Lesson 7
Digital Board:
This week we reviewed the classification paragraph essasy. We also mentioned some grammatical and punctuation points. The covered issues' slides are accessible below. After reviewing the slides you can move to the next part and complete grammar and punctuation activites. Then, you need to write a classification paragraph essay based on the suggested topics in the "Your Mission" section.
Recording: Session 7 - Group 1: https://live1.tehranserver.ir/p1htxau4nk48/
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Activity 1
Add to each sentence the correct form of the adjective in the parentheses.
1. I hope the _____ days of my life are still to come. (good)
2. The water in Mudville is _____ than the name of the town. (dirty)
3. If Tyrone were ____________, he would have more friends. (considerate)
4. The announcement of a surprise quiz gave me a ________ headache than this morning's traffic did. (bad)
5. The __________ scene in the horror movie was when dead people began crawling out of their graves. (scary)
6. In an effort to look __________, Bob replaced his thick glasses with write-rimmed ones. (stylish)
7. June is even __________ than her sister; she once burst out laughing at a wedding and had to run out of the church. (silly)
Activity 2
Choose the adjective or adverb needed in each sentece.
8. I need a vacation (bad, badly).
9. My boss tells me (frequent, frequently) that I do a good job.
10. Did you answer every question in the interview (truthful, truthfully)?
11. The surgeon stitched the wound very (careful, carefully) so that the scar would not be noticeable.
12. Eli dressed (nice, nicely) for his first meeting with his girlfriend's parents.
Activity 3
The following sentences use periods for separation. Rewrite the sentences. Replace the priods with semicolons and make any other necessary changes.
13. Gretchen and Bob have been frinds since lementary school. they are also next-door neighbors.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
14. The test was complicated. No one passed it.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
15. Tomatoes are necessary for a garden salad. Peas are not.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
16. Mexico lies to the south of the United States. Canada lies to the north.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
The Editors' Desk Task
Imagine that you are the chief editor of a journal and want to publish a weekly newspaper. In groups of 3, each studend choose one of the suggested topics and followoing the instructions given in the class share a blank document (please write your sure name in the title of form) in Google Docs with their partners and the instructor of the course. Before writing your essay group members can brain storm with each other in their groups and then can start writing their essays. While and after writing you can take advantages from your teammates suggestions. After that you can exchange your thoughts and other 2 members of your group need to evaluate your paper based on the following evluation form (you can download .docx or .pdf file attached below). In the final run, you must move your essay into a newpaper template and publish it with the other members of the class. You can find the newspaper template as a atatched file below this page.
Your Mission:
Use classification paragraph to develop an essay about one of the following topics. You'll need to limit the topic before you attempt to classify it.
- electronic devices
- high school
- a famous work of art
- sports
- insects
Peer evaluation cheklist:
Newspaper template:
