January 17, 2003.

Writing Letters.

In your first class, I gave you a handout with the pattern for writing an informal letter to me. In your next class, we will look at several examples of formal letter writing. Next week you will write a business letter to Lisa Shoemake to practice this style. Both types of letter formats (patterns) are important for English learners.

Who Are You?

I look forward to reading your informal letter to me. In return I will write an informal letter to you so that you can learn a little bit about me. I will also ask you some questions. Guess what? You will then write another letter to me!

Bonus Point Challenge
IEP Rules and Regulations.

Email your answers to freddieb@mail.uca.edu by Friday, January 17, to earn some extra points.

1. True or False: In the United States, it's ok to ask the teacher a question in class.

2. True or False: If you have a 3.5 GPA this semester, but you don't have a TOEFL score of 450-474, you can still take a university class next semester.

3. True or False: If you make all As this semester, you can move up to Level Three.

January 16, 2003

Reading Text and Class Activities Homework
Friday,
January 17.

Check homework: Kaleidoscope page 11.

Peer editing: Present tense and subject-verb agreement.

Monday,
January 20.

No classes: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Target Vocabulary
For Level Two Academic Writing and Grammar

Business communication:
heading
date
inside address
salutation
body
closing statement
closing phrase
signature
printed name

Sentence:
independent
simple
clause
dependent
statement
question
command
exclamation
connecting words (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions)
compound
complex

Paragraph:
heading
title
margin
indent
topic
topic sentence
controlling idea
supporting sentence
concluding sentence
unity
coherence
transitions

Essay:
introduction
hook
thesis statement
topic
controlling idea
body
conclusion
unity
coherence
transitions


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