1. Practice of English Composition
영작문 연습
Prof. Shao Guangqing

2. Contents Unit 3 Narrative essays Part 1 Stimulating ideas
Warm-up
Reading: Breaking Ground to Be a Man
Part 2 Outlining
Reading: An Embarrassing Incident
Outlining
homework

3. Part 1 stimulating ideas
Warm-up
Reading: Breaking Ground to Be a Man

4. Warm-up
Make notes about three important events or experiences in your life.
describe each event
Why was it important?
How did it change you?
What’s happening in the picture?
How do you know?
What do the pictures have in common?

5. Reading: Breaking Ground to Be a Man
Write T for true or F for false for each statement.
___ 1. Carter wore shorts when he mopped cotton.
___ 2. The poison turned from a liquid to a solid on his pants.
___ 3. Carter folded his pants every night before he went to sleep.
___ 4. Carter washed his pants with his other clothes. F T F F

6. Responding to the text
1. Carter wrote: “I preferred to protect my legs with long trousers.” Why was this necessary?
Carter needed to protect his legs from the flies and bees, and also because the poison would stick to his legs.

7. Responding to the text
2. Was this a comfortable job? Why or why not? How do you think Carter felt about it?
This was not a comfortable job. Besides the flies, the bees, and sticky poison, Carter’s pants would not fold at night, and needed to be washed separately. Carter did not like the job.

8. Formative experiences are experiences that shape how we see the world and what type of person we become later in life.
Responding to the text
3. Why do you think this was an important formative experience for him?
This job taught Carter about the responsibility and value of caring for the cotton plant, and the difficult work involved.

9. Responding to the text Free-writing
4. Have you ever had a difficult job or task? What was it?
Describe the job or task
How did you feel about it?
What did you learn from it?
Did this experience change you in any way?
Free-writing

10. Free-writing (15 min.) Step 1 Brainstorming ideas
Choose a difficult job/task you have done
Step 2 Brainstorming vocabulary
Actions
Emotions
Step 3 Outlining
Step 4 Turning the outline into an essay

11. Part 2 Outlining
Reading: An Embarrassing Incident
Outlining
homework

12. Reading: An Embarrassing Incident
Read the essay.
What was the writer’s embarrassing incident?
The writer kissed the friend’s grandfather’s hand, and then told the little boy not to hug and kiss the grandfather. The writer felt embarrassed because of a cultural misunderstanding.

13. Analyzing the student essay
1. What background information do you learn about the writer? Why is this information important to understand the story?
The writer’s family and culture has strict rules for respecting grandparents.
This is important information because we needed to understand the writer’s actions at the friend’s party.

14. Analyzing the student essay
2. What is the main event or action in the story?
The main event of this story is when the writer meets the friend’s grandfather and kisses his hand to show respect. Then he stops the little boy who jumped on the grandfather’s lap.

15. Analyzing the student essay
3. What does the writer learn?
The writer’s family and culture has strict rules for respecting grandparents.
The writer learns that good manners are not always the same in different countries.

16. The organization of the essay
Introduction
Hook
The first two sentences
Background information
The writer was taught very specific ways to respect grandparents: (Sentence 3-5)
Thesis statement
The last two sentences

17. The organization of the essay
Body paragraph
the order of time
important details
Visit my friend’s house for her birthday party
Kiss her grandpa’s hand to show respect
Stop the little boy from hugging and kissing the grandfather
Conclusion
I explained my customs to her and she explained hers to me. Finally, I learned that good manners are not always the same in different countries.

18. Outlining Introduction Body paragraph Conclusion Hook
Background information
Thesis statement
Body paragraph
Detail 1
Detail 2
Conclusion
The lesson you’ve learned from the event.

19. Homework Write about a difficult job or task you have done:
1) Describe the job or task
2) How did you feel about it?
3) What did you learn from it?
4) Did this experience change you in any way?
Write an OUTLINE and then develop your outline into a Narrative paragraph.

20. Due time: Oct. 7 (Monday class)
Part 1
Part 2
Outline
Introduction
Hook
Background information
Thesis statement
Body
Detail 1
Detail 2
Conclusion
Lesson you’ve learned
Title
__________________
_____________________

21. THANK YOU