Tuesday, 13 September 2011

idioms

for Wed.

write a short story (300 +) words telling about a day at school or with friends using idioms.

Monday, 12 September 2011

paragraph homework

complete the Coke and Fanta paragraphs for next lesson.

Coke and Fanta

On a hot summer day, you want to be sure of the refreshment you are drinking.
Coca-cola is the world’s number one soft drink for a reason.
Coca-cola is my and most other people’s default drink.
Coke is perfect with pretty much any meal. Coke can be bought all around the world in every market.



Why would you settle for Coke when you can have a more amazing soft drink?
Fanta is more than just one of the most popular drinks in the world.
Fanta is way better than Coke.
The orange flavour makes it more refreshing. And you cannot find any website that says Fanta kills.

paragraph 101

Paragraph 101

Hook
Introduction
Thesis Statement (main idea)
Example(s) 2 maximum
Explanation (50-70% of paragraph)
Conclusion/link to next paragraph

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Monday homework

Write what you missed. If you didn't miss you are done.

if you did not complete wednesday's homework, then finish it and analyse what we discussed in class to the length you earned

aaaaaaannnd...

write two (Rasmus writes five) good hooks for our ufo paragraph
Write an introduction sentence and a great thesis statement sentence.

add a few listed ideas for examples

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

homework for wed

for wed. sept. 7th

write a formal piece to a person in authority of 300-400 words

then write that piece as you would do written in speech or using another platform to another audience

Social interactions

Social interactions are affected by

  • relative positions in the given society
  • the appropriate register or formality
  • the platform of communication
  • the cultural backgounds of the participants
As we have discussed in class, the social interactions of a student with other individuals will vary greatly depending on these variables

exmaples follow

student to administrator - speech, - distant, formal, brief with much omitted detail
student to other student - speech - distant, brief, informal
student to friends - chat/messaging - close, lengthy, detailed, informal including a great deal of slang
student to friends - sms - close, brief, informal and abbreviations
student to family - speech - (our example) close, formal, omitted detail