Sophomore English Writing: Week 11

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Online English Writing

Review

Last week:

  • learned about analogies (metaphors and similes)
  • rewrote 2nd or 3rd draft of Syria video summary
  • started analysis of dog adoption advertisement #2
  • started assignment #3: analyze the analogy and argument in a story (Life is …)
  • started assignment #4: analyze the analogy and argument in a poem (and movie clip)

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Learn to Write English: Summaries

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Teach Writing Skills in English

Knowing how to write a summary is one of the most important skills an ESL student can learn in English class. Writing a summary well means students are able to understand the text, find the main idea and filter out the unnecessary information. Summary writing involves many critical thinking skills like analyzing, evaluating and organizing.

This online lesson helps ESL students improve writing and thinking skills with two practice exercises.

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