Writing 2Fall 2012

IECP

Nikki Mattson

HW to be collected:Please pass your TOEFL responses (all) and your Admireparagraphs (group 1) to the front.

Please keep your restaurant paragraphs for peer review in class.

Agenda

Warm up

Peer review restaurant paragraphs

Common sentence problems

Descriptive writing

Peer Editing

Complete the checklist about your partner’s paragraph.

Discuss your comments with your partner and offer suggestions about how your partner can improve his/her writing.

Sentence Editing

Descriptive Writing

Pgs. 61-62

Pg. 63

Draw 5 objects/things from your picture dictionary in the box of your paper

Write a descriptive paragraph that describes the scene/picture that you drew

Make sure to use a topic sentence, spatial transitions, descriptive adjectives, and a concluding sentence

My trip to Quebec was very memorablebecause the city seemed very European.One small street was particularly quaintand interesting. When I approached thestreet, I saw a set of narrow, stone stairswinding down to small boutiques below. Onthe right of the stairs, there were small glasstables at a café with red plastic chairs for thecustomers. This seemed very Europeansince the tables and chairs were very closetogether as they are in European restaurants.…….Overall, I will remember the feeling that I had while visiting Quebec for a long timesince I felt as though I experienced a littlepiece of Europe while visiting the city.

Entrance

HW

Type your descriptive paragraph and email it to me by Wednesday night at midnight. One paragraph for each group is sufficient.

NLA12@psu.edu