Writing lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Today

Recap last lessons

Grammar

Story writing mistakes

Story writing assignment 2

Recap

Conversations discussing why the community had become what it now is

What is good/bad about the community now

What was good/bad about the community before

Prequels and sequels...

Common mistakes

Grammar mistakes including incorrect use of irregular verbs

Telling rather than showing your story by describing

Incorrect use of new vocabulary words

A report style rather than a narrative style

Were and where

Watch and learn

A or an?

When do we use which version?

Complete the worksheet with your group

Common mistakes

Grammar mistakes including incorrect use of irregular verbs

Telling rather than showing your story by describing

Incorrect use of new vocabulary words

A report style rather than a narrative style

When to start a new paragraph?

Plot, setting and character

When describing character - show don't tell. E.g his heart was thumping and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He knew it was time.

Describing setting - use adjectives to help us visualise the place. The creeking gate made the old house seem even more spooky. It's broken windows, covered in dusty spiders webs meant no one had been here in a long time!

Use this to describe the following pictures in your groups

Writing assignment 2

All men are gone from the world, how do women conceive in this new world?

Consider (include) the following:

- What happened that all men are now gone?

- How does society function now?

The plot

We are going to decide together what happens in each part of the story

One group will write one part of the story

We will read the story out at the end of the lesson

Parts of the plot

In your groups write down the numbers 1-5 in a list on your note paper.

Now decide what happens in the story

1 Introduction

234 Body paragraphs

5 Last paragraph

We are going to decide what the story will be about together!

Paragraph 1 is about

Paragraph 2 is about

Paragraph 3 is about

Paragraph 4 is about

Paragraph 5 is about

Any last questions on the test?

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