Wednesday, October 5
REVIEW: Coordinating Conjunctions and Compound Sentences
If you combine clauses (or short sentences) well, you can make your ideas easier to follow. This makes for better writing. Here are two paragraphs (from LAWS-2, page 62) for you to practice:
If you combine clauses (or short sentences) well, you can make your ideas easier to follow. This makes for better writing. Here are two paragraphs (from LAWS-2, page 62) for you to practice:
For a complete explanation, please see these pages in the text (LAWS-2, pages 58-59).
Writing the Topic Sentence
It often is difficult to find an effective topic sentence. So let's take a second look at the controlling idea for Assignment 2-A.
It often is difficult to find an effective topic sentence. So let's take a second look at the controlling idea for Assignment 2-A.
Controlling Idea
If your controlling idea is still not clear, consider these points:
The adjective you choose to describe the job when you answer this question:
Let's practice with the exercise below.
The adjective you choose to describe the job when you answer this question:
- What do you think about his/her job?
Let's practice with the exercise below.
1.
Look at these adjectives which we often use to describe jobs:
Download a list of these words. (Click here.) You can save it to your Google Drive, or you can print it out.
2.
A. Click on the online dictionary ("Longman Dictionary of Comptempory English") to look the words up.
B. Type the vocabulary item in the box that says, "Search in English." C. Study ALL the definitions. D. Look at the "Example from the Corpus," to see how we use the word. |
E. Write the adjectives under the pictures which you think are most appropriate.
If you don't have online access, you can use one of the dictionaries in the classroom.
If you don't have online access, you can use one of the dictionaries in the classroom.
THINK ABOUT YOUR DRAFT
Look at these instructions from the text book (LAWS-1, p. 126):
Look at these instructions from the text book (LAWS-1, p. 126):
Last Chance for Revisions
After the break, we continued to work on the controlling idea.
After the break, we continued to work on the controlling idea.