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1 Practical English Writing , Kaohsiung

2 Brevity is the soul of wit - Shakespeare

3 Recap (from last class) Narrative paragraphs (story telling) Compound sentences Capitalisation Commas

4 Before we start Homework 1: basic problems: -prepositions (for, about, of, to ) -use of verbs -plurals -articles (a, the) - compound sentences. (more later) Waiting for homework 2

5 Compound sentence: an example What do you want from the writing class? Writing skills (improve) Critical thinking (train) A complete article (learn to write)

6 Compound sentence: an example I want to improve my grammar, writing, and write a good paragraph.

7 Compound sentence: an example I want to improve my grammar, writing, and write a good paragraph. The underlined are not parallel ( 平行 )!

8 Compound sentence: an example I want to improve my grammar, writing, and write a good paragraph. The underlined are not parallel ( 平行 )! I want to improve my grammar and writing skills and learn to write a good paragraph.

9 Compound sentence: another example What do you want from the writing class? Writing skills (improve) Critical thinking (train) A complete article (learn to write) I want to improve my writing skills, train my critical thinking, and learn to write a complete article.

10 Prepositions I want to learn more skills about writing and how to express my opinion. writing skills Opinions I want to learn more writing skills and methods to express my opinions. I want to improve my writing skills to help me express my opinions.

11 Articles When I write a paragraph, I do not know how to start. I always have no ideas. Sometimes I can not understand teacher s meaning in the class. So I hope teacher could speak slowly. If I have questions, I will ask classmates who can help and give me the answers.

12 Articles When I write a paragraph, I always( USUALLY) have no idea HOW TO START. Sometimes I CANNOT understand THE teacher s meaning in the class. So I hope THE teacher could speak slowly. If I have questions, I will ask classmates FOR the answers.

13 Today Chapter 2: Compound sentences Free writing (like brainstorming) Reviewing what you wrote

14 Today Exercise: What did you do today? (NARRATIVE WRITING) Write down your name and student number and switch your work with your neighbour Please check: -tenses, subject-verb agreements, sentence structures, prepositions,

15 Today Exercise: What did you do today? I woke up at 6:30pm, came to school early but found that the English department office was closed, so I went to Family Mart for breakfast.

16 I got up at 10 o clock this morning. I washed my face and brush my teeth, and then I had breakfast. Then I exercised in the park and I enjoyed the sceneries. At 12 o clock, I had lunch. (I exercised in the parking, enjoying the sceneries.)

17 Free writing I am tired. I woke up at 5 in the morning and worked all day. I wanted to have some rest but the teacher is making me work so hard that I want to throw up. My head hurts. I don t want to do this any more. I cannot wait until the class ends and I can go home, have a shower and go to bed. DON T JUST LOOK. START WRITING, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18 I went to India. I forgot to feed my pet this morning. The weather is becoming cool. Infinitive - I went to the tea shop to buy some drinks. - Vincent didn t do his homework for this class and he didn t do (the one for/that of) last week also/either/as well.

19 homework New York Times article Read the syllabus Prepare for the next class P (compound sentences)

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