2015-08-27 Writing: adjectives, paragraph format

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 7 parts B and C
part B
angry / mad
patient / calm
grown up / mature
funny / amusing
trustworthy / dependable
(trustworthy = the person will be honest and keep my secrets, dependable = the person will do what I need them to do)
caring / kind
tense / nervous
sad / unhappy
part C
1 mad
2 patient (slow students will take a long time to learn, and “patient” means you can wait)
3 nervous
4 mature
5 dependable (“trustworthy” is probably better here)
6 amusing
funny = amusing, it makes me laugh (like comedy)
fun = enjoyable, it makes me happy
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p. 8-9 gives advice for the arrangement of written paragraphs
p. 12 gives an example with some mistakes
- the name should be in the left corner, not in the center
- the title should be in the center
- the first line should be indented (about 1cm)
- “She is from” and “She is married” and “She lives” and “She likes” and “She doesn’t” should all start right after the previous sentence (not on a new line)
- there should not be a new line between “listen to” and “music”
- it should be double-spaced (with a blank line between each line of writing)
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Typing your paper is good practice for university (where almost everything will need to be typed). It is also a good way for me to see if you have correct punctuation and capitalization.
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Title: “My Classmate” or “My Brother” or “My Best Friend”
Topic sentence: My new classmate [name] is a very cheerful and outgoing person.
Supporting sentences: background information about the person (job, nationality, hobbies), maybe also some examples of how the person is cheerful and outgoing (or whatever adjective you chose)
Concluding sentence: how you feel about the person (“I am very glad to know [name] and look forward to taking a class together.”)
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Background information should be from the questions you asked in class on Tuesday.
Other students: write about someone else you know (a friend or family member), or invent a classmate
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Homework: write a short paragraph about your classmate. Make sure the format of the paragraph is correct (like we talked about today)