Advanced English Writing

Week 6

Lesson plan

1. Announcements – Your writing samples

2. Quiz: subordinators 3. Writing techniques:

– Transition signals – Compound sentences – Complex sentences

4. Peer editing 5. Continuing your body paragraphs 6. Homework

1. Announcements

• Some problems with your introductions and body paragraphs:

– Too short.

– Not enough information.

– No compound sentences.

– If you do the absolute minimum, I will give a minimal grade.

2. Quiz

• You have 5 minutes to complete the quiz.

3. Writing techniques

1. Transition signals

2. Compound sentences

3. Complex sentences

3. Writing techniques

1. Transition signals

• Transition phrase: typically used at the start of a sentence, requires a comma.

• Coordinator: used to make compound sentences and lists, not used at the beginning of a sentence.

• Subordinator: used at the start or middle of a sentence, used to form complex sentences

• Conjunctive adverb: used at the start or middle of a sentence, can make compound sentences.

3. Writing techniques

1. Transition signals

• A FEW TIPS: • Don’t start a sentence with a coordinator.

• Don’t start a sentence with THEN use After, Afterward

• Transition phrases are often prepositional phrases: in contrast, to compare…, in addition, etc.

3. Writing techniques

2. Compound sentences:

Ind. clause + coordinator/conj. adv. + Ind. clause

1. The dog stole my hat. I ran after it. (2 simple sentences)

2. The dog stole my hat, so I ran after it. (compound sentence)

3. The dog stole my hat; consequently, I ran after it. (compound sentence)

DO NOT INCLUDE THREE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES IN A SENTENCE! ONLY TWO.

3. Writing techniques

3. Complex sentences

Ind. clause + subordinator + dep. clause

Subordinator + dep. clause + ind. Clause

1. Because the dog stole my hat, I ran after it.

2. I ran after the dog because it stole my hate.

3. Writing techniques: Practice #2

4. Peer-editing

• Peer-editing is simple. Each group will edit another groups writing samples.

• I will provide you with a simple checklist to follow when peer-editing.

4. Peer-editing

• Let’s go over the checklist.

• I will give you 15 minutes to review the other groups writing samples. After this time, you will pair up with the group and talk about your corrections. I will give you an additional ten minutes.

6. Homework

1. Your homework for next week will be to incorporate the to your essays AND complete the second and third body paragraphs of your essay. You will post these new paragraphs on the website.

6. Homework

1. Your essays will be due on Friday October 16, by midnight. I will give you instructions on how to submit your essays next week.

2. A rubric will be posted online by the end of the week.