Learn English writing activities this week
Here is a checklist of things to complete by the end of this week:
- finish 3rd draft of four writing assignments (homeless guy, health and wealth, book or movie review, guided writing exercise about adding emotion based on the theme show me don’t tell me)
- complete 4 chapters in the textbook
- learn and understand topic, controlling idea and controlling sentence (chapter 3 in the textbook)
- have a clear understating of the differences between correlation and causation and be ready to provide examples for each
- know the eight parts of speech
- know at least four ways to create cohesion in a paragraph of story (here, here and here)
- know some ways to create an interesting first sentence
- know the answers to the questions on quiz #1
Part 1. More Correlation and Causation
- Explain the humor in this cartoon by talking about correlation and causation.
- Describe the two arguments in this picture. Which one do you think is correct?
Part 2: Text Book Answers
Here are the answers for chapter 3 in the textbook.
Part 3: Quiz 1
Writing students will have their first quiz this week. The study review paper is here.