2019-11-04 Writing: list vs. time order

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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vocabulary:
yard = area outside of and around a house, usually mostly grass
yard sale = a sale in a yard, especially for a family’s used or unwanted things
	(There’s basically no difference between a yard sale and a garage sale.)
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Read the model paragraph and answer the questions under it.
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English has three basic types of sentences:
1 statements: You need to prepare well. We will have a yard sale next week. It won’t be this week.
	(statements can be affirmative or negative)
2 commands: Prepare well. Look through your family’s belongings. Don’t forget about the sale.
	(commands can be affirmative or negative; we understand the subject is “you”)
3 questions: Will your sale be tomorrow? When will you have your sale? Who will come?
	(questions can be yes/no or information questions; some info questions are subject questions)
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Two common orderings for how-to paragraphs are listing order and time order.

listing order = list-order
	- If you can do the things in any order or at the same time
	(The items on a grocery list can be in any order.)
time order = chronological order
	- If it’s important for some steps to be completed before others
	(The steps in a recipe are in time order.)
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p. 80 practice 4 (on the screen) - Decide if each topic would best be in time order or listing order.
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These can be combined, with major steps in one order and smaller steps in the other.
- In a shopping trip, it doesn’t matter if you get frozen vegetables or ice cream first, but you’d probably want to get frozen food after toilet paper.
- When cooking, it doesn’t matter if you put on the salt or pepper first, but you should put them both on before you cook the food.
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https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - To compare the frequency of different words or phrases in English books. (There are also other languages available.)