1. 100學年度第二學期 英文句型寫作(二) 周美智老師
Textbook: Writers at Work
From sentence to paragraph
Laurie Blass/Deborah Gordon

2. Chapter 8
Important Life Events
Friendship?
Commitment?
Education?

3. Getting Started A. Useful vocabulary Be born Break up with Change jobs
Die
Fall in love
Finish school
Get a degree
Get a job
Get a pet
Get a scholarship
Get divorced
Get engaged
Get married
Get promoted
Get remarried
Get sick
Go to college
Go to school
Graduate
Grow up
Have children
Immigrate
Learn to drive
Lose a job
Meet someone
Move
Quit a job
Retire
Start school

4. Category General Life Relationships Learning Work Be born Die
Get a degree
Get a pet
Get sick
Finish school
Graduate
Grow up
Have children
Immigrate
Move
Travel abroad
Get a driving
license
Buy a house
Leave home
Break up with
Fall in love
Get divorced
Get engaged
Get married
Get remarried
Meet someone
Learn to drive
Go to college
Go to school
Start school
Change job
Get a job
Get promoted
Lose a job
Quit a job
Retire

5. Important events in my life
Started school
In my child
Finished school
Met someone
Got married
Had children

6. Life Events
Got a job
Traveled in Europe
Got along with students

7. Time Line follow these steps to get ideas to write about important life events
1959
1965
1986
1987
1988
1977
got
my job
went to
college
got my
degree
had children
got married
born
grew up

8. Preparing Your Writing
Learn about the simple past
Spelling: regular & irregular
Form: affirmative, negative, & question
Wh-Questions
Wh-word Be
Subject ?
Where
When
Why
was I
were
you
he/she/it
we/you/they

9. Simple Past Wh-Questions did move I you to Taipei? he When she Why it
Wh-Word
Did
Subject
Base Form
Of Verb
When
Why
did I
you he
she it we
they
move
to Taipei?

10. Simple Past Use: 1) to express a past action that is now finished.
Ex John graduated from high school two years ago.
2) the time expressions are used with the simple
past.
Ex John played it last night.

11. Talking about you Last night Last weekend On your last birthday
What did you do…?
Last night
Last weekend
On your last birthday
On your last vacation
I watched TV.
I went to Ken-Ting.

12. Adverbs- Order Transition Words
First,
First of all,
Second,
Third,
In addition,
Also,
Finally

13. fortunately/ unfortunately
Continue this story
I went out for a walk.
Unfortunately, it began to rain.
Fortunately, I had an umbrella.
Unfortunately, it was broken.
Fortunately,…
Unfortunately,…

14. More Adverbs About Time Adverbs.
Use occasionally, eventually, finally, gradually, or slowly for actions that took a lot of time.
Use quickly or immediately for actions that took very little time.
Use a comma when these words come at the beginning of the sentence.
We eventually created a great performance.
Eventually, we created a great performance.

15. Adverbs Exercise 1. He walks slowly. (extremely)
2. Your roommate is shy. (quite)
3. We go to the movies on weekends. (rarely)
4. Please___ so that we can g shopping. (your/ quickly/finish /homework)

16. Sequence of Events
Using Then, Next, and After That to show the order of events
We went to dinner, and after that (then), we went dancing.
Example: First, I get out of bed. Next, I get dressed. Then, I eat breakfast. After breakfast, I brush my teeth and make my lunch. Finally, I get on the bus and go to school.

17. Sequence of Events Exercise 1. Put in correct order.
Then he went downstairs to eat breakfast. After that, he packed his lunch. First, he got dressed and brushed his teeth. Peter got up early to get ready for school. Finally, he went outside to wait for the bus. While he ate, he studied for the test he would take at school.

18. Simple Past: questions and short answers
Directions: Give short answers to questions.
1. A: (you/ sleep) ___ well last night?
B: Yes, ___. I (sleep) ___ very well.
2. A: (you/ go) ___ to class yesterday?
B: No, ___. I (stay) ___ home because I (feel,
not) ___ good.
3. A: (you/ eat) ___ breakfast this morning?
B: No, ___. I (have/ not) ___ enough time. I was
late for class because my alarm clock (ring/ not)
___.

19. Exercise: Simple Past
Directions: Complete each sentence with the simple past of any irregular verb that makes sense.
1. John walked to school today. Sam _______ her car. Tom ___ her bicycle. Tim ___ the bus.
2. I had a good night sleep last night. I ___ eight hours.
3. Mary was really thirsty. She ___ four glasses of water.
4. My husband gave me painting for my birthday. I ___ it on a wall in my office.
5. Last night around midnight, when I was wound asleep, the telephone ___. It ___ me up.

20. Focus on Mechanics What is a paragraph? Paragraph format:
1. Topic sentence 2. Supporting sentences 3. Concluding sentence
Paragraph format:
1. Center the title
2. Indent the first sentence 5 spaces or about ½ inch from the left side of the text.
3. Do not go down to a new line to begin a new sentence

21. Editing Your Writing Checklist
1. Does every sentence start with a capital letter?
2. Does every sentence end with a period?
3. Did you spell all your words correctly?
4. Did you indent the first line of your paragraph?
5. Did you use the correct past tense forms?
6. Did you use commas after time words when they came at the beginning of sentences?

22. Chapter 9 Going Places 桂林山水甲天下
Where did you go? How was the trip? What did you do there? What was the weather like?
桂林山水甲天下

23. Getting Started A. Useful vocabulary
Talk about the words in the vocabulary pool. Check the words you know and highlight the ones you don’t know.
boring
busy
cheap
cheerful
colorful
crowded
dangerous
depressing
enjoyable
exciting
expensive
fascinating
filthy
fun
historic
Horrible
lovely
noisy
peaceful
pleasant
Popular
quiet
tiring
touristy
terrible
stressful
safe
relaxing
uncomfortable
ugly

24. Describe good things and bad things about a trip.
enjoyable
Exciting
Fascinating
Fun
Historic
Lovely
pleasant
Relaxing
Safe
Touristy
Bad Things
depressing
Boring
Crowded
Dangerous
Filthy
horrible
Noisy
Terrible
Tiring ugly
uncomfortable

25. Describe a trip you took in the past
Describe a trip you took in the past. Think about the food, the weather, the cost, and so on.
A trip
food
weather
buildings
scenery
culture ?

26. Learn new words Good things Bad things Enchanting Charming Stunning
Picturesque
Magnificent
Scenic
Spectacular
Unique
Stuffy
Cold
Environmental
Inefficient

27. Vocabulary in context
Find good things and bad things that happened during the trip.
We took a trip to Singapore last summer. As soon as we got there, we went shopping. The clothes in Singapore were very cheap, so we bought a lot of new things. We also went to a lot of museums. They were fascinating. My favorite museum was the art museum. We spent all day there. After we went to the museum, we were very tired. We also went to a lot of wonderful restaurants. The food was delicious, but it was spicy. Our hotel had a great pool. We swam every day before we went out. The weather wasn’t very nice. It was extremely hot, and it rained every afternoon. However, we still had a great time.

28. A trip to Singapore Good things Bad things Cheap clothes
Fascinating museum
Wonderful restaurants
Delicious food
Great pool
Had a great time
Spicy food
Bad weather
Rained lot
Very hot

29. Li River Cruise 
 A cruise along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo is an unforgettable experience.
spectacular limestone peaks you'll see graceful bamboo groves

30. Minority village and Longsheng Terraced Field
built into the steep mountain range named "The Dragon's Backbone“ , Zhuang and Yao minority villages dot the area and feature traditional unique architecture 

31. Reed Flute Cave
a magic land of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, birds, plants
and animals in fantastic shapes and colors.

32. Bad things
Cold weather
Disregard smoking areas
Environmental disaster

33. Learn grammar- the simple past
Exercise 1
Answer the questions with complete sentences.
Ex. Did you drink some coffee before class.
Yes. I drank some coffee before class.
1. Did you take a trip?
2. Did you visit the museum?
3. Did you send him a message?
4. Did you go out with him?
5. Did you shop at stores?
6. Did you enjoy your winter vacation?

34. Adverb Clauses with Time Expressions- using before, when, after, as soon as
Exercise 1.
Make a full sentence with the time expressions.
Ex. The other passengers got on the bus soon. Then we left. (as soon as)
As soon as the other passengers got on the bus, we left.
1. I turned off the lights. After that, I left the room. (before/ after)
2. The signers finished her song. The audience burst into applause. (as soon as / after)

35. Time expressions Exercise 2 Complete the sentences with your own words
1. Last winter I went on vacation after I ___ school.
2 . When I ___ in Rome, I visited the museum.
3. After he ___, he got a job.
4. She ___ by the time we arrived.

36. General and Specific sentences
Specific sentences give more details.
Terrible restaurant
Bad service
Filthy environment
Bad food
Stuffy space

37. Starting to Write Choose a trip to write about.
Using however, for example, and because to connect two sentences
Focus on mechanics: using commas with time words, expressions, and clauses

38. Editing writing Checking list
1. Does every sentence start with a capital letters?
2. Does every sentence end with a period?
3. Did you spell all your words correctly?
4. Did you indent the first line of your paragraph?
5. Did you start new sentences in the correct place?
6. Did you leave a space between your sentences? 7. Did you use the correct past forms?
8. Did you use commas after time words, expressions, and clauses that come at the beginning of a sentence?