Week+6++Sept.+14+-+17

9/14 – 9/17 || Never too Old to Learn || Past Tense; Never Too Old to Learn vocabulary || Narrative Writing Assignment || Quiz: Simple past tense ||
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 * **Week 6 **


 * Paragraph writing: Narrative**

 Write a paragraph about a memory from your past. Include: · **A title and good format **(indent, double space) · **A topic sentence **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">that tells the reader your main idea and grabs the attention of the reader (a hook) <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Details **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> that tell what happened in time order (4 or more sentences) <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A concluding sentence **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">that tells: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">what you learned (the lesson) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OR what advice you have for other people in the same situation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OR how you feel about the situation now <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OR how the event changed you or your life <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">– <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OR what you will do in the future if something similar happens again

Possible topic sentences for students to consider: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">One of the funniest memories I have happened when … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A very _ thing happened to me on my first … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">One time my friends (or family) and I had a(n) __experience …__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My trip to __was very …. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">One of the most enjoyable times I have ever had was the time I … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">• <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My scariest experience happened when … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">My most embarrassing experience happened when … //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sample Paragraph: // <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: left;">Maria Rosas <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ESL Level 5 Oct. 30, 2008 <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center;">My Worst Vacation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My worst vacation was last year. I went to Chicago to visit a friend. We had plans to visit many places, but on the first day I was there, I fell down on an icy sidewalk and broke my foot. My friend called an ambulance, and I went to the hospital. I spent the rest of the vacation in the hospital. If you ever visit Chicago in the winter, be careful when you walk on the sidewalks.

[|See samples of former Level 5 students]

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(heading)

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My __Experience/ Memory__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> My __experience / memory happened__ _ ago in/at. I was with _ / alone. First, …. Then / Later, …. Finally, …. In conclusion, I learned that …/ if this ever happens to you, … if this ever happens to me again, I will… / now I feel …/ if you ever… / my advice to other people in this situation is … <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> When did your experience happen?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Where did the event happen?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Who were you with?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What happened?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What did you learn?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What advice do you have for other people in the same situation?
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How do you feel now about the event? How did the event change you or your life?
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What will you do in the future is this ever happens again?