English 2 Intermediate – Class 18

Today’s Agenda Notices & attendance Free-writing Homework review Unit assignment preparation.

Notices

Book Quiz Friday 14th November

Free-writing

Write from the point of view of a dirty spoon in a dishwasher.

Homework Review Pg. 59-62. – Writing Skill & Grammar exercises. 

Organising an Opinion Paragraph Topic sentence: Kung fu is the perfect sport for young children. Example 1: A typical uniform is less than fifty dollars and weekly lessons are not expensive compared to other sports.

Organising an Opinion Paragraph Reason 2: Children learn the benefits of discipline and setting goals. Example 2: The colored belts for completing a level keep kids motivated, and each child is able to succeed at his or her own pace.

Organising an Opinion Paragraph Reason 3: Kung fu teaches children how to protect themselves in the real world. Example 3: Children do not learn to fight but acquire important moves and motions that they can use to defend themselves if necessary.

Subject-verb agreement Ice dancing is a beautiful sport, but requires a number of sacrifices. For young dancers, most days are composed of skating, school and homework. Competitive dancers need to practice for five to six hours every day. Dancers usually skate early in the morning, so they always need to go to bed early. A dancer who does not get enough sleep will not perform well.

Subject-verb agreement In addition, ice dancing costs a lot of money. Dancers must pay for lessons, ice time and costumes, which can be thousands of dollars. This makes the sport very expensive. Ice dancing is also difficult on the body. If dancers do not skate carefully, they can get hurt. Many dancers get injuries from falling on the ice or repeating the same motions too many times.

Subject-verb agreement It is not easy being a competitive ice dancer, but the sacrifices are worth it to those who love this glamorous sport.

Subject-verb agreement 2 has is need make are costs practices

Discussion

Question One Should athletes or sports teams accept money from corporate sponsors in order to be successful?

Should child athletes be pushed hard in order to succeed? Question Two Should child athletes be pushed hard in order to succeed?

unit Assignment: Write an opinion Essay

Unit Assignment Choose one of the questions on pg. 62. Write a 5 paragraph (5 sentences in each paragraph) essay to give your opinion on the question.

Brainstorm

Outline Introductory paragraph: Introduction/hook, thesis statement and scope sentence. Body paragraphs x 3: Topic sentence giving reason, evidence. Concluding paragraph: Summary, prediction, closing comment etc.

Homework Write the first draft of your unit assignment. Due: Next class.