Group 4 Writing Class 2 Mark Holloway

1. Group 4 Writing Class 2 Mark Holloway

4. Read this unpunctuated text and decide on a title for it. filmmaker george lucas has changed the film industry in many ways he has written directed and produced some of the best loved movies of our time he has also made major contributions to modern film technology at first lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker his first dream was to become a race car driver after a bad accident however he decided to go to college in college lucas studied movie making and made a number of student films lucass third feature film star wars changed everything a seemingly simple story of good versus evil star wars became a huge international hit the movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry one new technology was a special computer assisted camera crane camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane lucas is also responsible for the modern thx sound system which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters his latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking to sum up george lucass love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie making forever

5. A Person Who Has Made a Difference: George Lucas filmmaker george lucas has changed the film industry in many ways he has written directed and produced some of the best loved movies of our time he has also made major contributions to modern film technology at first lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker his first dream was to become a race car driver after a bad accident however he decided to go to college in college lucas studied movie making and made a number of student films lucass third feature film star wars changed everything a seemingly simple story of good versus evil star wars became a huge international hit the movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry one new technology was a special computer assisted camera crane camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane lucas is also responsible for the modern thx sound system which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters his latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking to sum up george lucass love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie making forever

6. Now let’s add the punctuation. How many full-stops do you need? filmmaker george lucas has changed the film industry in many ways he has written directed and produced some of the best loved movies of our time he has also made major contributions to modern film technology at first lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker. his first dream was to become a race car driver after a bad accident however he decided to go to college in college lucas studied movie making and made a number of student films lucass third feature film star wars changed everything a seemingly simple story of good versus evil star wars became a huge international hit the movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry one new technology was a special computer assisted camera crane camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane lucas is also responsible for the modern thx sound system which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters his latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking to sum up george lucass love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie making forever

7. Fifteen. filmmaker george lucas has changed the film industry in many ways. he has written directed and produced some of the best loved movies of our time. he has also made major contributions to modern film technology. at first lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker. his first dream was to become a race car driver. after a bad accident however he decided to go to college. in college lucas studied movie making and made a number of student films. lucass third feature film star wars changed everything. a seemingly simple story of good versus evil star wars became a huge international hit. the movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry. one new technology was a special computer assisted camera crane. camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane. lucas is also responsible for the modern thx sound system which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. his latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking. to sum up george lucass love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie making forever.

8. Now add the following punctuation: • capital letters • itallics • aprostrophes • hyphens • commas • How many of each do you have?

9. Now compare your punctuated texts with the original…and mind the gap! What differences do you find? What questions are raised? What observations can you make? Filmmaker George Lucas has changed the film industry in many ways. He has written, directed, and produced some of the best-loved movies of our time. He has also made major contributions to modern film technology. At first, Lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker. His first dream was to become a race car driver. After a bad accident, however, he decided to go to college. In college, Lucas studied movie-making and made a number of student films. Lucas’s third feature film, Star Wars, changed everything. A seemingly simple story of good versus evil, Star Wars became a huge international hit. The movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry. One new technology was a special computer-assisted camera crane. Camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane. Lucas is also responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. His latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking. To sum up, George Lucas’s love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie-making forever.

10. Look at the original text again and look at the noun phrases that serve as sentence subjects. The first is underlined for you. What’s the longest noun phrase you can find? Filmmaker George Lucas (3) has changed the film industry in many ways. He has written, directed, and produced some of the best-loved movies of our time. He has also made major contributions to modern film technology. At first, Lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker. His first dream was to become a race car driver. After a bad accident, however, he decided to go to college. In college, Lucas studied movie-making and made a number of student films. Lucas’s third feature film, Star Wars, changed everything. A seemingly simple story of good versus evil, Star Wars became a huge international hit. The movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry. One new technology was a special computer-assisted camera crane. Camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane. Lucas is also responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. His latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking. To sum up, George Lucas’s love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed movie-making forever.

11. Look at the original text again and look at the noun phrases that serve as sentence subjects. The first is underlined for you. What’s the longest noun phrase you can find? Filmmaker George Lucas (3) has changed the film industry in many ways. He has written, directed, and produced some of the best-loved movies of our time. He has also made major contributions to modern film technology. At first, Lucas did not plan to become a filmmaker. His first dream (3) was to become a race car driver. After a bad accident, however, he decided to go to college. In college, Lucas studied movie-making and made a number of student films. Lucas’s third feature film, Star Wars (6), changed everything. A seemingly simple story of good versus evil, Star Wars (10) became a huge international hit. The movie used new technologies that revolutionized the film industry. One new technology (3) was a special computer-assisted camera crane. Camera operators filmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane. Lucas is also responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. His latest innovation (3) is the use of digital photography in filmmaking. To sum up, George Lucas’s love of storytelling and his technological innovations (9) have transformed movie-making forever.

12. Subject-Verb Agreement

13. This may be too easy for you, but can you choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence WITHOUT referring to the handouts. • Lucas is / are also responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. • His latest innovation is / are the use of digital photography in filmmaking. • To sum up, George Lucas’s love of storytelling and his technological innovations has / have transformed move-making forever.

14. This may be too easy for you, but can you choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence WITHOUT referring to the handouts. • Lucas isalso responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theaters. • His latest innovation is the use of digital photography in filmmaking. • To sum up, George Lucas’s love of storytelling and his technological innovations have transformed move-making forever.

15. Some of these words are ALWAYS plural and some are ALWAYS singular. Can you divide them into two categories?

16. Did you come to this conclusion?

17. Think about a context in which you might see the following statements and fill the gaps so that the sentences make sense and contain subject-verb agreement. • Some of the _______ was missing. • Some of the _______ were missing. • All of my _______ is spent in the library. • All of my _______ are attractive. • Most of my _______ was stolen. • Most of my _______ were stolen. • A lot of the _______ was too easy. • A lot of the _______ were angry. • None of the _______ is fresh. • None of the _______ are fresh.

18. Did you come up with anything like this? • Some of the MONEY was missing. • Some of the STUDENTS were missing. • All of my TIME is spent in the library. • All of my FRIENDS are attractive. • Most of my JEWELLERY was stolen. • Most of my DESIGNER WATCHES were stolen. • A lot of the WORK was too easy. • A lot of the PEOPLE were angry. • None of the FRUIT is fresh. • None of the APPLES are fresh.

19. Now try PRACTICE EXERCISE 3 on page 13 of Introduction to Academic Writing • - answers will appear here later! -

20. Now look at the key and discuss any surprises you discover. • One of my classmates is from my country, El Salvador. • Some of the teachers speak my language. • Each of the gifts was carefully wrapper in gold paper. • One of the words on the test was misspelled. • A lot of my classes were cancelled last week. • A lot of my time is spent in the library. • In my country most of the people want to go to college. • Does anyone know the correct time? • There are several kinds of flowers in the bouquet. • There wasn’t any electricity in our building last night. • The noise from the firecrackers was loud.

21. We started by looking at a text entitled “A Person Who Has Made a Difference : George Lucas”. Can you now think of some other people who have made a difference. Make a list of at least five names…

22. We started by looking at a text entitled “A Person Who Has Made a Difference : George Lucas”. Can you now think of some other people who have made a difference. Make a list of at least five names… Now choose from your list one person about whom you think it would be interesting to write.

23. We started by looking at a text entitled “A Person Who Has Made a Difference : George Lucas”. Can you now think of some other people who have made a difference. Make a list of at least five names… Now choose from your list one person about whom you think it would be interesting to write. Next, brainstorm some ways in which this person made a difference.

24. We started by looking at a text entitled “A Person Who Has Made a Difference : George Lucas”. Can you now think of some other people who have made a difference. Make a list of at least five names… Now choose from your list one person about whom you think it would be interesting to write. Next, brainstorm some ways in which this person made a difference. Choose two of these ideas, and cross out any others that are not related to them.

25. We started by looking at a text entitled “A Person Who Has Made a Difference : George Lucas”. Can you now think of some other people who have made a difference. Make a list of at least five names… Now choose from your list one person about whom you think it would be interesting to write. Next, brainstorm some ways in which this person made a difference. Choose two of these ideas, and cross out any others that are not related to them. Now: write a paragraph about your person who made a difference…