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Lecture Two: Learning About Organization and More Brainstorming

This document provides guidance for students on organizing ideas, connecting sentences, using descriptive words, and ending personal stories. It discusses collecting student profiles, grading systems, brainstorming special places, and analyzing example sentences. Students are instructed to brainstorm special places and write a paragraph about one, including where it was, what happened, when, important details, and how they felt and how their story ended.

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Lecture Two: Learning About Organization and More Brainstorming

This document provides guidance for students on organizing ideas, connecting sentences, using descriptive words, and ending personal stories. It discusses collecting student profiles, grading systems, brainstorming special places, and analyzing example sentences. Students are instructed to brainstorm special places and write a paragraph about one, including where it was, what happened, when, important details, and how they felt and how their story ended.

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Lecture Two

Learning about organization


and more brainstorming
In today’s lecture…
• Collecting of student profiles
• Reminders
• The course homepage
• How your grade is created
• A quick review of last week’s lecture
• Brainstorming special places
• Organizing ideas and analyzing
sentences
• Using adjectives and adverbs to
express more
• How to end a story
Reminder of your
Grading System
grade
Attendance 20%
(10% of this is General Attitude)
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Exam 30%
Weekly Journal Writing 10%
Writing Assignments 10%
TOTAL
100%
Who am I?
interests pets
frien
ds family

likes and dislikes


future plans

school and/or your job


Who Am I?
I teach at Dankook professional dog = Jo Mi
Nam
University in Cheonan. boxer

Amy-Michelle

Polish- Canadian I like making home


videos and writing stories.

love weight training funny and favorite holiday


love to joke is Thanksgiving
Connecting
Sentences…
To connect sentences with similar or additional
information, use and.
To connect sentences with different or unexpected
information, use but.

4. My favorite season is winter, ___ I love Christmas.


5. I am from Canada, ___ my mother is from Austria.
6. My love to travel, ___ I have never been to China.
7. My brother lives in New York, ___ is a photographer.
8. I live in Korea, ____ I am Canadian.
9. I play the piano, ___ I can play the violin.
10. He has two cats, ___ he also has seven cats.
11. I really like sushi, ____ I don’t like cooked fish.
Carlita’s e-mail letter of
Hi Julie,
Introduction

I will be your new roommate at Central Canadian


College this fall, so
let me tell you about myself. I am Mexican, but I live in
the United
States. I have traveled a lot, but I have never been to
Canada. I love
math and science, and I want to study biology in college.
In my free
time, I like listening to music, and I like singing. Do you
like music?
What kind of music do you like? Please write back to me,
Amy’s Letter of
Introduction
Dear Ji Hye, greeting

My name is Amy-Michelle. I am ## years old, and


I am a Polish-
Canadian woman. I teach at Dankook University, but I
am also a
professional boxer. My dog is Jo Mi Nam, but he’s not
handsome like
his name says he is. I love joking, and I love weight
training. My
hobby is making home videos, and writing stories. My
favorite
Now on to today’s
lecture…
What are some special places
near your home, and why are
they special?
Special Places Near my
Home
Special Places Near my
Home
Special Place When What happened there
• Hongik • February • Met my best friend.
Fitness 2006 • Best year of teaching.
• Eumbong • March 2006
Middle School • Had my 1st boxing
• Bokil High • February fight.
School 2008
• UP Boxing • I met my boyfriend
Club • May 2009
there.
• Daecheon • August 2009
• Filmed a TV show.
Beach
Analyzing Sentences
[1] There was a river near my
home. [2] One
day when I was five, I was playing by
the river
with my friends. [3] I got too close to
the river.
[4] I fell in. [5] My clothes got wet and
dirty. [6]
When I got home, my mother was
The Power of Adjectives and
Adverbs
Adjectives: They describe a noun.
Noun: Person, place or thing.
Adverbs: They describe the how of a
verb and they usually end in “ly”.
Verb: An action word.
Expressing more with
Words
Setting the Scene
In order to set the scene, we’re going
to use prepositions to help us with
our writing.

What are prepositions?


Amy’s Special Place
1. Where was the special place?
-UP Boxing Club, Cheonan, South Korea
2. What happened there?
- met my boyfriend, Young Bin, there.
7. When did it happen?
- had seen him before but we didn’t actually talk until
May of 2009.
10. Any extra important details?
- was kind of afraid and nervous of him at first
- he had a bad reputation
- he didn’t talk to anyone
- rumors were that he use to be a street fighter
16. How did you feel and how did your story end?
After I started to date him, I realized that he was just a
big teddy bear and so I felt relieved and happy to meet
My Special Place
Just down the street from my apartment was a small
boxing club. It was
called UP Boxing Club. One day when I was there training, I
saw a new boxer
training. It was May of 2009 and the boxer’s name with Kim
Young Bin. He
wasn’t a new boxer but he was new to my boxing club. I was
pretty nervous to
talk to him because my friends told me nasty rumors about
him, and he didn’t
look too friendly. Some people said he was a street fighter,
while others said
he was in a gang. I felt so uncomfortable training beside him,
but I was
curious. Then one late evening he called me. He said he
Ending a Personal
Story
It includes the outcome and the writer’s
feelings.

Examples:
4. After I lost the fight, I…
5. After I won the fight, I…
6. After I _____________, I…
7. __________________, my sister
cheered.
Silent Self-Writing Time
During this time I want you to do the following:
2. Brainstorm a list of at least five special places
and what happened there.
3. Pick one of your special places and plan your
paragraph by answering the following
questions:
(You can use point form. Remember to double-
space.)
1. Where was the special place?
2. What happened there?
3. When did it happen?
4. Are there any extra important details?
5. How did you feel and how did your story
end?

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