June 11 and 18

On June 11 I picked up a worksheet that I had made to write questions and answers using the 5 W's and one H.
For June 11 to 18 the homework was to rewrite the 4 sentences on page 38, Activity 7, to make them more descriptive and clearer.

Today's homework was:

Homework for June 18-June 25:
Read paragraph 15 on page 52 if you have not read it already.
Then do Activity 2 on pages 54-55. Type this on an A4 sheet of paper.
Write a paragraph to describe something. Choose one thing (or place or situation) to describe. Include your brainstorm. Write approximately 10 sentences.)

Try to choose something that has many sensory words. (sight, sound, smell, taste, feeling)

Hand in the complete writing with brainstorm and other parts at the beginning of the next (June 25) class.

June 4

June sounds like "summer" to me, and, indeed, it is hot, or at least warm.

Today I returned the Brainstorming Workshop worksheet to students. The results were good, but not great. We did some listing, diagramming, and free-writing. Perhaps we should practice some more. We also went over part of the worksheet which was left as homework. After discussing Transitions, we finished Unit One and went to Unit Two: Five Elements of Good Writing. We have talked about Purpose and Audience. There are three other elements left to discuss. For next week, I gave a worksheet which asks you to choose a topic sentence and then ask WH and H questions about it. From answering these questions, you can write answers and become a better writer. Newspaper writers use this method, too. In addition, Activity 5 on page 36 asks you to use descriptive or precise words instead of boring or dull words. Please prepare that!

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May 29

Today we worked on a worksheet that summarized most of the content of Unit 1. We also did a few exercises directly from Unit 1. Most students were able to work quickly and get the correct answers for most questions, so I think there is a good understanding of the ideas of Unit 1. There is a short homework for next week (to finish Unit 1) and we will begin Unit 2. We may also do an activity for asking questions and writing a paragraph.

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