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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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- Goals for Today:
- Evaluate outlines for strengths and weaknesses of organization.
- Compare two low-scoring TOEFL independent writing tasks.
- Describe additional improvements to the better one.
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- “If you could meet a famous entertainer or athlete, who would that be, and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.”
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- “Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters, email, or telephone calls. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.”
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- Exchange your outlines from yesterday (in class and HW) with your partner.
- First of all, does the outline clearly answer the question?
- Does the organization make sense? Are the supporting ideas in a good order? Do they support the thesis statement (thesis statement = answer to the question)?
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- Read the independent writing question from this document:
- https://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/ibt_writing_sample_responses.pdf
- Which answer (agree or disagree) would be easier to write about? (It doesn’t matter what you really think.)
- Compare the different responses in that document. What is good and bad about each one?
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- Homework: Write an essay from one of your outlines. (My advice: time yourself for 20-25 minutes, and write as much of an essay as you can in that time.)
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