PARAGRAPH 1

Write about yourself

PREWRITING
Read and discuss the following paragraph about Oscar Alvarado with your
class. What ideas does Oscar Alvarado communicate to you? What do you think
about Oscar?

I am Oscar Alvarado. I am 21 years old. I am a little fat, but I am very

handsome! I am 1.72 meters tall, and my weight is 80 kg. My hair is black
and long. My blue eyes are beutiful. I am Venezuelan. I am from Caracas. In
Caracas, I am an engineering student at Bolivar University, the best
university in Venezuela. Now I am an English student in the United States. I
am happy here, but I miss my girlfriends, Carolina, Marilia and Martha very
much.

The following drawing is a cluster. Oscar Alvarado made it before he wrote

the paragraph. Fill in the empty places in the cluster with information form the
paragraph. Which information is not in the paragraph?
 Now think about yourself. What would you like to communicate about
yourself? What do you think of when you think of yourself? Make a big cluster about
yourself.

Use this text as your work book!

your name:

________________________

PREWRITING
Now use your cluster to write a paragrah about yourself. This
paragraph is not for your teacher. It is for you to share with your
classmates. Dont worry about grammar at this point; feel free to make
changes as you write.
SHARING
Read your paragraph to a small group of your classmates or to one
of your classmate (your may read it more than once, and you may give it
to them to read). Ask them what they think about your paragraph. Do
they understand everything? Is there anything they dont understand?
Ask them for at least one more piece of information that they would like
to see in your paragraph.

After you hear from your classmates, read your paragraph again. Is
there anything you want to change? How can you communicate your
ideas more clearly?

REVISING
Rewrite your paragraph. Change anything you want. You may
change words, phrases, sentences, or the whle paragraph. You may add,
substract, or reorder. Study the following example. Oscar Alvarado
wrote it before he wrote the paragraph on page 2. Look back at that
paragraph. What changes did Oscar make? Why did he make them?
What did he add, substract, and reorder?

My name is Oscar Alvarado. Now I am an English student in

the United States. I am Venezuelan. I am from Caracas. My
father is a lawyer in Caracas.In Caracas, I am an engineering
student at Bolivar University. I am 21 years old. I am fat, but I
am very handsome. I am 1.72 meters tall, and my weight is 80
kg. My hair is black and long. My blue eyes are beutiful. I miss
my girlfriends, Carolina, Marilia and Martha very much!

Now revise your paragraph.

EDITING
Now is the time to pay attention to the grammar in your paragraph.
Study the following exercices and complete them. Think about them in
connection with your paragraph. When you finish the exercise, edit your
paragraph. If necessary, make changes in grammar, punctuation,
word order, and any other item; then give it to your teacher.

Exercise A. Present-tense verbs

Directions: Put in am, is, or are

My name____ Ling Chen Chu. I ____ a Chineese student from the Peoples
Republic of
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China. I ____ from Shanghai. I ____ a secondary school physics teacher in

Beijing. I ____
3 4 5

married. My husband ____ an elementary school English teacher. We have

one daughter.
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Her name ____ Ruey-ling. I ____ 27 years old I ____ short and thin, My hair
and eyes ____
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black. I dont think that my appearance ____ important.

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Exercise B. Punctuation and capitalization

Directions: Statements start with a capital latter and end with a

period. Add punctuation to the following paragraph and correct
the capitalization.

Example: I am oscar alvarado.

I am Oscar Alvarado. I am 21 years old. I am a little fat, but i am very handsome! I am 1.72
meters tall, and my weight is 80 kg. My hair is black and long. My blue eyes are beutiful. I
am Venezuelan. I am from Caracas. In Caracas, i am an engineering student at Bolivar
University, the best university in Venezuela. Now i am an english student in the United
States. I am happy here, but i miss my girlfriends, Carolina, Marilia and Martha very much.

Exercise C. Sentence order

Directions: Place the words in the right order. Be sure to put a capital
letter at the beginning of each sentence and a period at the end
of the sentence. Some items may have more than one possible
order.

1. am, i, 27, old, years

I am 27 yeas old.
2. student, am, Chineese, I, a
 3. elementary, teacher, my, school, is, an, husband, English

4. eyes, black, and, are, my, hair, may

5. and, I, short, thin, am

6. Peoples, a, I, the, from, of, Chinesse, China, Republic, am, student

7. from, I, Shanghai, am

8. Beijing, in, teacher, physics, school, secondary, a, am, I

SPEAKING
Now is the time to speak about yourself. Stand in the front of the class or stand on
your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it. You may only see the
cluaster.

Oral Practice
Directions
The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about yourself in front
of your classmates. Try to feel free to develop your ideas (It
may be diffrent from the wrting you have made).
Then answer your classmates questions authentically.
The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about him/herself.
Explore some more information by making yes, no, or wh
questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made by your
other classmates.
PARAGRAPH 2

Write about your father

PREWRITING
Read and discuss the following paragraph about Mr. Tamimi with your class.
The paragraph was written by Mr. Tamimis daughter Khadidja. How does Khadija
feel about her father? How does she communicate her ideas and feelings?

My father is Mohammed Al-Tamimi. He is about 50 years old He is tall

and thin, I dont know exactly how tall he is, and I dont know how much he
weights. He has black hair, a moustache, and a goatee. He is a car dealer in
Riyadj, Saudi Arabia. He sell Mercedes Benz and Proche cars. His company
is large. More than 50 people work for him. My father is very smart. I love my
father, but I dont see him a lot. Usually he is at his company or with my
brothers. I think that he is the best father in the world to his fifteen children.

Khadija made the following cluster when she was thinking about her father.
Fill in the empty places in the cluster. Look at the information she did not use. Why
do you think she didnt use some of the information?

9 sons 6 daughters Sells:

__________________
My mother:
____________
second wife
2 wives

Big company:
Dont see him Mohammad Al-Tamimi ___________
much

hair: Very religious

___________
size:
___________ Very______________________
 Think about your father. What feeling and ideas come into your mind? Make
a big cluster about him.

Use this text as your work book!

his name:
________________________

PREWRITING
Use the cluster to write a paragraph about your father. You dont
have to use the entire cluster, and you may add information not in the
cluster. Remember, this is not for your teacher. It is for you toshare with
your classmates.

SHARING
Read your paragraph to a small group of your classmates or to one
of your classmate (your may read it more than once, and you may give it
to them to read). Ask them what they think about your paragraph. Do
 they understand everything? Is there anything they dont understand?
Ask them for at least one more piece of information that they would like
to see in your paragraph.

After you hear from your classmates, read your paragraph again. Is
there anything you want to change? How can you communicate your
ideas more clearly?

REVISING
Rewrite your paragraph. Change anything you want. You may
change words, phrases, sentences, or the whole paragraph. You may
add, substract, or reorder.

EDITING
Study the following exercices and complete them as quickly as
possible . Think about them in connection with your paragraph. When
you finish the exercise, edit your paragraph and give it to your teacher. If
necessary, make changes in grammar, punctuation, word order, and
any other item.

Exercise A. Pronouns

Directions: Put in he, my, or his

____ Osman Hersey. ____ is about 58 years old. ____ is about 1.7 meters
tall, and ____
1 2 3 4

weight is about 65 kg. ____ is vegitable farmer near Mogadisco, Somalia.

____ farm has
5 6

at least 100 hectares. In addition to me, ____ father has six children, four
daughters, and
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 one son. ____ works hard to give us a good life. ____ wants ____ children
to work hard
8 9 10

too. ____ always tells me to do ____ best.

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Exercise B. Punctuation and capitalization

Directions: Names of people, cities, countries, and companies begin

with capital letters. Punctuate the following paragraph and
correct the capitalization.

Example: I am oscar alvarado.

my father is mohammed al-tamimi he is about 50 years old he is tall and thin

i dont know exactly how tall he is and i dont know how much he weights he has
black hair a moustache and a goatee he is a car dealer in riyadh saudi arabia he
sell mercedes benz and proche cars his company is large more than 50 people
work for him my father is very smart i love my father but i dont see him a lot
usually he is at his company or with my brothers i think that he is the best father in
the world to his fifteen children

Exercise C. Sentence order

Directions: Place the words in the right order. Be sure to put a capital
letter at the beginning of each sentence and a period at the end
of the sentence. Some items may have more than one possible
order.

1. least, 100, farm, at, has, his, hectars

2. about, old, is, years, 58, he

3. best, my, do, to, he, me, tells, always

4. farmer, a, vegetable, is, he, near, Mogadiscio.

5. he, life, works, good, a, us, give, to, hard

6. wants, children, he, his, to, too, work, hard

7. six, children, my, father, has

SPEAKING
Now is the time to speak about your father. Stand in the front of the class or stand
on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it. You may only see the
cluaster.

Oral Practice
Directions
The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about your father in
front of your classmates. Try to feel free to develop your
ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you have made).
 Then answer your classmates questions authentically.

The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about his/her father.
Explore some more information by making yes, no, or wh
questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made by your
other classmates.
PARAGRAPH 3

Write about your classmate

PREWRITING
Read and discuss the following paragraph about Ursula Kaaris with your
class. How does the writer describe Ursulas face (in what order)? Are there any
parts of her face not described?

My classmate is Ursula Kaaris. She is 18 years old, and she is from Hillerod,
Denmark. Her face is ablong. Her hair is short and blonde. Her ears are small. Her
eyebrows are thin, and her eyelashes are long. Her eyes are blue. Her nose is not
short and not long. Her cheeks are white and smooth. Her mouth is small, and her
lips are thin and red. She is wearing an unsual purple colored lipstick that matches
her purple fingernails. In Denmark, Ursula is a university student. She dosnt know
what job she wants in the future. She wants to trvel a lot in the United States.

small ears blue eyes

medium nose white teeth
VERY PRETTY

ablong hair black mole

blonde hair
Ursula small mouth

crooked teeth
purple lips/nails
thin eyebrows no job
no boyfriend university student
long lashes
father: importer Hillerod, Denmark
white cheeks

The following cluster was made by the writer.

 Again, notice what information the writer uses, and does not use. What are
the items the writer doesnt use? Why not?

Your teacher will now pair you with another student in the class. Make a
cluster of your ideas about your classmate. First, introduce yourself; next ask some
questions, such as name, native villiage, field of studym goal in life, finally describe
the person physically.

Use this text as your work book!

classmates name:
________________________

PREWRITING
Use the cluster to write a paragraph about your classmate. Again,
you dont have to use all of the cluster, and you may add information not
in the cluster. Dont worry about grammar here.

SHARING
Ask your classmate (the person you described) to read your paragraph and tell
you what he or she likes or dont like. What do you think should be changed?

REVISING
Rewrite your paragraph. Change whatever you want. Try to give a
clear picture of your classmate.

EDITING
Study the following exercices. When you finish, edit your paragraph
and give it to your teacher.

Exercise A. Verbs and Pronouns

Directions: Put in is, are, he, his, or my

____ classmate is Ernesto Lopez. ____ 22 years old. ____ is from Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
1 2 3

Ernesto ____ a winemaker in Buenos Aires. ____ wants to study enology at

an Amarican
4 5

university. ____ face ____ round. His hair ____ medium length and blonde.
____ ears
6 7 8 9

____ small. His eyebrows ____ thick. ____ eyes are green. His nose ____
long. ____
10 11 12 13 14

cheeks ____ red and rough. ____ mouth ____ small. Ernesto ____ a very
friendly person.
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Exercise B. Compound sentences

Directions: A comma and a coordinate conjunction can join two

sentences. In each of the following items, form a single
compound sentence out of the two sentences given.
 Example: She is 18 years old. She is from Hillerod, Denmark.
She is 18 years old, and she is from Hillerod, Denmark.

1. Her face is ablong. Her hair is short.

2. Ernesto is a winemaker. He wants to study enology at an Amarican

university.

3. Her eyelashes are long. Her eyes are blue.

4. She is 18 years old. She is from Hillerod, Denmark.

5. His eyebrows are thick. His eyes are green.

Exercise C. Adhjectives and nouns

Directions: Fill in the blanks with any adjective or noun. Use your
imagination.

One of my friends in this class is Anabel Tatis. She is a young __________.

She is from
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__________ . Her face is __________. Her hair is __________ and __________.

Her ears
2 3 4 5

are __________. Her eyebrows are __________ and __________. Her mouth is
6 7 8

__________. Today Anabel is wearing a __________ skirt and __________

blouse. Her
9 10 11

__________ are __________. Anabel is a __________ in her country. She wants

to study
12 13 14

__________ in the United States. After her studies, she wants to travel to
__________,
15 16

__________, and __________. In her free time, Anabel likes to play __________
and
17 18 19

__________. She is very __________ person.

20 21

SPEAKING
Now is the time to speak about your classmate. Stand in the front of the class or
stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it. You may only see
the cluaster.

Oral Practice
Directions
The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about your classmate
in front of your classmates. Try to feel free to develop your
ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you have made).
Then answer your classmates questions authentically.
The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about his/her
classmate. Explore some more information by making yes,
no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made
by your other classmates.
PARAGRAPH 4

Write about the place where you live

PREWRITING
Read the following paragraph silently. Write down three reasons why you
would like to live in the the apartment? Think about the specific information in the
paragraph. Discuss your ideas with your class.

My Amarican roommate and I have a simple apartment at 237 Crandbrook

Court. It is a medium-sized apartment. It has a kichen, living room, bedroom, and
bathroom. In the kchen, there are an old wooden table, four new metal and plastic
chairs, an electronic stove, a small General Electric refrigerator, and lots of dirty
dishes in the sink. Sometimes, at night, we have mice and bugs on the kichen floor.
The living room has a brown vanyl sofa with a lots of holes in it, one table with a
broken lamp, and one big green chair. Pictres of Madonna and Maradona are on
the wall. The bedroom has two desks, two lamps, a small chest of drawers, two
beds, and piles of dirty closthes. The bathroom as a tailet, bathtub, sink, and mirror.
The shower doesnt work. Our apartment is OK, but it is not fantastic.

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

The paragraph has many specific details such as: 237 Crandbrook Court; a small General
Electric refrigirator; a brown vinyl sofa; pictures of Madonna and Maradona. Try to make to
make the following details more specific:

1. in the __________ kichen 4. on the __________ wall

2. a __________ electric stove 5. two __________beds
3. one __________ table 6. the __________ batroom.

7.
 8. Think about the place where you live. Try to remember as many
details as possible. Make a big cluster.

9. Use this text as your work book!

10.

address:
________________________

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17. PREWRITING
18. Now give your cluster to one of your classmates. Write a
paragraph using another persons cluster. Feel free to make changes as
you write.

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30. SHARING
31. Give your paragraph to the person whose cluster you were using. Now
look at the paragraph that is about the place where you live. Is it a good
description? Is the information communicated clearly?
32. REVISING
33. R
ewrite your classmatesparagraph about rhw place you live. Yu may
change words, phrases, sentenes or the whole paragraph.

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45. EDITING
46. C
omplete the following exercise. Then edit your paragraph and submit it to
your teacher.

47. Exercise A. Verbs

48. Directions: Put in is, are, have, or has

49.
My Chinese friend and I _____ an appartment on Russel St. It. _____ a
small apartment. It
50. 1 2

51. _____ a kichen/living room,

yellow flowers, bedroom, and bathroom. The kichen _____ a
52. 3 4

53. plastic table, two chairs, a

gas stove, and a small refrigirator. We _____ an old Zenith TV
54. 5

55. and some cushions in the

living room. There _____ four pictures on the wall: a white
56. 6

57. kitten, yellow flowers, a girl

with aviolin, and a reprint of Van Gogh. The bedroom _____
58. 7

59. two beds, two desks, and

two lamps. There _____ one dresser for our clothes. The
60. 8
 61. bathroom _____ a tailet,
shower, sink, and mirror. Our appartment _____ always clean
62. 9

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63. because my roommate is

crazy about cleaning.
64.
65. Exercise B. Punctuation and Capitalization

66. Directions: Put in periods, capitals, and commas. Names of

apartment building and streets start with a capital letter. Items
in series have a comma between them.

67. Example: It has a kichen, livin room, and bedroom.

68. my amarican roommate and i have a simple apartment at 237

crandbrook court. it is a medium-sized apartment it has a kichen living room
bedroom and bathroom in the kchen there are an old wooden table four new metal
and plastic chairs an electronic stove a small general electric refrigerator and lots of
dirty dishes in the sink sometimes at night we have mice and bugs on the kichen
floor the living room has a brown vanyl sofa with a lots of holes in it one table with a
broken lamp and one big green chair pictres of madonna and maradona are on the
wall. the bedroom has two desks two lamps a small chest of drawers two beds and
piles of dirty closthes the bathroom as a taile bathtub sink and mirror the shower
doesnt work our apartment is OK but it is not fantastic

69. Exercise C. Sentence order

70. Directions: Place the words in the right order. Be sure to put a
capita; letter at the beginning of each sentence and a periode
at the end sentence.

1. Chinese, I, apartment, live, my, and, friend, in, an

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2. small, is, apartment, it, a
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3. we, an, old, have, TV
73.
4. four, the wall, on, pictures, are, there
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5. two, bedroom, has, the, beds
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6. apartment, clean, always, is, our
76.

77.
78. SPEAKING
79. N
ow is the time to speak about the place where you live. Stand in the front of the
class or stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it. You may
only see the cluaster.
80. Oral Practice
81. Directions
82. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about the
place where you live in front of your classmates. Try to feel
free to develop your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing
you have made).
83. Then answer your classmates
questions authentically.
84.
85. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about
the place where he or she lives. Explore some more
information by making yes, no, or wh questions. You can
cantinue the question(s) made by your other classmates.
86.
87.PARAGRAPH 5
88.

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93.

94. Write about your home city and its people

95. PREWRITING
96. Read the following paragraphs about Rome. Then discuss both
paragraphs with your class. Which one gives you the most information about
Rome? Fill in the outline with your class.

97. I am from Rome. Rome is in Italy, and it is the magnificiant capital of

Italy. It is a very large city. It has many people. Rome usually has nice weather
because it is close to the sea. Rome also has many famous fantastic things to see.
Rome also has many beuatiful parks. Romans like to walk in the parks, and we like
to sit in the confortaable cafes. We like to watch people, and we are always in love.
Every Roman likes to have fun, and Rome is a great city to have fun in!

98. I am from Rome. Rome is in southern Italy, and it is the magnificient

capital of Italy. It is very large city. It has about three million people. Rome usually
has warm weather because it is close to the Mediterranian Sea. Rome also has
many fantastic things to see. For example, the Vatican, the Colosseum, and the
Trevi Faountains are in Rome. Rome also has many beutiful parks. Romans like to
walk in the parks, and we like to sit in the compfortable cafes. We like to watch
people, and we are always in love. Every Roman likes to have fun, and Rome is a
great city to have fun in!

99. Outline

100. City ______________________________

I. Geographical location: _____________________________________________

II. Population
III. Climate
IV. Things to see
101. _
_________________________________________________________________
102. _
_________________________________________________________________
V. What Romans do
103. _
_________________________________________________________________
104. _
_________________________________________________________________

105. Make a cluster about your native city. Include some of good points and the
bad points.

106. Use this text as your work book!

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108.

109.

native city:
________________________

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115.
116. PREWRITING
117. Write a paragraph using your cluster. Be relaxed, and
concentrate on your ideas.

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128.

129. SHARING
130. Ask one of your classmates to read your paragraph to you. What do you
think? Can you understand everything you have written? Dose the reader
understand your ideas?

131. REVISING
132. R
evise your paragraph. Continue to concentrate on ideas. Think about the
order of your ideas. Put the most important point last.

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144. EDITING
145. T
hink about your paragraph as you do the following exercises. When you
finish, edit your paragraph and give it to your teacher.

146. Exercise A. Verbs

147. Directions: Put in am, is, are, have, has, or like.

148.
I _____ from Shagra. Shagra _____in central Jordan. Shagra _____ a
medum-szed city; it
149. 1 2 3

150. _
____about 30.000 people. The weather _____ very hot in Shagra because
it _____ in the
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 152. d
esert. The temperature _____ usually 420 460C in the summer. Nothing
famous _____ in
153. 7 8

154. S
hagra. My town _____ many markets, shops, and stores, but no large
buildings _____ in
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156. S
hagra. The people of Shagra _____ to sit in the cafes, go to mosques, and
visit their
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158. f
riends houses. Shagra _____a normal city, and I _____ many friends there.
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160.
161. Exercise B. Compound sentences

162. Directions: Join the sentences.

1. Romans like to walk in the parks. (and) We like to sit in the cafes.
163.
2. We like to watch people. (and) We are always in love.
164.
165.
3. My twn has many markets. (and) No large buildings are there.
166.
4. It is a very large city. (and) It has about three million lovely people.
167.

168. Exercise C. Articles

169. Directions: Put in a, an, the, or leave the space blank.

1. I am from _____ Rome.

2. Rome is in _____ southern Italy and it is _____ capital of Italy.
3. It is _____ very large city.
4. It has abut _____ three million people.
5. _____ Rome usually has warm weather because it is close to _____
Mediterranean Sea.
6. _____ Rome also has many famous things to see.
7. For exampe, _____ Vatican, _____ Colosseum, and _____ Travi Fountains
are in _____ Rome.
8. Romans like to walk in _____ parks, and we like to sit in _____ cafes.
9. _____ Rome is _____ great city to have fun in.

170.
171. SPEAKING
172. N
ow is the time for you to speak about your home city and its people. Stand in the
front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it.
You may only see the cluaster.
173. Oral Practice
174. Directions
175. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about your home
city and its people in front of your classmates. Try to feel free to
develop your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you have
made).
176. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
177.
178. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about your home
city and its people. Explore some more information by making yes,
no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made by your
other classmates.
179.
180. PARAGRAPH 6
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186.

187. Write about what your classmates mother does every

day

188. PREWRITING
189. Read the following paragraphs silently. When you finish, do the
exercise with one of your classmates.

190. Rachels mother, Ruth has a busy and interesting life. Ruth usually
wakes up at 6:30 AM. Then she likes to lie in bed for a while and drink coffee. After
about half and hour, she likes to get uo and go to work on the trees and flowers
around the apartment. At about 8:00 she goes back inside and take a shower. Then
she dresses, and she goes to exercise with her friends. When she finishes her
exercises, she goes shopping. She comes home at around 10:30, cleans the
house, and cooks some lunch/ From 12:00 t0 12:30, she eats lunch with her
husband, Shuka. From then until 7:30, she teaches piano, organ, and accordion to
her students. When she finishes, she eats dinner with her husband. In the evening
she likes to play cards or go dancing. At about 11:30, she and her husband usually
go to sleep.

191. Look at the following schedule. What are five instances in which the shedule
is not the same as in the paragraph?

192. 6:30 A.M. wakes up

193. 6:30 7:00 lies in bed/drinks coffee
194. 7:00 gets dressed, works on flowers
195. 8:00 10:30 takes a shower
196. Finishes exercises, goes shopping
197. 11:00 12:00 comes home/cleans/cooks
198. 12:00 12:30 P.M. eats lunch with her husband
199. 1:00 7:30 teaches piano, organ, and accordion
200. 7:30 goes danching
201. 11:00 goes to sleep
202.
203. Now, ask your classmate about her or his mother. Write down, in schedule
form, at least eight things your classmates mother does every day.

204. Schedule

205.

206.
207.

208.

209.

210.

211.

212.

213.

214.

215.

216.

217.

218.

219.

220.

221. WRITING
222. Use the schedule to write a paragraph about your classmates
mother

223.

224.

225.

226.

227.

228.

229.

230.

231.

232.

233.

234.

235.

236.
237. SHARING
238. Show your paragraph to your classmate. Ask your classmate to
make at lest three changes in the paragraph (add, reorder, substract).

239. REVISING
240. R
evise the paragraph using changes your classmates suggested.

241.

242.

243.

244.

245.

246.

247.

248.

249.

250.

251.

252.

253.

254.

255. EDITING
256. T
hink about your paragraph as you do the following exercises. Then edit
your paragraph and submit it.

257. Exercise A. Verbs

258. Directions: Choose the right verb. Make t third person singular.

259. Go 262. Cle 265. Re 268. Lea

(2) an ad ve
260. Ma 263. Eat 266. Wa 269. get
ke (2) 264. Tak tch
261. Co e 267. Se
me w

270. Her mother, Hisae, _____ up at 6:00 A.M., everyday. From 6:00
to 7:00 A.M, she _____
 271. 1 2

272. B
reakfast for the family. At 7:00 A.M., she _____ the houes and _____
shopping. She
273. 3

274. _
____ back at 10:00 A.M., and _____ the house. She _____ lunch by herself
at 12:30 P.M.
275. 5 6 7

276. I
n the afternoon, she usually _____ a nap from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. From 4:00
to 6:00
277. 8

278. P
.M., she _____ her favorte TV programs. At 6:00 P.M., she _____ dinner for
the family.
279. 9

10

280. A
fter dinner, she _____ novels and _____ . She _____ to sleep with her
huSband at about
281. 11 12

13

282. 1
0:30 P.M.
283.
284. Exercise B. Punctuation and capitalization

285. rachels mother ruth has a busy and interesting life ruth usually wakes
up at 6:30 A.M. then she likes to lie in bed for a while and drink coffee after about
half and hour she likes to get uo and go to work on the trees and flowers around the
apartment at about 8:00 she goes back inside and take a shower then she dresses
and she goes to exercise with her friends when she finishes her exercises she goes
shopping she comes home at around 10:30 cleans the house and cooks some
lunch/ from 12:00 to 12:30 she eats lunch with her husband shuka from then until
7:30 she teaches piano organ and accordion to her students when she finishes she
eats dinner with her husband in the evening she likes to play cards or go dancing at
about 11:30 she and her husband usually go to sleep

286. Exercise C. Prepositions of time

287. Directions: Put in at, from...to, or in.

1. She usually wakes up _____ 6:30 A.M.

2. _____ 6:30 _____ 7:00 she lies in bed and drinks coffee.
3. _____ 7:00 she likes to get up and go to work n the flowers around the
house.
4. She come home _____ 10:30, cleans the house, and cooks some lunch.
5. _____ 12:00 _____ 12:30, she eats lunch with her husband.
6. _____ the evening she likes to play cards or go dancing.
7. _____ 11:30 she and her husband go to sleep.
288. Exercise D. Paragraph order

289. Directions: These sentences are not in the right order. Copy
them in the right order in paragraph form on a piece of paper

290. She comes back at 10:00 A.M, and cleans the house. From
4:00 to 6:00 P.M., she watches her favorite TV programs. She goes to
sleep with her husband at about 10:30 P.M. She eats lunch by gerself at
12:30 P.M. Her mother, Hisae, gets up at 6:00 A.M., everyday. After
dinner, she reads novels and sews. In the afternoon, she usually takes a
nap from 12:00 to 4:00 P.M. From 6:00 to 7:00 A.M., she makes breakfast
for the family. At 7:00 A.M.m she leaves the house and goes shopping. At
6:00 P.M., she makes dinner for the family.
291.
292.
293. SPEAKING
294. N
ow is the time for you to speak about what your classmates mother does
everyday. Stand in the front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring your final
cluster and speak about it. You may only see the cluaster.

295. Oral Practice

296. Directions
297. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about what your
classmates mother does everyday in front of your classmates. Try
to feel free to develop your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing
you have made).
298. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
299.
300. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about what your
classmates mother does everyday. Explore some more information
by making yes, no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the
question(s) made by your other classmates.
301.
302. PARAGRAPH 7
303.

304.

305.

306.

307.

308.

309. Write about what you are doing right now

310. PREWRITING
311. Read the following paragraph aloud with your class; then discuss the
questions after the paragraph.

312. I am sitting on the wet grass outside our English classroom. There is a
lot of trash on the ground. I am sitting under a big oak tree. The sun is not shining.
Big, black clouds are moving across the sky. The wind is blowing hard. Some cups
are blowing across the lawn. A crow is flying in the wind. I see many people. Some
are walking to their classes. Some are going to the library. Only our class is sitting
on the grass. Two guys are slowly riding by on their bicycles. I think they are talking
and laughing, but I cant hear them. They are wearing heavy coats. I am wearing
only a thin sweater. Because it is cold, I am stopping.

313. Questions

1. What season of the year do you think it is?

2. What kind of trash do you think is on the ground?
3. What change in weather do you think is about to happen?
4. Why are the guys riding slowly?
5. Why cant the writer hear the guys?
6. Why do you think the grass is wet?
7. Why do you think the class is stting outsite on the wet grass?
314.
315. If it isnt too cold or wet, go outside with your class and find a comfotable
place to sit. Make a big cluster of things you feel, hear, or see.

316. Schedule

317.
318.
319.
320.
321.
322. WRITING
323. Use the schedule to write a paragraph. Write as if you feel, hear,
and see is now.

324.

325.

326.

327.

328.

329.

330.

331.

332.

333.

334.

335.

336.

337.

338. SHARING
339. Read your paragraph to a small group of your classmates. Ask
them what they think. Do they understand everything? Did you communicate
your feelings and observations well?

340. After you hear from your classmates, read your paragraph again. Is
there anything you want to change?

341. REVISING
342. R
ewrite your paragraph. Whatever you want.

343.

344.

345.

346.
347.

348.

349.

350.

351.

352.

353.

354.

355.

356.

357. EDITING
358. E
dit your paragraph after completing these exercises.

359. Exercise A. Verbs

360. Directions: Put in the right form of the present continuous.

361. I (sit) __________ in Shields Library on the UCD campus. I (sit)

__________ at a large
362. 1 2

363. b
rown table with two students. They (study) __________ mathematics. They
(Talk)
364. 3

365. _
_________ very quetly. Several students (look) __________ for books in
stacks.
366. 4 5

367. O
ne students (drink) __________ water from a water fountain. He (hit)
__________
368. 6 7

369. h
imself in the eye with the water. One boy at another table (scrach)
__________ his head
370. 8

371. W
iith his pencil. The air conditioner (blow) __________ cold air at me. I
(move) ______
372. 9

10
 373. _
____ because I dont want to get sick.
374.
375.
376. Exercise B. Sentence order

377. Directions: Join the sentences.

1. sitting, wet, I, am, grass, the, on.

378.
2. a, tree, under, sitting, am, I, big, oak.
379.
3. sun, is, the, shining, not.
380.
4. big, are, sky, across, clauds, moving, the.
381.
5. is, blowing, wind, hard, the.
382.
6. classes, to, walking, some, are, their, students.
383.
7. to, students, going, library, some, are, the.
384.
8. coats, are, they, wearing, heavy.
385. o

9. Sweater, only, am, wearing, thin, I, a.

386.

387. Exercise C. Prepositions of space and direction

388. Directions: Put in on, under, in, or to.

1. I am sitting __________ the wet grass.

2. I am sitting __________ a big.
3. Big, black clouds are moving _________ the sky.
4. A bird is flying __________ the wind.
5. Some are walking __________ their classes.
6. Some are going __________ the library.
7. Our class is sitting __________ the grass.
8. Two guys are slowly riding by __________ their bicycles.

389. SPEAKING
390. N
ow is the time for you to speak about what you are doing right now. Stand in the
front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about it.
You may only see the cluaster.

391. Oral Practice

392. Directions
393. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about what you are
doing right now in front of your classmates. Try to feel free to
develop your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you have
made).
394. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
395.
 396. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about what you
are doing right now. Explore some more information by making yes,
no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made by your
other classmates.
397.
398. PARAGRAPH 8
399.

400.

401.

402.

403.

404.

405. Write about what your favorite teacher (before now)

406. PREWRITING
407. Read and discuss the following paragraph about Mr. Aoki with your
class. The paragraph was written by Shige Matsunori. What does Shige think about
Mr. Aoki? What do you?

408. My favorite teacher was Mr. Kenji Aoki. He was small, old man with
gray hair and a gray beard. He was my fifth-grade mathematics teacher in Osaka,
Japan. Mr. Aoki was hard, but friendly. For me, mathematics was a terrible subject.
Many of my classmates were very good in math, but I was not. I had many
problems, but Mr. Aoki was usually ready to healp me, especially after class. His
class was very difficult. We had a test every two days. Every night there were at lest
fifteen pages of homework. Many nights I was sick of math, but the homework was
important. I was sorry at the end of the year, Mr. Aoki was a good teacher, and he
helped me a lot.
 409.

Small Subject:
____________

teacher Homework:
____________ ___ pages/night

_______ I was terrible

____________
Every 2 days
gray hair helped

_______
____________

Fill in the empty places in the cluster that Shige made.

410.

411.

412.

413.

414.
415.
416.
417.
 418. Make a cluster about yur favorite teacher. Try to remember why you
liked her or him Try ti remember specific examples.

419.
420.
421.

name:

_____________________

422.
423.
424.
425.
426.
427.
428. WRITING
429. Write a paragraph based on your cluster. Try hard to make your
classmates undertand why you remember the teacher well.

430.

431.

432.

433.

434.

435.

436.

437.

438.

439.

440.

441.

442.
443.
444. SHARING
445. Exchange your cluster from the prewriting section for that of a
classmate. On aseperate piece of paper write a paragtraph based on your
classmates cluster, while he or she writes a paragraph based on yours. When you
finish, trade paragraphs with your classmate. Compare your classmates paragraph
with your paragraph in the wrtitingsection. Both paragraphs are based on the same
cluster. How are the paragraphs similar? How are they diffirent?

446. REVISING
447. R
ewrite the paragraph you wrote in the Writing section. You may use some
of your classmates words or sentences if you want.

448.

449.

450.

451.

452.

453.

454.

455.

456.

457.

458.

459.

460.

461. EDITING
462. B
efore you edit your paragraph, complete the following exercise.

463. Exercise A. Verbs

464. Directions: Put in was or were.

465. My best teacher _____ Ms. Sylvie Goncourt. She _____ a young
woman with
466. 1 2

467. b
rown hair and glasses. She _____ my eight-grade French teacher in Antwerp,
468. 3
 469. B
elgium. Ms. Concourts explanations _____ clear and interesting. She _____
470. 4 5

471. C
lose to her students. French _____ an easy subject for me in general, but
472. 6

473. s
omethings ______ difficult, such as grammar and composition. Ms. Concourt
474. 7

475. _
____ able to expalin the most difficult points very easily and clearly. Also, most
476. 8

477. O
f her classes _____ very interesting because there _____ something new every
478. 9
10

479. d
ay. I _____ lucky to have Ms. Cylvie Concourt as my teacher.
480.
11

481.
482. Exercise B. Punctuation and capitalization

483. Directions: Put in periodesm capitals, and commas. Names of cities

and countries should be seperated by commas.

484. my favorite teacher was mr kenji aoki he was small old man with gray
hair and a gray beard he was my fifth-grade mathematics teacher in osaka japan
mr aoki was hard but friendly for me mathematics was a terrible subject many of my
classmates were very good in math but i was not i had many problems but mr aoki
was usually ready to healp me especially after class his class was very difficult we
had a test every two days every night there were at lest fifteen pages of homework
many nights i was sick of math but the homework was important i was sorry at the
end of the year mr aoki was a good teacher and he helped me a lot

485.
486. Exercise C. Compound sentences

487. Directions: Join the sentences with a comma and conjunction.

488.

1. Many of my classmates were very good in math. (but) I was not.

489.
2. I hade many problems. (but) Mr. Aoki was always ready to help me.
490.
3. Many nights I was sick of math. (but) The homework was important.
491.
4. Ms. Concourts explanations were clear and interesting. (and) She was close to
her students.
492.
493.
494. Exercise D. Pronouns

495. Directions: Change the terms in dark type to she, he, her, or his.

1. Ms. Sylvie Concourt ( she ) was a young woman with brown hair and glasses.
2. Ms. Concourt ( ) was my eight-grade French teacher.
3. I had many problems, but Mr. Aoki ( ) was always rady to help me.
4. Mr. Aokis ( ) class was very difficult.
5. Most of Ms. Concourts ( ) classes were very interesting.
6. I was lucky to have Ms. Sylvie Concourt ( ) as my teacher.
7. Mr. Aoki ( ) was a good teacher, and he helped me a lot.

496. SPEAKING
497. N
ow is the time for you to speak about your faborite teacher before now. Stand in
the front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster and speak about
it. You may only see the cluaster.

498. Oral Practice

499. Directions
500. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about your faborite
teacher before in front of your classmates. Try to feel free to develop
your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you have made).
501. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
502.
503. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about her or his faborite
teacher before. Explore some more information by making yes, no, or wh
questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made by your other
classmates.
504.
505. PARAGRAPH 9
506.

507.

508.

509.

510.

511.

512. Write about an old car, motorcycle, bycycle, or some

other means of transportation you had

513. PREWRITING
514. Read the following paragraph silently, and then fill in the diagram after
the paragraph.

515. My uncle Larss old car was a 1968 144S Volvo. When it was new, it
was pretty. It was yellow on the outside, but it had black seats. It was a standard-
sized sedan with four doors. The seats were large and comfortble and the car had
enough room for five people. On the right side of the dashboard, there was a AM
radio. The Volvo had an automatic transmission and a diesel engine. I remember
the car clearly because it was the first car I drove By that time it was old, and it
always broke down.

516. Now fill in this organisational diagram.

517.

518. Make a cluster about an old car or some means of transportation that
you, your parents, or a friend had. Include specific facts such as year, model, and
so on. If you cant remember exactly, invent.

519.
520.

521.
522.
523.
524.
525.
526.
527.
528. WRITING
 529. Use your cluster to write a paragraph. Dont worry about grammar.
Feel free to make changes as you write.

530.

531.

532.

533.

534.

535.

536.

537.

538.

539.

540.

541.

542.

543. SHARING
544. Give your paragraph to three people in your class, and ask each one
of them to write two changes. After you get your paragraph back, look at their
suggestions.

545. Do you think their changes help or hurt your paragraph? Ask them
why they think the changes are good.

546. REVISING
547. R
ewrite your paragraph. Concentrate on ideas, but also think abut vocabulary and
organistion.

548.

549.

550.

551.

552.

553.

554.

555.
 556.

557.

558.

559.

560.

561. EDITING
562. U
se these exercises to help you in editing your own paragraph.

563. Exercise A. Verbs

564. Directions: Put in was, were, or had

 565. My first car _____ a 1968 Plymouth GTX. It _____ a cheap, used car,
but I _____
566. 1 2 3

567. p
roud of it. The car _____ blue on the outside and blue on the inside. It _____
568. 4 5

569. m
edium-sized with two front seats, a black seat, and two doors. The front seats
570. 5

571. _
____ small, and te back seat _____ only big enough for two people. On the
572. 6 7

573. d
ashboard, it ______ a streao tape player and an AM-FM radio. My GTX _____ a
574. 8 9

575. m
anual four-speed transmission, and it _____ a big engine (440 cu. In.) I _____ a
576. 10
11

577. l
ot of problems with the car, but I also _____ a lot of fun in it.
578.
12

579.

580.
581. Exercise B. Punctuation and capitalization

582. Directions: Put in periods, capitals, and commas.

583. my uncle larss old car was a 1968 144s volvo when it was new it was
pretty it was yellow on the outside but it had black seats it was a standard-sized
sedan with four doors the seats were large and comfortble and the car had enough
room for five people on the right side of the dashboard there was a am radio the
volvo had an automatic transmission and a diesel engine i remember the car clearly
because it was the first car i drove by that time it was old and it always broke down

584.
585. Exercise C. Compound sentences

586. Directions: Look at the Volvo paragaph and the paragraph in Exercise
A. Copy the seven compound sentences you see.

587. Volvo Paragraph:

1.
588.
2.
589.
3.
590.
591.

592. Paragraph in Exercise A:

4.
593.
5.
594.
6.
595.
7.
596.
597.

598.
599. SPEAKING
600. N
ow is the time for you to speak about an old car or some other means of
transportation you had. Stand in the front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring
your final cluster and speak about it. You may only see the cluaster.

601. Oral Practice

602. Directions
603. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about an old car or
some other means of transportation you had in front of your
classmates. Try to feel free to develop your ideas (It may be diffrent
from the writing you have made).
604. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
605.
606. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about an old car or
some other means of transportation he or she had. Explore some more
information by making yes, no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the
question(s) made by your other classmates.
607.
608. PARAGRAPH 10
609.

610.

611.

612.

613.

614.

615. Write about what you did last weekend, or on a recent

trip

616. PREWRITING
617. Read and discuss the following paragraph with your class. Complete
the organizational diagram by yourself, then compare your answers with those of
your classmates.

618.

Golden Gate Park

Crazy people

Golden Gate Park

city

Fortune cookie

Piere 39

Chirardeili Square

Last Sunday, my friends and I went to San Fransisco. We visited Golden Gate Park,
Cinatown, and Fishermans Wharf. At 10:00 in the morning we went to the Steinhart
 Aquarium in the Park. We saw many different kinds of sharks, fish, and crazy
people. After two hurs, we drove to Cinatown. We ate lunch there. We had almond
chicken, mushi pork, and steamed rice. I got a fortune cookie that said you will
iherit a million dollars. At about 2:00 we took an exiting ride i a cable car to
Fishermans Wharf. While we were there, we took a boat ride around the bay, we
stopped at Pier 39 and the Cannery, and we all drank milkshakes at an ice cream
store at Ghirardelli Square. When we went back to our car at 5:00 we found a
$25.00 ticket on the windshield.

619.

620.

621.

622.

623.

624.

625.

626.

627.

628. Think about what you did last weekend, or remember a trip you took
to some place. Make a cluster of all of your experiences.

629.
630.

631.
632.
633.
634.
635.
636.
637.
638. WRITING
639. Write a paragraph bsed on your cluster. Try to include as many
examples as possible.

640.

641.

642.

643.

644.

645.

646.

647.

648.

649.

650.

651.

652.

653.
654. SHARING
655. Give your paragraph to a classmate. Ask your classmate to draw a
diagram of your paragraph (similar to the one on page 62) while you draw a
diagram of your classmates paragraph.

656. REVISING
657. L
ook at the diagram that your classmate drew. Did yoor classmate understand your
ideas and organisation? Rewrite your paragraph, making nay changes you think
are necessary.

658.

659.

660.

661.

662.

663.

664.

665.

666.

667.

668.

669.

670.

671. EDITING
672. T
hink about your paragraph as you complete these exercises. Then edit your
paragraph.

673. Exercise A. Subordinate clauses

674. Directions: Your teacher will explain what a complehese sentence is.
Change each of these to a complex sentence.

675. Example:

676. (After) We visited underground Atlanta. We went to a baseball game.

677. After we visited underground Atlanta, we went to a baseball game.
678.
1. (While) We were in Atlanta. We visited Underground Atlanta, Peachtree Street,
and Stone Mountain.
679.
 2. (After) We stayed in Underground Atlant for two hours. We stopped on
Peachtree Street.
680.
681.
3. We finished shopping. (Before) We went to Stone Mountain.
682.
683.
4. We took a bus. (When) We went to Stone Mountain.
684.
685.
5. (While) We were at Stone Mountain. We rode a train.
686.
687.
688. Exercise B. Senence order

689. Directions: Put the words in correct order

690.
Last Sunday, my friends and I went ____ San Fransisco. ____ 10:00 in the
691. 1
2

692. morning we went ____ the Steinhart Aquarium ____ the Park. We saw many
693. 3
4

694. different kinds ____ sharks and fish. After two hurs, we drove ____Cinatown.
_____
695. 5 6
7

696. about 2:00 we took a cable car ____ Fishermans Wharf. we took a boat ride
_____
697. 8
9

698. the bay, we stopped ____ Pier 39 and the Cannery. We all drank milkshakes
_____
699. 10
11

700. an ice cream store _____ Ghirardelli Square.

701.
12

702.

703. Exercise C. Compound sentences

704. Directions: Look at the Volvo paragaph and the paragraph in Exercise
A. Copy the seven compound sentences you see.

1. Fransisco, to, my, and, I, friends, went, San

705.
2. different, many, kinds, saw, we, of, sharks
706.
3. drove, we, Chinatown, to
707.
4. Fishermans Wharf, car, to, cable, took, we, the
708.
5. we, bay, around, ride, boat, the, took, a
709.
6. all, we, drank, mislkshakes
710.
 7. came, at, 5:00, we, home (2 ways)
711.
712.

713. SPEAKING
714. N
ow is the time for you to speak about what you did last weekend, or on a recent
trip. Stand in the front of the class or stand on your seat. Bring your final cluster
and speak about it. You may only see the cluaster.

715. Oral Practice

716. Directions
717. The Speaker: By using your final cluster, speak about what you did
last weekend, or on a recent trip in front of your classmates. Try to
feel free to develop your ideas (It may be diffrent from the writing you
have made).
718. Then answer your classmates questions
authentically.
719.
720. The audiences: Listen to what your classmate talk about what he or she
did last weekend, or on a recent trip. Explore some more information by
making yes, no, or wh questions. You can cantinue the question(s) made
by your other classmates.