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2015-09-11 Writing: write a how-to paragraph

Sep 11th, 2015
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  1. Greg Malivuk
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  4. Homework:
  5. Choose one topic from the list on p. 78 or your own idea.
  6. Write a list of the steps or suggestions you need to do the activity (see p. 83).
  7. Read your list and choose the most important ideas, then decide on the order (p. 84)
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  9. p. 78 - time-order and listing-order transition signals
  10. Listing-order = like you did last week, where the order in time is not important, but you still need to show that you are moving from one idea to the next in your paragraph. (You don’t have to do one before another, but you do have to explain one before the other.)
  11. Time-order = The order in time is important, and you need to show that you are moving from one step to the next step in your paragraph. (You have to do one step before another step.)
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  13. p. 79 - examples of the transition signals
  14. All of them need a comma, except “then”.
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  16. Pour the water into the coffee machine, and then turn it on.
  17. Pour the water into the coffee machine. Then turn it on. After that, wait until it…
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  19. Use the list you made for homework to write an instruction paragraph about how to do one of the things on p. 78 (or your own idea). Use transition signals and make sure you have a topic sentence and a conclusion.
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  21. You need to add exactly 500 mL of water.
  22. Put it exactly in the center of the room.
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  24. You can make a cup of coffee by following these steps. First…
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  26. Homework: finish your paragraphs
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