Work samples - Chris L.
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This document contains various samples that could be used to help students develop their writing skills, including an essay question, student essay, lecture notes, descriptions of different text types, a text analysis sample, a practice exercise, grammar notes, and vocabulary words. The samples cover topics like narrative style, descriptive writing, argumentative essays, analyzing newspaper reports, sequencing events, and vocabulary used in various contexts.
Work samples - Chris L.
- 1. Work Samples
- 2. Essay question sample Discursive essay Is training animals to work for humans cruel and unnecessary? (First Language English for Cambridge IGCSE: 39)
- 3. Student’s essay sample (edited)
- 4. Sample of lecture notes • Characteristics of the narrative style – Flair for imagination – Interesting tone throughout the story – Well-paced (rhythmic) – Descriptive – Dynamic plotline – Effective word choice – Cohesive: flow of ideas – Well-organised, e.g. chronological order
- 5. Types of Text Text type You’ll need Descriptive •Mood, tone & texture •A good vocabulary •A sharp eye for details Discursive/argumentative •To see 2 sides of an issue •To set out your thoughts clearly and logically Narrative •Ability to tell a good story •The writer’s craft Informational •General knowledge •Organisational skills
- 6. Sample of a text analysis Structuring a newspaper report • The article you’ve read is an example of journalistic writing. • Study the characteristics of this report in The Guardian, in terms of Structure Organisation Language Writer’s craft Logic
- 7. Sample of practice exercise 1 Vocabulary Select what you think is the most appropriate word or phrase to fit the context of the sentence. Each part makes up a story. • Part 1 1 Americans think of themselves as (mobile, nomadic, wandering) people, pulling up stakes for new jobs, moving often. 2 But Americans tend not to (try to go, venture, proceed) far – 2 out of 3 moves end in the same county; only 16% cross a state line.
- 8. Sample of grammar notes • Past tense used dominantly in a sentence • It’s easy to use just the past tense to tell a story. But we need to arrange the events from the first time it happened to the last. We call this sequence of events or chronology of events, e.g., Eric 1.returned the novel to me, 2.thanked me for letting him read it and 3.said that he enjoyed it.
- 9. Vocabulary • She stood transfixed. • The helicopter blades start to rotate. • devastated: destroyed • enormous, massive, large • grind • tectonic plates • aftershocks • European Union • Eurail • gypsies • pickpocket • depressed • rural • urban • illegal immigrants • malaria scare • materialise
- 10. Vocabulary • She stood transfixed. • The helicopter blades start to rotate. • devastated: destroyed • enormous, massive, large • grind • tectonic plates • aftershocks • European Union • Eurail • gypsies • pickpocket • depressed • rural • urban • illegal immigrants • malaria scare • materialise