2016-09-22 TOEFL: block format int. writing

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Block Format Integrated Writing:
1 Introduction: main idea and what each source says about it (same or different?)
2 Reading: summarize the main points of the reading
3 Lecture: summarize each point of the lecture *and* explain how they relate to the points from the reading (in the same order as the second paragraph)
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Two integrated writing tasks from ETS “Official TOEFL iBT Tests” Volume 2 (tests 1 and 3)
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If you don’t finish the third paragraph of a block format response, what’s the problem? If you don’t respond to the points and explain how they relate, you cannot possibly get a good score.
Write the third paragraph first. Then go back and write an intro and a short paragraph summarizing the points from the reading.
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Words to talk about the reading:
reading, article, text, author, writer
Words to talk about the listening:
listening, lecture, speaker, lecturer, professor
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Read the example responses that other students wrote.
- Does the student clearly state the main idea and the position of the reading and listening?
- Can you easily identify the main points?
- Is there an explanation of how the points from the listening contradict the points from the reading?

Identify the strengths and weaknesses as a class.
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Take a minute to read the sample response.
- Is this point-by-point or block? - point-by-point
- Is there an introduction? - yes, it’s the first sentence of the first paragraph
- Does it address each of the main points in the reading and listening? - yes
	1 reading less literature hurts our imaginations, intellects, and empathy
	2 replacing literature with “trivial” entertainment lowers the level of culture
	3 people will write less literature if demand falls too much
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How is your typing speed in English?
How can you improve it?
- Find online activities for improving typing speed and accuracy.
- Practice typing something you read.
- Try to type nonstop for 5, 10, 15 minutes about any topic.
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Tomorrow: speaking question 3
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Homework: rewrite the sample response to the dinosaur question in block format