Learn English Writing
Work Plan – Week 1
- understand the benefits, expectations outcomes of this course by looking at the syllabus (or pdf file)
- improve your ability to express meaning with new vocabulary
- refresh your English writing skills with a few basic writing tools
- summon your ability to notice details with some error correction exercises
- activate higher order thinking by writing a summary of a video
- begin the learning process by writing a story about a place
- dive into learning with a 15 minute writing exercise
15-Minute Writing Exercise
Read the prompt below. You have a total of 15 minutes to complete a first draft. Spend a few minutes thinking about what you will write about. Be sure to include as many details as possible.
Write a short story in which all the action occurs in different places and at different times.
• Skill: accurately describe events with different verb tenses.
Writing about a Place
This worksheet has one short paragraph. It describes a person’s experience on the subway. The writing gives the reader a good picture of the what we can hear, see and smell in a subway. Read the story. Look closely at the verbs the writer uses to help us understand the place. It is a good example of an old writing rule: don’t tell me about the subway, show me the subway with words. BTW, what are the five human senses?
Now it’s your turn to write. You will write a one paragraph story.
- Choose a place which has many different senses.
- Brainstorm a list of verbs, nouns and adjectives.
- Start writing one paragraph.
- Read, edit and rewrite.
PHOTO CREDIT
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