Collocations- combinations of words that are
frequently used together a lion roars
Mnemonics- create your own ways to remember
words and meanings’
Speak it write it.
Words can be area specific
Keep an onservation journal
Spaced recognition Use software at ankisrs.net or
omniglot.com/language/srs.php
There are formal and informal word
choices that can be used in writing.
Tone- the emotion used in a piece
of writing.
My three examples:
The office was in a maelstrom of a
mess. The books stacked haphazardly on
bookshelves that looked like they might spill over at any minute. The desk was covered in paperwork to the
point that the top was invisible.
Knickknacks were strewn throughout the room. Some sat on the front of
the desk, others wobbled on a small table.
It looked like a storm of wind had brought paperwork into this
place. Andrew Messner sat in the middle
of it all with his eyes closed.
My office can often be frustrating
to me. On the large desk in it, I strew
paperwork and things all over it. To one
side I have paper trays that hold junk I should probably go through and get rid
of to make more space. I frequently
rearrange what I have inside the drawers, often because I am searching for
something. I even have shelves under the
desk where I try to hide some of the mess. I often wonder if I should have
professional come in and help it become more organized, but then I am afraid I
would lose my system of organized chaos.
The books sat on its last page on
the computer screen. Fully written at
last. The office was a quiet area, made
for a write to work in. Notes and pages
were kept in folders to keep the chaos down to a minimum. The desk only had the computer and the files
on it. It was kept clean and tidy or the
work would stop until it was. No one
else used this space except the writer.
Too bad everyone else had given up on her and the book.
1st picture is creepy,
scary. Edgar Allan Poe- The Raven, Halloween time, mysterious, haunted, crime
thriller
Aweeee, cuteness, adorable,
disgusted, clean at last,
Sunset, evening, work is at an
end, coming home, work time is over, slow ride home, peaceful,
Tone lets your reader know what
your attitude towards your subject.
Academic writing usually uses a
neutral, objective tone.
Examples of letters that use tone: Business writing
To: Mr. Viola
RE: Changing rooms for the day on December 19th
I am planning a big lesson for two classes to participate in
on December 19th. Your room is the only one big enough to hold
everyone invited. This includes administration
and parents who are also coming. I am
requesting that we trade classrooms for one day, so this demonstration of core
and team teaching can have a larger place to happen. If this is a major problem to you and your
classes, I can try to make other arrangements.
Please email me to let me know if this is possible as soon as you can.
That way everyone can be notified in time and we can talk about the
arrangements needed for both of our classes. I look forward to working with you.
Katherine Soto M-2
Hey Rich,
I’m working on a big idea for our core and team-teaching
project. I need a bigger classroom to
use on the day of the event. You have
the biggest room on campus, so I was wondering if we could use it on December
19th. I have two classes coming,
plus admin and parents, too. We can talk about it after school, or during lunch
if I see you. Thanks.
Katherine M-2
Mr. Viola,
I am once again asking you to please get back to me on
whether I can trade classrooms with you on December 19th. You have
the largest classroom on campus. I am
working on a core and team-teaching demonstration that includes two
classes. I also have administrators and
parents coming. I need to know as soon
as possible so I can finish planning or make other arrangements. I have CCed this email to our team
chairperson in the hopes you will get back to her or to me as soon as
possible. Thank you for your attention to
this matter.
Katherine Soto Core Team Coordinator M-2
My feeling on this assignment:
I have written these types of letters a lot during twenty
years of teaching school. Sometimes you
have to remind your colleagues about things that intersect with their world in
order to get what you need or want. I
hate writing the third type of letter.
There is a fine line between getting what you need and making a
colleague angry with the tone of your email or letter. I try to find the polite way to say please
help me.
Optional Assignment: In your journal, write about this
question: How can you balance the desire to write interesting, meaningful
ideas with the need to be grammatically correct? How important should grammar
be?
Writing needs to be grammatically correct in order to be
understood. People read grammatically
correct work. Authors have so many tools
to use to correct and check their work, there is no excuse to not have your
work letter and word perfect. It is jut
being lazy and taking the easy way out to not work on the grammar of a piece.
Lesson 2 Vocabulary Lessons
Learn categories
kitchen words, mechanics word
Journal or sticky notes used for new words
Collocations- combinations of words that are
frequently used together a lion roars
Mnemonics- create your own ways to remember
words and meanings’
Speak it write it.
Words can be area specific
Keep an onservation journal
Spaced recognition Use software at ankisrs.net or
omniglot.com/language/srs.php
There are formal and informal word
choices that can be used in writing.
Tone- the emotion used in a piece
of writing.
My three examples:
The office was in a maelstrom of a
mess. The books stacked haphazardly on
bookshelves that looked like they might spill over at any minute. The desk was covered in paperwork to the
point that the top was invisible.
Knickknacks were strewn throughout the room. Some sat on the front of
the desk, others wobbled on a small table.
It looked like a storm of wind had brought paperwork into this
place. Andrew Messner sat in the middle
of it all with his eyes closed.
My office can often be frustrating
to me. On the large desk in it, I strew
paperwork and things all over it. To one
side I have paper trays that hold junk I should probably go through and get rid
of to make more space. I frequently
rearrange what I have inside the drawers, often because I am searching for
something. I even have shelves under the
desk where I try to hide some of the mess. I often wonder if I should have
professional come in and help it become more organized, but then I am afraid I
would lose my system of organized chaos.
The books sat on its last page on
the computer screen. Fully written at
last. The office was a quiet area, made
for a write to work in. Notes and pages
were kept in folders to keep the chaos down to a minimum. The desk only had the computer and the files
on it. It was kept clean and tidy or the
work would stop until it was. No one
else used this space except the writer.
Too bad everyone else had given up on her and the book.
1st picture is creepy,
scary. Edgar Allan Poe- The Raven, Halloween time, mysterious, haunted, crime
thriller
Aweeee, cuteness, adorable,
disgusted, clean at last,
Sunset, evening, work is at an
end, coming home, work time is over, slow ride home, peaceful,
Tone lets your reader know what
your attitude towards your subject.
Academic writing usually uses a
neutral, objective tone.
Examples of letters that use tone: Business writing
To: Mr. Viola
RE: Changing rooms for the day on December 19th
I am planning a big lesson for two classes to participate in
on December 19th. Your room is the only one big enough to hold
everyone invited. This includes administration
and parents who are also coming. I am
requesting that we trade classrooms for one day, so this demonstration of core
and team teaching can have a larger place to happen. If this is a major problem to you and your
classes, I can try to make other arrangements.
Please email me to let me know if this is possible as soon as you can.
That way everyone can be notified in time and we can talk about the
arrangements needed for both of our classes. I look forward to working with you.
Katherine Soto M-2
Hey Rich,
I’m working on a big idea for our core and team-teaching
project. I need a bigger classroom to
use on the day of the event. You have
the biggest room on campus, so I was wondering if we could use it on December
19th. I have two classes coming,
plus admin and parents, too. We can talk about it after school, or during lunch
if I see you. Thanks.
Katherine M-2
Mr. Viola,
I am once again asking you to please get back to me on
whether I can trade classrooms with you on December 19th. You have
the largest classroom on campus. I am
working on a core and team-teaching demonstration that includes two
classes. I also have administrators and
parents coming. I need to know as soon
as possible so I can finish planning or make other arrangements. I have CCed this email to our team
chairperson in the hopes you will get back to her or to me as soon as
possible. Thank you for your attention to
this matter.
Katherine Soto Core Team Coordinator M-2
My feeling on this assignment:
I have written these types of letters a lot during twenty
years of teaching school. Sometimes you
have to remind your colleagues about things that intersect with their world in
order to get what you need or want. I
hate writing the third type of letter.
There is a fine line between getting what you need and making a
colleague angry with the tone of your email or letter. I try to find the polite way to say please
help me.
Optional Assignment: In your journal, write about this
question: How can you balance the desire to write interesting, meaningful
ideas with the need to be grammatically correct? How important should grammar
be?
Writing needs to be grammatically correct in order to be
understood. People read grammatically
correct work. Authors have so many tools
to use to correct and check their work, there is no excuse to not have your
work letter and word perfect. It is jut
being lazy and taking the easy way out to not work on the grammar of a piece.
Collocations- combinations of words that are
frequently used together a lion roars
Mnemonics- create your own ways to remember
words and meanings’
Speak it write it.
Words can be area specific
Keep an onservation journal
Spaced recognition Use software at ankisrs.net or
omniglot.com/language/srs.php
There are formal and informal word
choices that can be used in writing.
Tone- the emotion used in a piece
of writing.
My three examples:
The office was in a maelstrom of a
mess. The books stacked haphazardly on
bookshelves that looked like they might spill over at any minute. The desk was covered in paperwork to the
point that the top was invisible.
Knickknacks were strewn throughout the room. Some sat on the front of
the desk, others wobbled on a small table.
It looked like a storm of wind had brought paperwork into this
place. Andrew Messner sat in the middle
of it all with his eyes closed.
My office can often be frustrating
to me. On the large desk in it, I strew
paperwork and things all over it. To one
side I have paper trays that hold junk I should probably go through and get rid
of to make more space. I frequently
rearrange what I have inside the drawers, often because I am searching for
something. I even have shelves under the
desk where I try to hide some of the mess. I often wonder if I should have
professional come in and help it become more organized, but then I am afraid I
would lose my system of organized chaos.
The books sat on its last page on
the computer screen. Fully written at
last. The office was a quiet area, made
for a write to work in. Notes and pages
were kept in folders to keep the chaos down to a minimum. The desk only had the computer and the files
on it. It was kept clean and tidy or the
work would stop until it was. No one
else used this space except the writer.
Too bad everyone else had given up on her and the book.
1st picture is creepy,
scary. Edgar Allan Poe- The Raven, Halloween time, mysterious, haunted, crime
thriller
Aweeee, cuteness, adorable,
disgusted, clean at last,
Sunset, evening, work is at an
end, coming home, work time is over, slow ride home, peaceful,
Tone lets your reader know what
your attitude towards your subject.
Academic writing usually uses a
neutral, objective tone.
Examples of letters that use tone: Business writing
To: Mr. Viola
RE: Changing rooms for the day on December 19th
I am planning a big lesson for two classes to participate in
on December 19th. Your room is the only one big enough to hold
everyone invited. This includes administration
and parents who are also coming. I am
requesting that we trade classrooms for one day, so this demonstration of core
and team teaching can have a larger place to happen. If this is a major problem to you and your
classes, I can try to make other arrangements.
Please email me to let me know if this is possible as soon as you can.
That way everyone can be notified in time and we can talk about the
arrangements needed for both of our classes. I look forward to working with you.
Katherine Soto M-2
Hey Rich,
I’m working on a big idea for our core and team-teaching
project. I need a bigger classroom to
use on the day of the event. You have
the biggest room on campus, so I was wondering if we could use it on December
19th. I have two classes coming,
plus admin and parents, too. We can talk about it after school, or during lunch
if I see you. Thanks.
Katherine M-2
Mr. Viola,
I am once again asking you to please get back to me on
whether I can trade classrooms with you on December 19th. You have
the largest classroom on campus. I am
working on a core and team-teaching demonstration that includes two
classes. I also have administrators and
parents coming. I need to know as soon
as possible so I can finish planning or make other arrangements. I have CCed this email to our team
chairperson in the hopes you will get back to her or to me as soon as
possible. Thank you for your attention to
this matter.
Katherine Soto Core Team Coordinator M-2
My feeling on this assignment:
I have written these types of letters a lot during twenty
years of teaching school. Sometimes you
have to remind your colleagues about things that intersect with their world in
order to get what you need or want. I
hate writing the third type of letter.
There is a fine line between getting what you need and making a
colleague angry with the tone of your email or letter. I try to find the polite way to say please
help me.
Optional Assignment: In your journal, write about this
question: How can you balance the desire to write interesting, meaningful
ideas with the need to be grammatically correct? How important should grammar
be?
Writing needs to be grammatically correct in order to be
understood. People read grammatically
correct work. Authors have so many tools
to use to correct and check their work, there is no excuse to not have your
work letter and word perfect. It is jut
being lazy and taking the easy way out to not work on the grammar of a piece.
