Practice activities from class
Narrowing Topics
- Travelling> places to visit>Europe> historical events>wars> World Wars
- Technology> technological devices> computers>social media>Twitter
- Parties> music> genres> everyone likes pop
- Feminism> protests> vote for everyone> equal rights
- Anime>different genres> shonen> D.Gray-man
- Great authors>William Shakespeare> theatre> Romeo and Juliet
- Vampires> Vampire novels> Dracula> Transilvania
- Chinese food> Orient food> eating with sticks>culture shock
- Fashion> fashion designers> models> cat walks
- Sports> football>football teams> rivality>fights
- Exotics pets> endangered species> hedgehogs>sonic
- Social Justice> not agreeing with something>manifestations>problems with police
- Multiculturalism>new culture mixed>rejection to new things>racism
- Psychology> mental problems>depression>not wanting to get better>society problems
- Dancing>different types of dance>ballet>ballerines>musicals
- Reflections and thoughs>thinking about the universe>getting distracted>ending more lost
- Short stories>haiku>writers>Hijikata Toshizo>war strategies
- Novels>different genres>fantasy novels>Howl's Moving Castle>Diana Wynne Jones
- Cinema>Hollywood>Oscars>Titanic>Leonardo Dicaprio
- TV series> Netflix>Stranger Things> Millie Bobby Brown
- The Victorian Era>Queen Victoria>Victorian dressess>fashion trend
- Cute things> Kawaii culture>Japan>Japan way of watching things>anime genre
- Steampunk>Industrial revolution>inventions>clothing theme
- Bikes> Cyclism>Competitions>Tour de France>Yellow maillot
- Chess>Competitions>strategies>strong mind
- Life on Campus>meeting new people>doing activities>being happy
- Adolescence>Teenagers>hard times> having to cope with it
- Harry Potter>J.K Rowling>books>film adaptations>Rupert Grin
- Comedy>Comedians>Comedy programs>monologues>Anabel Alonso
- Horror>horror film>different types>psychological terror>Hitchcook
- Mistery>genre>mistery novels>Arthur Conan Doyle>Sherlock Holmes
- All kinds of music>rock>debatting who is the best band>Queen
- 50s Music> Elvis Presley > king of the rock >theories about his death
- Punk>music genre>bands>Green Day>punk trend
Week of 24th to 28th of September
Writing assignement
- What audience does each author address? How do you know?
- Identify ways in which each author appeals to a specific audience.
2. The author here is also talking about nanotechnology but in a more common way, I think that the text was written for people who does not know anything about the topic, and it uses comparations with LEGO and explains it easily using them. With the use of words such as “boxing gloves” and the repetition of “molecular”.
Book activity; ex. 1, pag 2.
a) Step > 3.) “one thing in a series of things you do”
b) Topic > 4.) “subject; what the piece of writing is about”
c) Gather > 8.) “to find and collect together”
d) Organise > 7.) “to arrange in a clear, logical way”
e) Paragraph > 2.) “a group of related sentences”
f) Essay > 6.) “a short piece of writing, at least three paragraphs long”
g) Proofread > 1.) “to check a piece of writing for errors”
h) Edit > 5.) “to change or correct a piece of writing”
Pre-writing
Gold text
1.What is the topic of the paragraph?
The topic of the paragraph is the gold as mineral and all its uses.
2.What two main points does the writer make about the topic?
The writer says that the gold is usable both for cultural uses, such as medicine and science, and beautiful jewellery or decorations.
3.In which two sentences do the writer say that there are two topics?
In the 1st one when he says “Gold, a precious metal, is priced for 2 important characteristics”.
4. What examples does the writer use to support each point?
The writer says that gold is used for jewellery, coins, ornamental purposes and industrial such as photography and dentistry.
-Brainstorming activities
LISTING.
- Different food - Type of clothing
- Impressive buildings - Idioms and language
- Gestures - Difference od studies and grades.
- Religion - Music.
- Ways of treating family. - No formal dress codes.
Group 1-> Communication problems.
Group 2-> Family lifestyle.
Group 3-> Education system.
-Freewriting
PROBLEMS IN COLLEGE
There could be a lot of problems in colleege, such as the classroom and the students, they can have a really bad behavior and do not stop talking, this will make the teacher not able to give the lesson as he thought. Also the transport might be a bad problem too, if you don’t live near the campus or building or even not in the same town, it could be a difficult situation because maybe one day the bus could get broken and you can not go or you would arrive late. And there could be anaother though one like realising that you don’t like the career you have choosen, but it is not an important problem because it has an easy solution, change to one that you like.
-Asking questions
Short stories
- Who are/is the main character(s)// Who is the antagonist?//Who is the author?
- What problems do they have to confront?//What is the story about?
- How are they going to solve the problem?//How did you feel about it?
- Where is the story set?//Where was the author born?
- When all the events take part?//When was the story writen?
- Why is it only a short story?//Why it ends like that?//Why did you read it?
Cubing
CINEMA
- Describing: It is a way to show people films, you go to the place and there you watch the films.
- Comparing:It is like the theatre because there is a story played which follows a script but it is filmed not in live.
- Associating:You can associate it with Hollywood because it is the place where most of the films are made.
- Analysing: There are lots of movie genres, but all connected by the desire of entertaining. Plus, nowadays there’s also many kinds of cinemas, such as 3D or drive-in cinemas.
- Applying: Talking about cinemas is important because it is one of the most important parts of our culture, being called the 7th art.
- Arguing: Cinema culture should be defended for its importance in our culture and history, and by that reason, IVA to arts should be lowered.
Clustering
New ways of comunication
24th TO 28th WEEK'S EXERCICES (II)
-activities of choosing the correct topic sentence-
1.A) “The history of astronomy is interesting”. Too general.
2.B) “Ice age people recorded the apparence of new moons by making scratches in animal bones”. Too specific.
3.C) “For example, Stonehenge in Britain, buit 3500 years ago was made to track the movement of the sun”. Too incomplete.
4.D) “ancient people observed and recorded lunar and solar events in different ways”. Correct.
TOPIC-> “Lunar and solar events”
.
1. A) It is correct
2. B) It is too specific.
3. C) It is too specific.
4. D) It is also incomplete.
5. E) It is too general
TOPIC-> “Safety in food”
GROUP 4
1. A) It is incomplete
2. B) It is too general
3. C) It is too specific
4. D) It is correct.
TOPIC-> “Hybrid cars”
-The topic sentence-
P.1 -> F)
P.2-> C)
-Finding the TOPIC SENTENCE and the supporting sentence-
I. DRIVE & skills and alertness
II. CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TRINIDAD & calypso music.
III. PUERTO RICO, A TOURIST PARADISE & spectacular beaches
IV. MOVING AWAY FROM HOME & the rest of the sentence.
V. RELIGIOUS RULES & the rest of the sentence.
VI. HIGH COST OF BOOKS & major problems.
VII. OWNING A CAR & is necessary in a big town.
9. PAG 19
A) Means of support: an explanation (concluding sentence:yes)
B)Means of support: an example (cocluding sentence: no)
C)Means of support: an explanation/details (concluding sentence:yes)
D)Means of support: an example/explanation (concluding sentence:yes)
E)Means of support: an explanation (concluding sentence: no)
11. PAG 23
A) Can your make this topic sentence stronger?
B) Did you remenber a concluding sentence?
C) Please explain more about your holiday.Where did you stay? What did you do during the day?
D) I'm not sure what this part means
E) I think this sentence should come before the next one
F) I think these two sentences are really saying the same thing.
G) Your paragraph is about your brother, but this sentence is about your sister, Are you sure this is relevant?
H) I like your topic sentence because it has a strong main idea. Your example is funny. I wish I could meet your brother!
14. pag 24
a) True.
b) True.
c) False. An example is something that may had happened to you vs a detail is an specific description.
d) False. The concluding sentence uses different words from the topic sentence and it gives it the feeling of a final explanation.
e) False. The concluding sentence should not finish the paragraph with a new idea.
f) False. A peer editor should not mark any spelling or grammatical mistakes, only the literal errors.
g) True.
h) False Peer editing helps the writer and the leader to learn.
i) False.
j) True.
09-10-2018
UNIT 4: Descriptive and process of paragraphs.
Text: A friendly clown:
The form of this description is divided in two parts. Firstly, it describes a clown, the one she was given by her friend, and then describe the unicycle. The pattern of it is important, because, for example, it first describes the head.
We obtain a combination of descriptions, one from the clown and other from the object.
Text: The blonde guitar.
It is also separated in two parts: The guitar and its aspect, and then the feelings that the writer describes. In this part, it is important the use of verbs that show love and caring.
Thanks to this text, we are carried on in a told journey through the writer’s eyes to se the guitar in a kind of fashion logic, from the head to the end of the strings.
Text: Gregory.
The writer focuses not that much on the external appearance of her pet but on the cat's behaviour. Personification is an easy tool to use to try to make the reader feel like if it had a personality itself. Because of how the writer talks about the cat seems like it is likelier (at least for her), in which I can personally agree.
11-10-2018
Error log exercises:
1. Correct the answer in the following sentences.
a) Casinos attract elderly people by offering them free gifts.
b) Football and American football are both very exciting games for spectators.
c) Watching too much television can have a negative effect on children
d) She is concerned about the amount of money she spends with credit cards.
e) I am not sure.
f) The first step in applying to a university is to complete an application form.
g) In the past ten years, most of the country's revenue was spent on construction of the new transport system.
h) Lectures are expected to mark students work fairly.
2. Find six errors in the following paragraph and correct them.
a) Inf/ger: jogging.
b) V- form: receive
c) wc: when
d) wf: Regular
e) Care of themselves.
PROOF-READING EXERCISES:
b) Examples of the most common types of errors in student writing are shown below. In each case underline the error and correct it.
(I) Corruption is a problem in many countries such as Nigeria.
(II) She was young and innocent.
(III): However, some trains of malaria are resistant…
(IV): Since 2005 there has been three major earthquakes in the region.
(V): ... vital to the success of a company operating in China.
(VI): Previous experience can sometimes give researchers…
(VII): One of the largest companies…
(VIII): Finally, the essay will conclude with an end.
(IX): An idea established by David Ricardo in the nineteenth century.
(X): A rule of marketing states
A DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE MAY ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS:
•Where is the place?
•How big is it?
•How warm is the place?
•How does the place make you feel? Why?
•What things can you see in this place?
•What colours do you see?
WRITE A PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING THIS PLACE:
The “Giant’s Causeway” is one of the most wonderful landscape placed in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about four kilometres northeast of the town of Bushmills. It is a natural wonder made by about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. You’ll find a spot where we can see big pieces of the sea with lots of waves, and you can realise it’s really windy. That’s where the feeling of movement and agitation meets the warm and calmed sun, right in the rocks. You can see them in the right part of the picture, so steady and quiet that gives you the feeling that they have been there since the world was created. Its hexagonal shape makes it quite funny, and makes you think of the structured that life is, and adding the movement of the waves, it’s a faithful portrait of life itself.
16/10/18
2. Circle the adjectives:
- Popular - Tree-lined - Cool
- Beautiful - Fast-moving - Unforgettable
- White - Loud
- Amazed - Roaring
3. Underline the prepositions.
Down the street With in From
From into Near With
On in At In
In Around On
On either side of At At
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4.Write six sentences to describe the place where you are right now.
- I am in a bedroom
- The room is big
- There are a lot of wooden furniture
- There is a window at the left side.
- There are two big closets at the end of the room.
- There also is a mirror at the right side, in front of the bed.
5. Add at least to other adjectives to the two lists above.
Muscular
Ambitious
Stocky
Courageous
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6. Circle the adjectives that describe the grandmother.
(not) big afraid
tiny (she never got) annoyed
thin interesting (stories)
strong best (friend)
happy
patient
good
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9. Read this recepy and do the exercises below.
a) Underline the topic sentence and the concluding sentence of the paragraph.
Topic sentence: Brown rice and vegetables is a simple delicious meal to make.
Concluding sentence: Now you are ready to enjoy your delicious brown rice and vegetables.
b) List the steps for making brown rice and vegetables in the order you find then
1. Cook the rice.
2. Cut the vegetables into one-inch pieces.
3. Heat the oil, chilli sauce, and garlic.
4. Add the vegetables and fry them.
5. Stir in the cooked rice.
6. Add salt and paper.
7. Put the rice and vegetables into a bowl and serve with tomatoes and spring onions on top.
c) How are the steps in the paragraph connected together? What words do you see that help show the sequence to follow them? Underline them.
Transitions words and phrases connect the sentences.
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10. Add other transition words you know to the list above.
Later Then
Now Besides
Afterall When
At first Lastly
11. Choose appropriate transition words to connect the steps in this paragraph about preparing for a trip.
a) First.
b) Before.
c) After.
d) Next.
e) While.
f) Next.
g) Finally.
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12. Order the steps to form a process paragraph.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 5
e) 3
f) 7
g) 1
UNIT 5: OPINION PARAGRAPHS
Page 33:
1. Answer the questions.
a) The first sentence is the main idea.
b) The writer is trying to convince other people in his town to ride bicycles.
c) I am not sure of this.
d) The writer included a fact to support this opinion.
2. Write F for fact, or O for opinion, or B for both.
a) O or B
b) O
c) F
d) B
e) F
f) O
g) B
h) O
3. Can you think of other types of writing that use opinions? Make a list.
Use opinions: Editorials in newspapers, personal stories told in a biography, restaurant reviews, etc.
Use facts: Reports in the news, summaries of meetings, history books.
4. Write F for fact, or O for opinion.
a) O
b) O
c) F
d) F
e) O
f) F
g) O
h) O
5. Write three fact sentences and three opinion sentences.
a) I study in Murcia.
b) The library is yellow.
c) Madrid is the capital of Spain.
d) English is an easy language to learn.
e) There are stairs in the university.
f) The Harry Potter's books are very interesting.
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8. Circle the most appropriate modal auxiliary in each sentence.
a) Should.
b) Can't.
c) Must
d) Could.
e) Should
f) Ought to.
9. Read these statements that express opinions. Add three of your own.
a) Smoking must be banned in all restaurants and bars.
Agree
b) University students should not have part time jobs.
Desagree
C) Not selling alcohol to young people.
Agree
D) Inclusive language should be used in Spanish language.
Agree
E) Professional footballers shouldn't be paid that big amount of money.
Agree
e) Books should be cheaper.
Agree
18/10/18
Pags 37 and 38
13.Complete this paragraph using beacuse, since and therefore.
a. so b. because c. since d. therefore e. because f. therefore.
14.Use the connectors of cause and effect in barckets to join these ideas. You may change the order of ideas. You may make one sentence or two.
A)The city doesn't have enough money so we ought to increace the council tax.
B) I'm going to leave my part-time job because I don't have enough time for my homework.
C) Since this summer has been bery dry, some plants and trees are dying.
D) Many students are graduationg with nursing degrees, therefore it might be hard for nurses to find jobs in the future.
E) All my friends recomends that restaurant so I will try it this weekend.
TED TALK
1.What’s the topic of the TED talk? What’s the main
idea? When does the speaker introduce his idea? How?
The topic is that Educational systems in the world and the role of creativity. The main idea is a double one, on the one hand, education creativity kills creativity and the second one is that we should end this and start valuating it in education. He starts talking about previous talks before he starts talking. He connects them with his. His thesis is that creativity is not supported in public school over the world. After a little introduction and saying it could be the answer to the problem of how to preparade kids for an unknown future.
2. What are the means of support used by the speaker to
convince us that his opinion is right? Provide examples.
Giving examples that he heard from other people of the type “if you aren’t ready to be wrong you’ll never be right” such as the story of the choreographer and from his own life like the story of his own kid. But, he also uses supporting ideas, as The little girl that was drawing God. The fact that woman can do several things at the same time but man can’t.
3. What’s the speaker’s conclusion? How does he “conclude”?
The system that we are using right now is no longer usable. We don’t know how the future will be, so we should start putting less pression on kids to be academic perfect and look for a different way to learn, giving much more importance to creativity. He addresses to the audience in the need of look for it.
23/10/2018
UNIT 6: COMPARISION/ CONTRAST PARAGRAPHS.
Pags 40 and 41
1.Brainstorm ideas to compare and contrast.
People: Ed Sheeran/Taylor Swift and Tom Holland/Zendaya
Places: Rome/Athens and Japan/Iceland
Things: purses/backpacks and chairs/windows
2. Read Yuko's e-mail message to her friend and answer the questions.
a)What two things does the second paragraph talk about?
It is about thw differences between living with a host family or living alone.
b) Is the second paragraph mostly comparing or mostly contrasting? How do you know?
Contrasting. Because she give different points of view on what she thinks that the who things has.
Pag 42
3. Complete these sentences with phrases from above.
a) similar to .
b) Likewise.
c) Both... and.
d) as... as.
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4. Complete these sentences with phrases from above.
a) While/ But/ Though.
b) different from.
c) On the other hand./However.
d) more quickly than.
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6. Read the two paragraphs above then answer the questions.
a) Which paragraph mostly compares, and which mostly contrasts?
Paragraph 1 mostly contrasts, and Paragraph 2 mostly compares.
b) Finish filing in the outlines on page 46 for each paragraph.
Topic A - Reading a book:
Supporting points:
1. Use imagination.
2. The talking on the film aloud you create the characters in your mind, using your imagination.
Topic B- Seeing a film.
Supporting Points:
1. Pictures on screen gives details.
2. . Thanks to the conversation you are able to know how the characters are without needing to use your imagination.
First point of comparison- difficult childhood.
1.1: Diana- mother abandoned her.
1.2: Monroe- living in an orphanage.
Second point of comparison- later lives- married famous men.
1.2: Princess Diana - married prince Charles, later separated.
2.2: Monroe. Married famous baseball player and famous writer; separated.
Third point of comparison--- Popular
1.3: Diana - Called 'The people's princess'
2.3: Monroe-- Well-liked, seemed innocent.
Fourth point of comparison- had emotional problems.
1.4: Monroe - serious depression, looked for help in a hospital.
2.4: Diana- eating disorder, depression.
Fifth point of comarison-died early (with 36 years)
1.5: Princess Diana- died in 1997
2.5: Monroe- died in 1962
25/10/18
A poem
A season(spring)
·How does my subject look like a person?
· “””” act like a person?
·What can I compare my subject to? What can my subject be?
·Idea:When writing poems of comparison compare your subject to a colour, a smell, a taste...
Start with:
·Shall I compare you to a...?
Shall I compare you to a spring day?
When you walk as fresh as the flowers that have just bloomed,
Or those colourful dressed that you wear,
I can’t even think about it without turning as red as those roses.
Your eyes are as blue as the sky and your smile shine like the sun.
I wish our love could be as those long-lasting spring days.
30/10/18
UNIT 7: PROBLEM/ SOLUTION PARAGRAPHS
1 pag 50
TS: Deforestation is a serious problem
Main idea: Deforestation.
2 pag 50
A)The first paragraph is developed by examples. There are two supporting sentences (they clean air, water... and supply food, fuel, wood products...)
B)They show that deforestation must be forbidden because trees do an important job on earth.
C) Reducing the use of paper. TS: "Here's one simple suggestion that everyone can try: use less paper."
D) The writer offers one solution to deforestation: Use less paper. The writer offers three ways to do this: reduce, reuse and recycle.
E) Both paragraphs have concluding sentences (the last sentence of each one)
3 pag 50
1.Air pollution: It’s bad for our health
- It’s affect the environment
-Affect the weather
2.Traffic: It can cause traffic accidents
- Not arriving on time
3.Overcrowded classroom: It may affect the behavior of the class
- The apprentice of the students may be slow
4.Homophobia: It affect people and increase hate
5.Wars: It increase the hate between people of different parts of the world
PRE-WRITING:
Topic: Plastic bags
TS: The use of plastic bags
Controlling idea: The use of plastic bags it’s bad for the environment
Supporting sentence:Using paper bags or some other things to prevent it
-It takes miles of ages to them to deteriorate
Global warming will increase
It will affect the ecosystems by the overuse of plastic
4 pag 52
-If deforestation continues, the world’s climate may change, floods may became more common, and animals will die.
-If you use less paper, fewer trees will be cut for paper making.
-If you follow the 3 Rs you can help save the world’s forests.
06/11/18
11 pag 54
A.Weak
B.Strong
C.Ok
D.Strong
E.Strong
F.Weak
G.Weak
H.Strong
I.Weak
J.Ok
Paragraph with the problem
Sexists adverts.
Nowadays, there are a lot of advert that are sexist and those one could affect young children, especially girls. They usually show situation with men being superior and doing simple things that everyone do like driving, crafting, repairing... And woman doing the same roles like cleaning, cooking, doing house chores... And we should stop them.
13/11/2018
UNIT 8: THE STRUCTURE OF AN ESSAY
1 pag 57
Introduction: First paragraph (“If you ask average Americans...” to “the meaning of some existing words”)
Thesis statement: Last sentence “African Americans, too, have both contributed new words to English...”
Main body paragraph: Second and third paragraphs
Conclusion: Final paragraph
TS: “However, English vocabulary has also been influenced by other countries and groups of people.”
3 pag 58
A)Thesis statement: “The UK can be divided into different regions that each has it owns characteristics foods influenced by the culture of the people who live there.”
Topic: Different types of food in the UK
Main idea: each region has its own characteristics food influenced by the cultures of the people who live there.
B)Thesis statement: “As a result of human population growth, deforestation and hunting, the number of koalas has declined.”
Topic: The declination of the number of koalas
Main idea: number declining due to human population growth, deforestation and hunting.
C)Thesis statement: “No two Taoist gardens are exactly alike, but al Taoist gardens include four essential elements: water, mountains, buildings and bridges.
Topic: Taoist gardens
Main idea: all Taoist gardens include the elements water, mountains, buildings and bridges.
4 pag 59
A)F
B)N
C)F
D)✓
E)N
F)F
G)✓
H)N
I)F
J)✓
15/11/2018
5 pag 61
A)Three paragraphs;
- How people think English food is.
- People from different parts of the world that live in Britain.
- How the UK can be divided
B)Two paragraphs:
- How koalas look and are in their environment
-The problem of koalas being endangered animals
C)Two paragraphs:
- How important Taoism ancient philosophy is in Asia
-The importance of a perfect Taoist garden
20/11/18
UNIT 9: OUTLINING AN ESSAY
1 pag 64
A)The bad problems of nuclear power that affect today’s world.
B)Five paragraphs
C) Two supporting points
D) It’ll have eight details
2 pag 66
I. Thesis statement: African Americans, also, have both contributed with new words to English language and changed the meanings of some words.
II. Words introduced by African Americans
A. OK
1. From an African language
2. Now used all over the world to mean alright
B. Jazz
1. Came from African American musicians in New Orleans
2. unknown Exact origin
III. Words whose meanings changed over time
A. Cool
1. Original meaning
2. New meaning
IV. Conclusion: Existing ethnic groups in the USA
3 pag 67
a) S b) M c)S d.)S e) M f) S g) S h) S i) S j) T k) S l) C m) M
4 pag 67
4.
I. Doing yoga regularly can be good for your body, your emotions, and your mind,
II. Mental benefits
A. Develops clear thinking
B. Improves concentration
III. Physical benefits
A. Improves blood circulation
B. Improves digestion
C. Makes you strong and flexible
IV. Emotional benefits
A. Reduces fear, anger, and worry
B. Helps you feel calm and peaceful
C. Develops self-confidence
V. Therefore, to build mental, physical, and emotional health, consider doing yoga.
5 pag 68
I. OK
II. Points B and C should be swapped (wrong order of dates).
Point E should be deleted (because is irrelevant).
III. III and IV should be swapped.
Point A might include a second category of people who come to San Francisco to get rich.
Point B should be deleted (not relevant).
Point C3 should be deleted (not relevant).
Point D could be more specific.
Point F should be deleted
Point G could be more specific.
IV. Point B should discuss expenses for food and clothing ( to be parallel with the section on San Francisco today).
V. OK
When buying a used car, use these four strategies to get the best prices.
I. Year old cars are much cheaper than new cars.
A. Small engines can be cheaper.
B. Smaller cars are cheaper to insure.
II. They are the cheapest cars to run.
A. They are usually diesel fuel cars which is cheaper than gasoline.
III. Save time
A. You do not have to wait for the car to be manufactured or wait for it if it arrives from another country.
IV. Fewer taxes
A. When buying a used car, the taxes to pay are lower than if you buy a new car.
27/11/18
UNIT 10: INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
1 pag 72
The meaning of words sometimes change over time.
The number of English words that were brought from African Americans.
African and American have contributed and changed words.
2 pag 72
A)X C) X F) X
B)V D) X
3 pag 74
A)What she thought English food was like
B)A little introduction of koalas
C)What Taoist is and how Asian people see it.
29/11/18
5 pag 74
a. The conclusion restates the thesis and makes a final comment about the essay's main idea.
b. The first sentence, "English owes some of its interesting and colorful vocabulary to African Americans" restates the thesis statement.
6 pag 75
a. 3
b. 1
c. 5
d. 2
e. 6
f. 4
Class Exercise.
·Introduction paragraph:
Nowadays, there are hundred of places where you can buy food, people tends to look for the cheapest one, and supermarkets might be the best places to buy food because of their convenience and lower prices.
·Conclusion paragraph:
To conclude, it’s sometimes difficult to find something in special and maybe in one click you will find it online but the fact that larger supermarkets offer cheap prices and a large section of products makes them the best place for shoppers.
7 pag 76
Paragraph b is the best concluding paragraph.
Paragraph a discusses health problems.
Paragraph c discusses how inmigrants bring customs from their native countries to Britain.
4/12/18
UNIT 11: UNITY AND COHERENCE
1 pag 78
a. Thesis statement: The philosophy of Chinese medicine is not the same as the philosophy of modern medicine, but it is useful for curing many health problems.
b. Topic sentences:
First main paragraph instead of focuses on illness
Second main paragraph. Instead of focusing on a patient's health problems, Chinese medicine tries to make the patient's whole body well again.
c. Supporting ideas:
·First main body paragraph:
In modern medicine, a patient with a cough gets medicine to stop the cough.
Different medicine given for fever.
Same medicine given to all people.
Philosophy of modern medicine stops the problem quickly
·Second main body paragraph:
Chinese medicine has two types of energy in people
Ying vs yang and you are healthy when they are equal.
herbs given to restore balance, so illness stops naturally
d. Yes, the essay is unified.
2 pag 80
These sentences are not related to the topic of the text which is Sign Language.
4 pag 83
1. Instead
2. Specifically
3. For example
4. Instead / In contrast
5. As a result
5 pag 84
a. The city
b. Barcelona
c. Barri Gòtics
d. Barcelona's
e. Catalan speakers in and around Barcelona
f. in Barcelona
g. all of the previous supporting points in the paragraph
6 pag 85
Transition use- First, another, and
pronoun reference - these signs, he, this time, it
repetition of key words - sign language /signs, deaf, development/development
13/12/18
11 pag 87
a. Before
b. When
c. When
d. But
e. And, and
f. Until
12 pag 87
“Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando”
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the brush”
It's better to have the certainty of a small thing than the possibility of a greater one which may come to nothing.
18/12/18
UNIT 12: ESSAYS FOR EXAMINATIONS
5 pag 92
A)I. There are different ways of travelling, you can have your trip organized or just go somewhere and do what you want.
II. Having the trip organized
A)You do not have to worry about what to do
B) You do not get lost
III. Going to wherever you want
A) You are freely to explore the place
B) You do not have to worry about the time
IV. There is not really a perfect option, there are some people who prefer one thing and some other the other one.
B)
I.It would be accessible for everyone, having a shopping centre in the town could make people more sociable.
II.Young people would go more often
A)Usually they have to depend on their family
B)Not having to worry about the public transport
III.The business would go better
A)There would be more job vacancies
B)They would gain more
IV.Everyone would be really pleasant with the idea and it would increase the happiness of people.
Managing your time pag 91.
I.Many people says that living alone is way better than staying in your home during University years, but this not my case.
II.One of the most important things that you avoid staying at home is to have to worry about paying rent.
III.While staying in a flat, you have to worry about the food and know how to spend the money.
IV.Moreover, the bills are a big issue, you have to worry of not spending a lot if you want to save.
V.To conclude, we could use in some other important things the money that would be spent on the flat.
4 pag 90
A)X
B)✓
C)X
D)X
E)✓
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