2. Common Errors:
1. Holidays are not vacations (but no penalty for this)
2. Informal language. “I” X
3. Capitalization: I live in SEOUL. I love the BEACH. X
4. Articles: We’ll practice this more.
5. 5. Connection sentences, commas, etc. We’ll study this
more.
6. Write small numbers: six not 6
7. Strange usage of adverbs: deeply, perfectly, diligently, etc.
(hard to explain. Confucian??)
8. Only 2 support ideas: but no penalty for this.
9. Not a comparison: But.. On the other hand.. In contrast..
6. Page 90 – Five-Paragraph Essay Blueprint
1. An essay is a collection of paragraphs.
2. An essay can have 3-10+ paragraphs. We will focus on
5-paragraph essays.
I. Introduction – Hook, thesis statement, points of
development
II. First body paragraph
III. Second
IV. Third
V. Conclusion (restate thesis and then suggest, give
opinion, predict
7. Types of ordering your support paragraphs:
Chronological order
Spatial order
Importance: Most to least or least to most
8. Points of development (what are your three support
ideas.
Buyers should keep in mind many factors when
purchasing a car: price, gas mileage, and functionality.
9. Look at example paragraph 22.
Hook
Connecting Info
Thesis statement
Extra Practice : Page 97 Building Better Sentences
Homework: Page 99 – 100 (Activities 8-9)
10. Next paragraph: see blog
Will leave lecture and assignment 3 on blog.