Advanced Writing

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Advanced Writing

• Tuesdays Thursdays 11am-1pm
• Instructor-Suzanne Bardasz

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Introductions

• Getting to know you
• About me
• About you
• About the course

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Getting to know you

• Interview a partner for five minutes.
• Ask your partner questions (ex. Where are you
  from? What are your hobbies? Are you a student?
  Why are you taking this class?)
• Write a paragraph introduction about your partner.

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My Contact Information

• Office Room 1118
• Office Phone Number 350-8786
• Office Hours By appointment
• E-mail suzanne.bardasz_at_gmail.com
• Website http//englishexchange.pbwiki.com

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About the Course

• Continuation of the Intermediate Writing course.
• Help and prepare you to write in various
  composition situations.
• Focus on the writing process
• -Prewriting
• -Grammar and organization
• -Drafts
• -Peer Editing and revision

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Course Expectations

• Attend Classes
• Be Prepared
• Participate
• Language
• HAVE FUN!!!

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Types of Writing Assignments

• Personal Narrative
• Citations, writing a research proposal and
  abstract
• Writing a Curriculum Vitae (CV)/Resume and cover
  letter for jobs
• Comparison and Contrast Essay

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Why is it important to attend classes?

• Practicing is the only way you can improve your
  English!
• In each class you get new information.
• This new information gets recycled in future
  lessons and lectures.
• If you dont attend, you will fall behind, get
  frustrated, and will not improve!

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My Experience Learning Koreanso far

• Could only attend classes once a week.
• 1st class- Hangul, Greetings
• 2nd class-Hangul, What is this?, Things, Who does
  this belong to?
• 3rd class-Places, Where do I go? How do I get
  there?
• 4th class- Numbers, how much is this?
• 5th class- How to tell time, schedule, What day
  is your birthday?, etc.

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Why I Do What I Do

• Language communication (Paulo Friere)
• See myself as a facilitator and guide
• Howard Gardener Multiple intelligences
• Teacher that I always wanted to have and never
  had.

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Let Me Introduce Myself

• There are two parts to this assignment
• Introduce yourself to me and tell me about
  yourself (Who are you? What are your plans for
  the future? Why are you taking this class? What
  do you hope to achieve by taking this class?)
• Tell me about your writing by comparing your
  writing to an object, animal, person, or thing.
• Is your writing like a rabbit, jumping from idea
  to idea? Or is your writing like a computer,
  where it is very organized and can process
  anything?
• Minimum 2 paragraphs, 3-5paragraphs

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Similes

• A simile is a figure of speech where you compare
  something using the words AS or LIKE.
• My loves like a red, red rose.
• He was as cold as ice.

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Metaphors

• A metaphor is where you compare something (X) to
  something else (Y), but you say that X is Y.
• Do not use like or as.
• It is raining cats and dogs.
• Juliet is the sun.
• Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.

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Which are similes and which are metaphors?

1. Tracy felt as sick as a parrot.
2. The traffic is murder.
3. She ran like the wind.
4. The perfect sky is torn.
5. Im as light as a feather.
6. Kitty is the apple of her mothers eye.
7. My feet are as warm as toast.
8. The cucumber is cool.
9. James was as cool as a cucumber.
10. Everyday is a winding road.

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Love is an arrow

• How do you describe love? Love is
• Listen to this singer describe love in his own
  words.
• Circle the similes or metaphors used in this
  song.
• Compare your description with a partner. Are
  there similarities or differences in the ways
  both of you describe love?

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Your Turn

• Using what you know about similes and metaphors,
  write down three descriptions of your writing.
• My writing is
• Share your descriptions with a partner.
• Circle one description and write more about that
  description.
• Read your description to a partner.

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Homework

• Come to class with a typed draft of your essay.
• E-mail me a copy of your rough draft before the
  next class (suzanne.bardasz_at_gmail.com).
• Think of a research topic that you will like to
  write a proposal about.

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Paragraph Unity

• Each paragraph of an essay must have unity.
• A paragraph must have one main idea.
• Every sentence in the paragraph must be relevant
  to that main idea.

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Paragraph Unity Example

• As you manage your time, think about how long
  certain activities will take. A common mistake is
  to underestimate the time needed to do something
  simple. For example, when you are planning to go
  to the store, there may be a line of people. Last
  week in line I met a woman I went to high school
  with, so we chatted. It turns out she has two
  children just the same age as mine. When you are
  estimating time for a more complex activity, such
  as reading, block out more time than you think
  you will need. It is better to allow too much
  time than too little.

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Instructions for Peer Evaluation

1. Read your first draft to a partner and allow your
   partner to see your paragraph(s). Then listen to
   your partner read his or her writing and read it
   yourself.
2. As you are listening, write down the detail that
   is the most interesting to you.
3. Do not comment on grammar at this time unless an
   error makes the ideas difficult to understand.
4. When you are reading, write your comments as
   suggestions.