grabbers, topic sentences, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences in detail.

 

PROCESS- works for me and many other people, might work for you, too

 

*** Prewriting/Planning Stage ***

1. Read the question. Read it five times. Read every word. Make sure you understand what the teacher is asking you to do.

 

2.Generate ideas. Write down key words. Vocab begets vocab.

Methods: mindmapping, listing, freewriting.

 

3.Organize the ideas. Put them in order of how you want to present them. Choose one organizational principle:   1. order of importance

2. order of time

3. order of place

 

*** Writing Stage ***

4.Write the sentences of your paragraph. Make sure each sentence is simple, compound, or complex.

 

5.Proofread and edit. Doublecheck your weak areas:: vt vf sp punc

 

6.Submit the proofread and editted rough draft. It must be legible.

 

7.I will mark it and give comments.

 

8.RW for a bonus point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test#3

Paper

Pen

Name and class, test number

Phones away – ongoing issue.

Write a paragraph of at least 100 words on the following topic.

What are some things that you learned about First Nations the past two classes?