Article structure (Checkpoint)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Start assignment 

Write 3 sentences about your weekend using one each of the following:

verb, proper noun, pronoun, fronted adverb, prepositional phrase

example:

1 Carefully, Tomas walked over the ice in fear of falling like he did last time.

Which is a fronted adverbial?

1. She shut carefully the door
2. The door shut carefully
3. Carefully, she shut the door
4. She shut the door carefully.

Which is a prepositional phrase?

1. They in the old barn met
2. Out of pity he said he would
3. Better together
4. She saw a spider

Fact or opinion
Chocolate mousse is delicious

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Fact or opinion
Italy is a very hot country in the summer

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Fact or opinion
The world is round

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Fact or opinion
Maths is more difficult than English

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Article? Ready to explain why?

Article? Ready to explain why?

Brainstorm

In 2's or 3's

3 minutes

What makes a text an article?

Other than body paragraphs, what other paragraphs do you need?

Introduction: what are you writing about, why, 3 main points to discuss

Point 1 discussed in in detail

Point 2 discussed in in detail

Point 3 discussed in in detail

Conclusion: briefly summarise what you talked about, why (reason for writing) and leave the reader with a thought provoking idea...

Ideas

First sentence - light up your readers brain or they switch off

Keep it short and:

Ask a question or

Tell a story or

Tell them a shocking fact or

Tell them a very short anecdote

Tell the reader to imagine...

Writing an article

The introduction - LIGHT UP MY BRAIN!

Examples

This article is all about how to plan your life. I will discuss how it may give you more time, how you may get to see your friends more and how important planning is. Teenagers are not good at planning. Here is how you should learn to plan to be better at it.

Write the article structure on your whiteboard

Yes and...

In pairs

A = asks b a question 'what did you like most about last week?'

B= answers (light up A's brain!)

A=ask yes and

B=answers yes and then (gives more detail)

A= repeats 'yes and 'until they have a clear answer

Why?

Today's planning:

Today's aims:

Aim: I can write using fronted adverbials and prepositional phrases 

Aim: I can discuss the difference between a fact and opinion

Aim: I can identify the correct way to structure an article

Examples

Imagine if you will. After a long day at school, and a long evening ahead of you that in the touch of a button help is at hand. I want to tell you about how learning to plan changed my life, how it gave me more time for fun and how my grades increased with minimum effort. Sounds too good to be true right? Well read on for the best life hacks!

Examples

Imagine if you will. After a long day at school, and a long evening ahead of you that in the touch of a button help is at hand. I want to tell you about how learning to plan changed my life, how it gave me more time for fun and how my grades increased with minimum effort. Sounds too good to be true right? Well read on for the best life hacks!

Look at your notes on the introduction. What parts match with the coloured text?

Never, ever, ever ever, ever again!

alot

i

ur

gonna

yeah

life

live

Examples

Introduction

In this article I will share my point of view on the advantages and disadvantages of owning and using these devices and developing invaluable technology .

Conclusion

I think that balance is the key. Young people are growing up in a digital world, it is not the same world that their parents and granparents grew up in, but as with anything in life their has to be a balance. I think that technology is a great thing, if used correctly and that looks like being responsible with your time on a device and having integrity about what you look up online.

Beautiful class example!

What are the advantages of Technology?

Technology proves to be highly advantageous for the growth and exposure of a child if properly used. Because of the development of technology, doctors are now able to save many people’s lives. For instance, xrays, ECGS and CT Scans are much faster now. It has proven to be Major role for education institutions to conduct online classes in covid 19, However there are ways technology has a negative impact on our lives.

General article feedback

Did you look at the structure in the book?

Headlines and subheadings missing

Introducing what you will write about in the introduction

Conclusion paragraph with a summary of what you wrote about

Spelling mistakes/no capitals

Importance of good and bad (points)

Expanding points

Stick to the assignment

Informal language - sure and see

General letter feedback

- Don't forget to sign-off or use the proper sign-off
- Don't forget to write a 3rd paragraph summarizing what you've said and/or including a suggestion

- Start your letter with an address and date

- Don't use abbreviations

- Write out your numbers

- Dear Miss/Ms

Homework

Finish the Checkpoint questions up to and including question 6

Homework

Look up the collective nouns for:

Players Drinks

Lions Dancers

Stairs Books

So what is a collective noun:

A word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things

e.g. team, crowd , flock, choir, group

People:

a band of musicians

a team of players 

a crowd of people

a gang of thieves

a pack of thieves

a class of students

a board of directors

Animals:

an army of ants, 

a flock of birds, 

a flock of sheep, 

a herd of deer, 

a hive of bees, 

a litter of puppies, 

a pack of wolves, 

a murder of crows.

things:

a bouquet of flowers

a bunch of flowers

a fleet of ships

a forest of tress

a galaxy of stars

a pack of cards

a pack of lies

a pair of shoes

a range of mountains

Sometimes the collective nouns can be shared across the categories,

e.g. a pack of thieves, a pack of wolves, a pack of lies, a pack of cards, a pack of hounds

A collective noun can be singular or plural

The shoal was moving north

shoal is singuar- considered as one unit

The shoal were darting in all directions

shoal is plural considered as lots of individuals

There is always an incredible crowd that follows me ( boxer Mohamed Ali)

HOMEWORK!

What is the collective noun for...

Players  Drinks

Lions      Dancers

Stairs     Books

Lesson aims

- last checkpoint information (collective nouns and fact/opinion)

- making writing fun to read

- knowing how to improve your writing