how to become students good writers

How dostudents become good writers????

A writing skill clue

by

Gladys Fuentes C.

Dear student:

firstly, you have to take

notes while you are

listening!!!

Listening No. 1A) You are going to listen to a radio broadcast about George Lucas!

B) Listen to the radio broadcast and decide if the following statements are

true or false

a. Luca`s fans are convinced that he is a genious

b. Lucas has spent millions of dollars developing special effects.

c. The presenter thinks Lucas`s scripts are bad.

d. Luca`s new movie is much better than his previous film

e. Everybody knows what happens in the next part of the story.

f. Lucas is planning on making a war movie after he finishes Star Wars III.

Writing Skill

Now using this model write about what you heard!!!

Writing ProcessWriting Process

TopicTopic Topic sentence

ParagraphParagraph Descriptions

EssayEssay

Autobiography

Persuasive

Topic and Topic Sentence Topic:

What the paragraph is aboutfew wordsspecific.

Topic Sentences

Listening No. 2STUDENT PROTEST

1)Look at the pictures. What is happening?

2)You are going to hear about student

protests in the USA in the sixties. Students

protested against the war in Vietnam and the

draft, the process that made it compulsory for

young men to go and fight in the war.

Learning how to take notes while you are

listening. Remember, you do not need to

write everything, just the important

information. You will hear twice.

COMPLETE THIS CHART:

Wars in the sixties:Changing students:Students for Democratic Society:Forms of protest:Celebrity Support: The End of SDS:Achievements of SDS:

Listening 2

TOPIC:

Students were against wars. They showed their resistence through different issues.

TOPIC SENTENCE

WARS

Cold War

Students Protest

General

Specific

Understanding Paragraph Organization

Topic SentenceTopic Sentence

BodyBody

ConcludingSentenceConcludingSentence

Parts of aParagraph

NOW PREPARE A WRITING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT!!

How to Do It !! Decide on a specific topic

Consider the following suggestions:

* Effects, advantages, influences, causes, types of…

* Reasons why

* Best / Worst

* How to…