1. Introduce English Irregular Verbs List

Agenda of the Day: 9/27/11

1. Introduce “English Irregular Verbs List” 2. Writing warm-up: “Write a story chain.” Start with “once upon a time…” and use past simple tense. 3. Quickly review and give answers to title, form, unity, and coherence (textbook pgs. 13-17) and homework exercises. 4. Introduce “Transition Words.” 5. Give answers to “Composition Skills” pages. 17-19 and complete Exercise 14 # 1-8 and Exercise 15 #1-3 6. Review: Narrative Writing 7. Review pages 29-34 about Narrative Writing and review Exercise 1 #1-6, Exercise 2 #1-5, and Exercise 3 #1-4. 8. Refine narrative paragraphs by adding appropriate transition words 9. Make corrections to narrative paragraphs 10. Peer-edit narrative paragraphs via “Peer-Editing Worksheet” 11. Turn in/email me final narrative draft 12. HW: “Transition Words Worksheet”

Six Components of a Body Paragraph:

1. All of the sentences are about only one topic (the topic sentence). 2. The first sentence of the paragraph is always indented. 3. Has a topic sentence that states the main idea/topic of the whole paragraph. It is often the first/second sentence. The topic sentence contains a controlling idea- the focus and direction of the topic, that states the writer’s ideas or attitude about the topic. 4. Has supporting sentences including details/examples that explain and support the topic sentence. 5. It often contains a concluding sentence that brings the paragraph to a logical conclusion. This can summarize, conclude, and/or provide a final comment, suggestion, or opinion about the topic. 6. Should have appropriate transition words that connect ideas smoothly and logically together.

A Topic Sentence that is too General: The topic sentence is too big of an idea, doesn’t have a focus, and you can write TOO much about that topic. a. Bad Example (too general): “Soccer is a great sport.” b. Good Example: “Soccer is a great sport because it brings people together.” A Topic Sentence that is too Specific:

The topic sentence is too small of an idea, it has too much focus, and you can’t write enough about the topic a. Bad Example (too specific): “Soccer was invented in the 15th century by the Egyptians.” b. Good Example: “Soccer has been an important sport throughout the world for many years.” Title: Should be centered at the top of the page Should be a short, relevant word or phrase and NOT a complete sentence All important words should be capitalized (not conjunctions or prepositions) Should be a dependent (partial) statement or question, NOT an answer. Doesn’t need a verb Good Example: o “The Reason Why Dogs Make Great Pets” o The Difference between Dogs and Cats Form: Name in the top-left hand corner, then teacher’s name and name of course Indent the first line of EVERY paragraph (use “tab” button) Use font “Times New Roman,” font 12-14 Use one-inch margins on the left and right sides of the paper Double-space the lines

Unity: When all the sentences relate to the topic and develop the controlling idea.

Coherence: When the ideas are arranged in an order that makes sense to the reader Sentences are in time order Sentences are in logical order Narrative Writing: Writing that tells either a nonfiction (true) or fiction (made-up) story about an incident/event that happened one time in the past, present, or future. It tells the story in time order, from beginning/first, to middle, to end/last. Transition/Connecting Words: They connect one idea to the next so the words/sentences “flow like water.” They show how one sentence relates to the sentence before or after it.

Time Order Transition Words: tell the reader that time is passing throughout your story. The ones you should focus on for your narrative paragraph are the first 4 columns on page 1. Look at the words in the following columns in this document:

1. "WHEN/TIME" TRANSITION WORDS: Tells the reader the general passage of time throughout a narrative story 2. "FIRST/STARTING" WORDS: Tells the reader that something happened first, or something is going to be mentioned first in the paragraph/essay 3. "SECOND/MORE" WORDS: Tells the reader something happened also, in the middle of the story, or is mentioned in addition to something else in the paragraph/essay 4. "LAST/CONCLUDING" WORDS: Tells the reader that something happened last, or something is going to be mentioned last in the paragraph/essay

Simple Present Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs  Most of time, when you are using the past simple tense, you are talking about something that happened ONE TIME in the PAST. Most of the time, to change verbs to past simple tense, you add +ED. However, some verbs are what we call "irregular," which is another way of saying crazy, weird, RULE-BREAKERS! For these past-tense verbs, you do NOT add +ED, you simply have to memorize how they are changed. For example:  REGULAR past-tense verb: Yesterday, I WALKED home. (add +ED to "walk)

 IRREGULAR past-tense verb: Yesterday, I WOKE up early (change "wake" to "woke)  Remember, if it is NOT on the “English Irregular Verbs List,” add +ED to make the verb past simple tense.