Writing 2: week 2.1

Writing 2

Week 2.1

Wicher Diallo

Agenda

Welcome & lesson goals

Warm-up

Complex sentences

Formal English & essay structure

APA

goals

Simple vs Complex

Formal & APA

Essay Structure

Conjunctions

Students know the difference between a simple and a complex sentence.

Students know how to use formal language and APA correctly.

Students know how to structure an academic essay.

Students are able to use conjunctions correctly.

Recap week 1

What do you remember?

• What was discussed and worked on in class? • What are the course assignments? Any questions?

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02

warm-up

02

warm-up

Warm-up

Responding to Spam!

Reminder for warm-up activities: Get creative brain working, in particular today looking at including detail!

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03

grammar

Reminder: each week there are elements of grammar to self-study. Each week you will do an exercise or activity to check your learning.

Footnotes

A-H

J-R

☐ A subordinate clause ☐ B coordinating conjunction ☐ C subordinating conjunction ☐ D simple sentence ☐ E complex sentence ☐ F relative pronoun ☐ G restrictive relative clause – explain what it modifies and why it is essential ☐ H non-restrictive relative clause – explain what it modifies and why it is not essential

☐ J conditional clause ☐ K adverbial clause ☐ L gerund ☐ M passive participle – name the actor that carries out the action named in the verb ☐ N active participle ☐ O past participle ☐ P indirect speech ☐ Q phrasal verb ☐ R prepositional idiom

Complete the nearpod alone, and check your answers against the explanation. Note down areas that you need to work on.

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Formal Language

Formal English

no first-person writing

No contractions

colloquialism.

Pre-knowledge

passive voice

What do we mean by formal language? What elements of formal language writing can you remember from writing 1? Put your answers in the Jampad

excessive punctuation or lack of punctuation

adjectives/intensifiers

colourful language or vague language

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Starting sentences with And, Because

Revisiting formal English

Skim the article

Skim the article individually and then write one argument for the claim that the suit and tie is outdated attire and expand briefly on the argument (can you refer to article?).

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Revisiting formal English

Part 2

in groups of 4 o pick one paragraph from your group, check this paragraph for TEXAS and improve this together o also include a paraphrase/quote from the/a source! o Write the APA reference list underneath (Bibliography) o Post in Teams – Files- Formal Writing

Essay

05

APA

APA Reference

Write a subtitle here

Paraphrase or Direct quote ?

Look back

In the suit and tie paragraph, did you have any trouble with sourcing? Refresh your memory by reading the following info.

What is the difference?

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APA Quiz

Let's see and check what you still know :) .

Quiz

Prepare for tomorrow

- Study the formative assignment – clear what you need to do? - Do some research on the author of the book you have chosen, and the topics covered in your novel - Watch the video on Canvas on Creative Writing and the video on the basics of APA style of referencing

SPam answer

Essay structure

1. inverted pyramid: introduction
2. Thesis statement
3. BP 1
4. BP 2
5. BP3
6. Rewritten thesis statement
7. Pyramid: conclusion

Goals Week 1

• Students can find their way around the Writing 2 Canvas site
• Students know which products to write for the course
• Students know how to write an argumentative thesis
• Students can write a comparative paragraph using the TEXAXAS structure
• Students can make an informed decision about which non-fiction book to choose for their final assignment

Write a praragraph

Read the exerpt and write a formal argumentative paragraph about whether the suit is still relevant in today’s workplace.​ Use formal English Try to apply the TEXAS structure​ Use at least one quote or paraphrase from the source​ Refer to the source using APA

A hard push in my back made me stumble and fall. At first, a terrible pain engulfed my senses, then everything went black.

waist of time

Let's give him one more meal today, and I will treat myself tomorrow with a nice dinner.

scorching

ain't

When she was ready to season the children with her spices to make the delicious special meal, she suddenly felt intense remorse… ‘I don’t think I am hungry; I think my tummy ache is caused by the pitty I feel for these despicable children’, she realized.

pesky

Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.

Got an idea?

Respond to the SPAM email from Robert and write an email to him which will make him waste a lot of time! What can you think of which he will actually do and takes a lot of time?

Form groups of 3 share your emails. In 7 minutes I will ask you to share your best example into Teams – Week 2.1– Warm-up 2.1 SPAM

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