April 11, 2008

Checklist
1. SVO
2. SVA (singular/plural,tenses),Pronoun & Noun Agreement
3. Coherence (Flow of ideas)-Use WH-questions technique.
4. Punctuations
5. Spellings
6. Outline: Topic sentence, supporting points, conclusion, transitional or signal words

Sites:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
http://buckhoff.topcities.com/using_transition_words.htm

http://english-zone.com/writing/para-strctr.html
http://english-zone.com/writing/mini-i.html


How to Generate Ideas for your paragraph?

Topic: My most embarrassing moment

A: Question yourself (WH-questions and coherence)

1. What is your most embarrassing moment? Which one?
Answer: My most embarrassing moment is...................
2. Why did you think it was the most embarrassing?
Answer: It was really embarrassing because.......................
3. When did it happen?
Answer: It happened ....................................
4. Where did it happen?
Answer: It happened in/at .............................
5. How did it happen?
Answer: It happened because I.........

B: Rewrite all your answers and do the checklist as above.

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