Lecture One: Prewriting: Organizing Ideas

Lecture One Prewriting: Organizing Ideas

In today’s lecture…  

10 minutes of free style writing Expectations What I expect and what you can expect.

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Handouts Course Outline Student Profile

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Pre-writing Brainstorming and organizing ideas

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Silent Self-writing time Web diagram brainstorming Self introduction letter

What I expect from you… 1. Come to class prepared. -

Writing from Within Intro class textbook pen/pencil and notebook desk name ID card

2. Have respect… -

respect for yourself, classmates and professor

3. Participate and try. -

Practice makes perfect.

4. No cell phones!!!

What you can expect from me… 1. Opportunities to improve your English. 2. No pressure from me. 3. Weekly homepage updates. -

The homepage will have the PPT lecture files, extra copies of handouts, and extra information like website links and class memos.

4. I will always try to help you… -

with homework, assignments, attendance, exams, etc.

The Course Outline

Student Profile Name: 조수현 English name: Amy-Michelle Student number: 520.. Telephone number: 010-… Email address: [email protected] Major: Economics Year: 1 Class number: W-31 Class day and time: Wednesdays at 11:20am Your level of English: 1 2 3 4

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Please write 3 sentences about yourself: 15. My favorite sport is boxing. 16. When I was younger I wanted to be a professional wrestler. 17. My favorite Korean dishes are tuna stew (chumchi jjigga) and chicken with cheese (cheese tak galbi).

Prewriting…

What do you think of when you see or hear the word

Summer

Brainstorming…1-2-3

Summer

Brainstorming…1-2-3 going to the beach picnics

tanning I don’t have to go to school.

Summer relaxing

too many air condition mosquitoes

I can go travel.

Who is Luigi?

Writing from Within Intro, page 4

Who are you?

If someone asked you to talk about yourself, what things would you talk about?

Who am I? interests

frien ds

likes and dislikes

family

pets

future plans

school and/or your job

Who Am I? I teach at Dankook University in Cheonan.

professional boxer

dog = Jo Mi Nam

Amy-Michelle Polish- Canadian

I like making home videos and

writing stories. love weight training funny and favorite holiday love to joke is Thanksgiving

Topics to talk about

Writing from Within Intro, page 8

Adding more information… (page 9) Sentence: I play in a rock bad. More information: Our band is called Off the Wall. a.

Sentence: I like listening to music. More information:

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Sentence: I live in Suwon. More information:

c.

Sentence: I’m a university student. More information:

d.

Sentence: My best friend is Bobby. More information:

Connecting Sentences

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. 12.I have one sister, ____ she is has two children.

Carlita’s e-mail letter of Introduction Hi Julie, I will be your new roommate at Central Canadian College this fall, so let me tell you about myself. I am Mexican. I live in the United States. I have traveled a lot. I have never been to Canada. I love math and science. I want to study biology in college. In my free time, I like listening to music. I like singing. Do you like music? What kind of music do you like? Please write back to me. Tell me something about yourself. Best wishes, Carlita

Carlita’s e-mail letter of

Hi Julie,

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, and tell me something about yourself. Best wishes, Carlita

Lin’s e-mail letter of introduction Dear Mr. and Mrs. Jones, My name is Lin. I will be your homestay quest for this summer, so let me tell you about myself. I am a 24-year-old Taiwanese woman. I am studying to be a nurse at Mackay Junior College of Nursing. I live in a small apartment in Taipei, but I want to move to the countryside some day and work in a hospital. I have two younger sisters. We all get along very well. I like to dance in my free time. I take ballet lessons, but I like flamenco dancing, too. I sometimes dance at festivals. Sincerely, Lin

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 holiday is Thanksgiving, but I also like New Year’s Eve. Yours truly,

closing

Amy-Michelle Berezowski

your name

Silent Self-Writing Time

Silent Self-Writing Time During this time I want you to do the following: 1. Make a web diagram to brainstorm about yourself (you can use page 5). 4. Write a self introduction letter about yourself.