Table of Contents

Table Of Contents

Writing Journal

1.  How your life has changed since you came to the United States
2. A special skill you have
3. A hobby
4. Learning to play a sport
5. Your favourite sport to play or watch
6. An accident
7. Being on time
8. The people you live with
9. American customs you like/dislike
10. An important story in the news
11. The working student
12. A big mistake you once made
13. Using e-mail
14. Cell phones
15. Teenagers

Practice sesions

1. Narrowing the topic
2. Prewriting: Brainstorming
3. Organising parts
4. Drafting my first paragraph
5. Editing/Final version of my first paragraph
6. Describing a person
7. Opinion Paragraph: Businesses that interview their employees
8. Descriptive paragraph: how to stop procrastinating
9. Opinion Paragraph: Internet for refugees
10. Opinion Paragraph: Reply to a TED Talk
11. Peer editing
12. Comparison Paragraphs
13. Poem: Shall I compare you...
14. Comparison exercises
15. Problem-Solution Paragraph