ESL Writing Teacher

Warrants Practice Exercise #2 – Alligator River Read the story. Think about the four characters. Rank them from 1 to 4. Number 1 is the best person; number 4 is the worst person. The Alligator River Once upon a time, there was a woman named Julia. She loved a man named Greg. Greg lived on the shore of a river. Julia lived on the opposite shore. The river that separated the two sweethearts was filled with alligators. Julia wanted to cross the river to be with Greg. Sadly, the bridge was broken during a flood. It was not possible to cross the river on the bridge. So she went to Sinbad, a riverboat captain, and asked him to take her across the river. He said he would take her across the river if she gave him the gold necklace she was wearing. This necklace once belonged to Greg’s grandmother. Greg had given it to Julia. She refused and went to a friend named Ivan for help. Unfortunately, Ivan said he did not want to help her. Julia felt her only choice was to pay S...

Question 1 Basic Grammar They put their books on the desk. To explain everything clearly, I wrote a long, detailed letter to my professor. Question 2 Corrections L ast weekend, we went camping in the mountains. On S aturday, my husband and two sons went fishing.  They love to fish at the lake. They stayed there for three hours and caught six big fish.  We ate the fish for dinner .   Tonight, we will eat out.  There is a small steak restaurant one kilometer down the road .  After that, we will see a movie.  These days, my family is busy but everybody is happy and healthy . Question 5 - Parallel Structure meaning of life The meaning of life is to have ideals, to persevere and to contribute to society. a trip On a trip to Beijing, I visited some famous scenic spots, tasted various local food and made many good friends.

Question 1. Editing P eople around the world know T homas E dison . S tudents learn he made things , like the light bulb . T hey also learn he worked alone at night . E dison worked a lot, but some stories are not true. E dison once said he didn’t need to make new things . H e could buy ideas from people . T hat's what happened with the light bulb . A man from England made it in 1845. Edison gave him some money for the idea . T hen people at Edison's company changed it . I n 1879 , they made a better bulb . P eople bought it and Edison made lots of money . S ome people think he worked alone all night . N ot true . H e had a team working for his company. Sometimes there were 14 people . F or example, he did not make the light bulb better . H e paid other people to do that. Question 2. One Sentence Openers This film wants so badly to be fun and silly, yet it ends up with tears and tender feelings. (contrast) If Jack in Titanic were born and rai...

Read the argument. Add a warrant. Questions There is no reason to be jealous of Bill and his new car because your old car works great.   I would never date that man because he is shorter than me.  Jack should not be the captain of the soccer team because half of the other players are better than him.   I had to miss class yesterday because I went to a soccer game.   I had to cheat on the exam because I needed a high score in order to get a scholarship.  Possible Answers There is no reason to be jealous of Bill and his new car because your old car works great. Be happy with what you have; new isn't always better.  I would never date that man because he is shorter than me. Ideal partners are always taller. Jack should not be the captain of the soccer team because half of the other players are better than him. The captain should be the best athlete.   I had to miss class yesterday because I went to...

Introduction Your task is to respond to  moral dilemma  with a thoughtful, well-argued and balanced response. Your response will be a written paper and a short, time limited oral presentation. Rationale  Responding to a moral dilemma provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to write a well-reasoned argument supported by a warrant.  Both of these writing and thinking skills are essential for students who wish to write academic papers and a dissertation because they are, in essence, the building blocks of a thesis statement. Without a solid thesis, it’s hard to imagine how a student can be successful in any academic writing project. The moral dilemma context is appropriate for this class because it builds these skills inside an exercise that meets the time constraints of the class.   Format The project has two parts: a written paper and an oral presentation. written paper (10%) oral presentation (10%) The paper should b...

Lesson Plan Week 9 Hour 1 Attendance and review (5) Last week  midterm exam two weeks ago, a quiz started a new section of writing about arguments and ideas This Week hand back quiz quick review of midterm exam talk about schedule talk about final project introduce new writing concept – warrants some feedback on past writing Quiz (10) Value - 10% Comments and some suggested answers here . Midterm exam (10) Value 25% Comments and some  suggested answers here . Schedule (10) Week 9: April 24 - class (today, warrants) Week 10:   May 2 - class (inferences, warrants and arguments) Week 11:   May 9 -  no class (election day) Week 12:   May 16 - class (last new writing assignment, hypothesis and argument) Week 13:   May 23 - class (last day to hand in writing for feedback) Week 14:   May 30 - class (8 presentations) Week 15:   June 6 - no class (holiday) Week 16:   June 13...