how to write

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Goals:

At the end of class you...

... will be able to share 3 important facts you have learned about you country
... will know when and how to use punctuation (homework check)
... will know how to write interesting sentences
... will know how to write a paragraph

3 important facts about your country

Punctuation

.          full stop / period          

,          comma                             

?         question mark             

!          exclamation mark      

:          colon

'         apostrophe

" "     quotation marks

Mind your punctuation!

Wat is het verschil tussen deze 2 zinnen?

Begin je zin met een hoofdletter, eindig met een punt. Schrijf leesbaar.

the dog ran up to anne she picked up the ball she gave it to the animal

alex wanted to see all the sights in london so he went to the big ben the london eye and buckingham palace

 Chama has a dress. It is new. It is red. It has silver buttons.

 Chama has a dress. It is new. It is red. It has silver buttons.

Chama has a new red dress with silver buttons.

Amber ate lunch. She ate a sandwich. She had a bowl of soup. The soup was hot. She drank a glass of milk. The milk was cold.

For lunch Amber ate a sandwich and a bowl of hot soup, and she drank a glass of cold milk.

Make the following short sentences into ONE longer sentence. Write in your notebook. (Use the words in parentheses.)

1. Look at that dog! It is tiny. It is black. It has white spots on its face.(with)

2. My friend likes coffee. She likes tea. She doesn't like milk.(but)

3. My father is 45 years old. He plays football. He goes jogging. He doesn't play tennis any more. His wrist was broken. This happened two years ago.(who, but, because)

game time

Paragraphs

As to paragraphs, keep the following rules in mind:

1) Concentrate on one main point per paragraph;
2) Summarize this point in the first sentence;
3) All the sentences that follow support the main point or limit its scope;
4) Vary the lengths of your paragraphs, and avoid one-sentence paragraphs

writing paragraphs

Topic: Let me tell you about my best friend.

Supporting detail 1: She lives next door to me.

Supporting detail 2: We always have fun together.

Supporting detail 3: Best of all, she’s on my soccer team.

Closing sentence: I think she is the greatest friend I’ve ever had.

Let’s try a few paragraphs:

Topic: What I know about the Hema.

Supporting detail 1: ______________________________________________________

Supporting detail 2: ______________________________________________________

Supporting detail 3: ______________________________________________________

Closing sentence: ________________________________________________________

test

How would you do this for your test?

vocab book: unit 56 Adjectives

Goals:

At the end of class you...

... will be able to share 3 important things to know when writing
... know more about the daily living in other countries (magister.me)
... know  the proper word order rules
... have looked at your feedback.

What did you learn last class?

present simple

wanneer:
gewoontes, routines en feiten

hoe:
I/you/we/they = ww

he/she/it = ww+s
hulpww: do

write this down

 1. list five things you do before you go to school in the morning.

2. list three chores you have to do in your household.

watch the video:

Descibe Omisale's daily life.

How is her life different from yours? Make 3 comparisons

Correct word order:
Billy / to his friend /
five minutes ago / went

1. Billy went to his friend five minutes ago
2. Billy went five minutes ago to his friend
3. Billy five minutes ago went to his friend.
4. Five minutes ago Billy went to his friend

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. My sister got married last year.
2. Last year my sister got married.
3. My sister last year got married.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. He swims every day in the canal.
2. He swims in the canal every day.

time to write