WRITING C

1. WRITING C Danielsen

2. Warm Up • Round Robin. We will be writing one sentence of a story and then passing it to the left. • The first sentence of the story will start with: • One day I was walking in the woods when I heard a rustling sound.

3. Announcements Importance of class attendance Summer Tutoring in the LLC for Students (Self-Directed Learning Activities and follow up with an instructor)Mondays and Wednesdays  3:00 - 5:00Tuesdays and Thursdays  1:30 - 3:30 Give Me 20 Reading program – Mondays to Thursdays – 11:30 – 12:30 or 6:00 – 6:30 in 66-130 ESL Library

4. Check homework • Homework: • Find a novel to write book reports on. Bring novel to class on Thursday the 6th. • Journals due Thursday. (Handwritten or typed) • Bring an outline of your interview.

5. Review Paragraph structure What’s in a paragraph?

6. Parts of a paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Sentences Concluding Sentence

7. Review Main idea • A general idea that the paragraph expresses. • General idea: a wonderful flight on Breeze Airlines • Specific idea: a wide selection of in-flight music and movies • General idea: Ice cream • Specific idea: chocolate ice cream

8. Review Supporting Ideas • Explain and develop the main idea. Usually there are many supporting ideas • Which are the supporting ideas? • It is close to the border so I can visit Mexico often • San Diego is a great place to live • The weather is great • It has plenty of interesting places to visit with the family.

9. Review Supporting Details • Use details to support your ideas and make your writing more interesting. • Boring sentence: One student was rude to some others. • Detailed sentence: The high school boy yelled at the younger boys, “You’re stupid!”

10. Review the Conclusion • Ties the composition together and gives closure. • Types of conclusions: • restatement of the main idea • summary of the points • look to the future • related thought that grows out of body • a combination of several types of conclusions

11. Composing the main idea Interview: Who? Quang Ly Where? ESL Writing class When? this semester Main idea: Quang Ly is one of my classmates in my ESL writing class this semester. Your turn: practice writing your main idea for your composition

12. Composing the main idea Practice 2: p 27

13. Organizing the body • Be sure to include: • Basic background information • Personal information, such as interests, opinions, and goals • Reaction the writer had to the person interviewed • You turn: use your outline to help you write the body of your composition

14. Organizing the body Practice 3 p. 28

15. Writing the conclusion Gives closure Gives the writer’s strongest impression.

16. Practice 4 p 29 • Which of these is a conclusion? Which is not? • I will always remember Seynab’s courage. • It took her three years to get a visa for the United States, but she finally succeeded. Let’s look at p. 29 for more practice. Now let’s take some time to write a conclusion for our own drafts.

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18. Chapter 4: Supplying Reasons Let’s read through the sample compositions on page 76-78 What are the main ideas of these compositions? What are the supporting reasons?

19. Making lists Make a list of ideas about your topic Decide on a main idea that most of the ideas on your list support Cross out ideas that do not relate to your main idea Group relevant ideas together Write a general statement that is true for each group of supporting ideas

20. Making Lists Practice 1 page 80

21. Topic The reasons you like or dislike a particular store, restaurant, or place of entertainment

22. Brainstorming (see handout) Listing Clustering Freewriting Others: ???

23. Homework Finish your interview draft and bring it on Tuesday Find a restaurant for your restaurant review, begin to brainstorm ideas/outline (see handout)