CCI. Activity 2. Paragraph

Dear all,

To keep up with your practice, complete the following exercise.

1. Chose a topic from the options given here:
a. college life
b. poverty
c. the environment
d. exercise
e. traveling

2. Brainstorm ideas about the topic, explore options, write down, take notes.
3. Using the information from step 2, write a topic sentence. Consider the following information on topic sentences:

• It serves to introduce an idea that will be discussed later in the paragraph. Do not include many details in the sentence

4. Write two or three supportive sentences that will elaborate reason, examples, and other infrmation to support your topic sentence
5. Connect sentences using correct punctuation.
6. Check spelling

This activity is due Fridady 29 January

CANCELLATION NOTICE for Jan 25th

Dear all,

Monday 25th, 8 AM class cancelled, baby Iker needs me, he's been sick all weekend and it's taking him time to recover, so I won't be able to go to class tomorrow morning. CCI to be confirmed, I'll call school in the morning to notify you.

Thanks!

Mariana

English 4, Activity 2 Living on a Tight Budget

After completing your brainstorming, share your paragraph here... remember to include a topic sentence and supportive sentences in your paragraph!

Welcome CCI Activity 1

Dear all,

We'll use this blog in order to practice TOEFL Wrting. You will be given a topic every week. You should use no more than 30 minutes to write an essay (200 words aprox), which will be scored according to its grammatical correctness and writing style, as well as the content of your ideas and your ability to support them with good examples. You can also use websites providing tips to improve your writing.

This essay is due Wednesday 27 Jan 2010.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The most important aspect of a job is the money a person earns. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Welcome English 4 Activity 1. Best and Worst Quality

Dear all,

Welcome to a new semester... in this blog we'll share ideas and will work on writing skills using Passages 1 as a reference for topics and skills, so let's get started.

Best and Worst quality

Write a paragraph describing your best quality and one describing your worst quality. Start your paragraph with a topic sentence (the one that includes the main idea of the paragraph), and the rest of the sentences should be about the same quality, giving an example to illustrate it and add any relevant information. Here are some examples of people talking about their best and worst qualities, these audios can give you an idea to start writing. If you need to, click on "transcript" to read what they say... if you discover any new vocabulary, you know what to do!
Some extra vocabulary can be found in this website.
See ya!

Mariana