1. Please have your HW (pgs. 102-103, practice B+C) ready to submit.
Writing 2
IECP
Fall 2012
Nikki Mattson
2. Agenda
• Idiom
• Sentence combining
• IELTS rubrics and examples
• Blog commenting etiquette
• Process paragraph writing
3.
4. Practicing Compound and Complex Sentences
• Pg. 103 Try It Out! On a separate piece of
paper. I will collect one paper from each
student, but you may discuss the answers with
one other student if you like.
• GOAL: Combine the sentences into one
sentence. There is more than one way to do
this.
5. IELTS Rubrics and Examples
• 1) review the rubric
• 2) What does “task response” mean? How can you get a high score
in this category?
• 3) What does “coherence and cohesion” mean? ? How can you get
a high score in this category?
• 4) What does “lexical resource” mean? ? How can you get a high
score in this category?
• 5) What does “grammatical range and accuracy” mean? Hoe can
you get a high score in this category?
6. IELTS samples
• Read each sample and discuss which score you
think each example should receive and why.
• Make a list of five descriptors from the rubric that
you think describe each example. (example: 1)
addresses all parts of the task, 2) sequences
information logically….
7. Blog Etiquette
• Read the article out loud with a partner.
(take turns reading the paragraphs)
• Read Nikki’s introduction and write 3
“good etiquette” comments and 3 “poor
etiquette” comments
8. Process Paragraph Writing
• 125 words minimum (-1 point for ever 10 words
below)
Humor
• how to drive a teacher crazy
• how to lose ten pounds in two days
• how to kill a houseplant
• how to not make any American friends
Serious
• how to be a successful student at the IECP
• how to have the best visit when visiting your native country
• how to learn about American culture
• how to make American friends
10. HW
• HW: comment on five descriptive
paragraphs, post your process paragraph
(before the next class), print your process
paragraph and bring it to class
