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2015-07-30 Writing: topics and specific details

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  1. Greg Malivuk
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  4. Homework: p. 111 question 3 and p. 112 Practice 2, A and B (prepositions)
  5. (NOTE: I will start closing the door after 5 minutes, and if you’re later than that you will not be able to enter.)
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  7. p. 111 question 3
  8. the front wall, the front area of the hall, the main part of the hall
  9. p. 112 A
  10. 2 behind
  11. 3 to the left of
  12. 4 underneath
  13. 5 against
  14. 6 at the front of
  15. 7 to the right of
  16. 8 in front of
  17. 9 on the left of
  18. 10 between
  19. part B
  20. The smartboard is on the wall.
  21. The bed is in front of the window and I’m lying on it.
  22. The laptop is on the table.
  23. The dictionary is against the wall.
  24. The teacher is in front of the smart board.
  25. The keyboard is in front of the teacher on the desk.
  26. The pipe is from the floor to ceiling of the room, in the corner on the right side of the room.
  27. It’s on the teacher’s left. It’s on your right as you enter the room. It’s on their right.
  28. (In theater, we talk about “stage left” and “stage right”, because the actors and audience face opposite directions.)
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  30. p. 113
  31. Topic sentence:
  32. Like the topic sentences of listing-order and how-to paragraphs, the topic sentence of a descriptive paragraph also has a topic and a controlling idea.
  33. topic: “the topic sentence of a descriptive paragraph”
  34. controlling idea: “has a topic and a controlling idea”
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  36. subject of a sentence - information about the subject (one sentence)
  37. topic sentence - body sentences - concluding sentence (one paragraph)
  38. introductory paragraph - body paragraphs - concluding paragraph (5ish paragraphs)
  39. introduction section - body - conclusion (article of several pages)
  40. introductory chapter - main chapters - concluding chapter (book)
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  42. p. 114 - take three minutes to skim the paragraph and answer the questions about it
  43. 1 topic: my nephew, controlling idea: he is extremely tall
  44. 2 tall
  45. 3 opinion
  46. 4 top to bottom
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  48. p. 115
  49. 1 he wears size 16 shoes / his shoe size is 16 / his shoes are size 16
  50. When he stands in a doorway, he fills the whole thing.
  51. (specific details can be about what it’s like to “experience” the main idea)
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  53. Homework: choose a specific location in your country (could be a monument or national landmark or a naturally beautiful place), and write a list of specific details about it
  54. (Use Google Earth and Google Streetview, or other online images, if you don’t remember how everything is located.)
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