Unit 3 Kinds of Paragraphs

Read your partner’s paragraphs.

How did you like your partner’s story? Tell them something you liked.

Can you find any confusing pronoun references?

Can you find any errors of tone (formal vs. informal)?

Exchange your paragraphs with your group or partner.

Page 51 (Build your vocabulary)Page 52 (Collocations) If you want to get ahead, we will start Unit 3

next week. We will focus on writing a Classification Paragraph.

Homework

ProcessDescriptiveDefinitionOpinionCause-effectComparison (assignment 2)Classification (midterm)

Unit 3 – Kinds of Paragraphs

Shows similarities and/or differences. Key features:

Two subjectsCompare similarities or contrast differencesNot too obvious. Apples are red and Oranges are

orange!Point by point or block method (see next slide)

Uses: show similarities or differences, strengths or weaknesses, advantages or disadvantages

Comparison Paragraph – Page 60

Block: Paris – weather food scenery

London – weather food scenery

Point-by-point: Paris weather, London weather

Paris food, London foodParis scenery, London

scenery

1. Writers vs. ballerinas compare or contrast??

2. In, reality, the qualities of a good writer mirror the qualities of a good ballerina.

3. In sum, few people realize…4. Restate5. To show the similarities6. The purpose of this paragraph is to show

the.. 7. A B C8. A

Page 61 – read the comparison paragraph and answer the questions

Do parts 1, 5, 6

Page 63-64 – Activity 5:

Brainstorm topics for a comparison paragraph

1. Go to: http://www.pbase.com/davesperling/seoul1 and choose or download a picture of a Korean person.

2. Imagine that person is you. Write a letter to your friend or family telling them about your life. (Imagine you live in a new city far away). Be sure to write in informal tone.

3. Write a new paragraph about the person in the photo. Imagine you are writing a short biography for that person for a magazine. Make the writing formal in style.

In-Class Writing Activity

First, show your photo to your partner so they can visualize who you are writing about.

Exchange your paragraph with a partner.

Next, read your partner’s paragraphs. Think about these questions:

1. Is one paragraph informal and one formal?2. What are the different signs that the

paragraph is formal or informal?3. Did you see any errors like informal

language in the formal paragraph or formal language in the informal paragraph?

4. Tell your partner something you liked about their paragraph.

Use the peer editing form on page 245.Read your partner’s paragraph and answer

the questions. If you circled NO on some of the questions,

give your partner some feedback on why.

Let’s peer review your homework: Comparison paragraph.

VS

Shows categories and gives distinguishing or identifying characteristics through examples and details.

Key features: Classifies somethingDifferent groupsDistinct categories, no overlap. Descriptions Identifying characteristics

Uses: show types or categories, Differentiate between parts of something

Classification Paragraph – Page 71

1. Types of runners2. In the world of track and field, there are three

different types of runners: sprinters, middle-distance runners, and distance runners.

3. Because of the variations, almost anyone can fit….

4. Opinion5. To describe three types of runners. 6. The purpose of this paragraph is to describe

the.. 7. A, b, c, d, e

Page 72 – read the classification paragraph and answer the questions

Do activities 1-6

Page 74-75 – Brainstorm topics for a comparison paragraph

Let’s choose one of the topics on Page 74. BrainstormCome up with a topic sentence and

controlling idea. Come up with 3 support sentences. Write a nice conclusion.

Let’s practice a classification paragraph