Unit 2: Organizing Ideas

Class Activities:

• Theme: Education

• Reading: The Education of Frank McCourt

Reading for main ideas

Reading for details

Reacting to the reading

• Style: the Three-Part Paragraph and Transition words and phrases:

Paragraph: Topic sentence, Supporting sentences and Concluding sentence

Paragraph exercises: Exercise 1 & Exercise 2
Topic Sentences exercises: Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6 & Exercise 7

Transitions or Signalling :Exercise 10, Exercise 11 & Exercise 12

• Revising: Flow of information in paragraphs

Exercise 8 & Exercise 9

• Editing: using comas - Exercise 2

Lab Activities:

• Blog and wiki posting
• Writing exercises

Updating and participating at International Collaboration Ning Community

Getting a Blog in 3 Steps

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A Love story!

Watch the video and write your opinion about it. Write a short paragraph stating why you liked it or not.

Writing Group Jan-April 2008

Transitional words and phrases