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ENGLISH 2
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
(ACTIVITY 3)
GROUP 292
UNAD
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA
SEPTEMBER 2015
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To begin simply answer the following questions and see what happens. The answers
to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or wrong only ideas. Once
an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You will be pleasantly surprised at how
quickly a story will emerge from the answers you give.
Jenny slammed the door in Johns face because he told her that he loved her.
The plane crashed because the sky was very snowy.
Paul read his wifes diary and discovered she had many family secrets.
The small girl ran away from home, because she was bored.
Travis had never seen a tiger, he never looked so scared before.
It was time for lunch, we were hungry.
Her arms ached but she couldnt stop swimming because she wanted to win the
championship.
Ben climbed the tree and picked some apples.
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or
characters are.
The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.
SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear
what the teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem.........
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be
alright again.
SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear
what the teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem.
Sallys forgot to close the door of her house, because, she was in a hurry to
go to school. She wanted to talk to her mom and made a final decision.
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be
alright again.
Book review
A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is
about.
Read this book report by one of last year's students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've seen the film that was good too.
killed when the ship hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people died when the ship
sank. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.
Title: The Sinking of the Titanic
Author: J.R Smith
Type Of Story: Life stories
Content: much people died when the ship sank.
Opinion: I don't like the story about the ship, I don't like True Life stories - I
prefer adventures.
No-gap Paragraph
The person typing the following text was too lazy to type capital letters or make
spaces. Try to read it.
amanwaswalkingalongabusyshoppingstreetinManchesterwhensuddenlyhewasstop
pedbytwopoliceofficersyouhadbettercomewithussirwehavereasontobelieveyouwerei
nvolvedinthebankrobberythattookplaceinLondon4daysagobutitcouldn'thavebeenme
saidthemanpullingnervouslyathislongblackhairi'vejustgotbackfroma2weekholidayinf
rancehesaidandtookaphotooutofhiswalletlookhereIamstandingundertheeifeltoweron
eofthepoliceofficerslookedcarefullyatthephotographandsaidyesyouarerightbutthispi
cturecouldnothavebeentaken4daysagoIthinkyou'dbettercomewithusbuthowdidyouk
now?protestedthemanwellrepliedthepolicemanthephotoshowsyouwithshorthairitcou
ldn'tpossiblyhavegrownsolonginjust4days.
Now write the paragraph above using capital letters, punctuation marks and spaces:
A man was walking along a bus y shopping street in Manchester when
suddenly he was stopped by two police officers, you had better come with us
sir we have reason to believe you were involved in the bank robbery that took
place in London 4 days. Ago but it couldn't have been me, said the man pulling
nervously a this long black hair, Ive just got back from a 2 week holiday in
France, he said and took a photo out of his wallet, look here I am standing
under the Eiffel tower. One of the police officers looked carefully at the
photograph and said, yes you are right but this picture could not have been
taken 4 days, ago I think you'd better come with us but, how did you know?
Protested the man, well replied the policeman the photo show you with short
hair it couldn't possibly have grown so long in just 4 days.
Advertisements
Advertisements are written to try and make us buy something. The words in an
advertisement give us a very clear idea of the product, and really make us want to
have it. Look at this example of an advertisement for ice cream:
Imagine that you are an advertiser who is trying to get people to try a new car. Type
ten words that can be used to describe cars (you can use your dictionary!):
WORDS
Swift
Only
Pretty
Inexpensive
Comfortable
Last
Fantastic
Model
Brilliant
Electronic
Using some of your words from above and write an advert for a car in the space
below.
Making sentences
Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place. Can you
fix them? Write the words in the right order. The first sentence has been done for
you.
(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops!)
describe
biggest
newspaper recorded
choose
city
name
cities
community visitors
nicknames
popular
Crossword
HALLOWEEEN
October 31st
ACROSS
1 she wears black and rides a broom
4 spirit that says "Boo!"
7 small animals that are black and fly on Halloween
8 month Halloween is in
10 cut this to make a jack-o-lantern
12 popular Halloween color
13 filled with ghosts
DOWN
2 "Trick or __________."
3 special outfit worn on Halloween
5 connected bones
6 holiday on October 31
9 light this and put it inside a jack-olantern
11 children eat this sweet treat on Halloween