1. Writing 2
IECP
Fall 2012
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Idioms
• Blog commenting
• Compare and contrast

4. 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

5. Review – Compare and
Contrast Structure

6. Partner Competition
• Rules
• 1) use the bold word correctly in the
sentence
• 2) use the topic provided to compare your
country to your partner’s country
• 3) write your answer on the board in 3
minutes
• 4) if there are more than 2 grammar
mistakes, no point will be gained.

7. Example
• 1. Similarly
• Topic: food
• In the USA, teenagers eat a lot of fast
food. Similarly, young people in France
eat hamburgers and french fries
frequently.

8. Parallelism
• Pg. 116
• Activity B
• Activity C
• Activity D

9. Practice
• Practice packet

10. HW
• Complete practice packet