Unit 3 - Writing Activity

Module 1 Writing Activity - SUBJECTS

Observe a scene where people are interacting.  You might choose a restaurant or a shopping mall.  Sporting events and parks are also good places to observe people. Write 5-6 sentences describing this scene and underline the subjects of your sentences. Write a few sentences experimenting with using different types of pronouns from the tables in Unit 3.  You will want to keep all of these sentences at hand as you do the writing activities for this unit.

The students were noisily chatting with one another. They are supposed to be studying, so why are they talking instead? Maybe because studying is a communal activity to them. I wonder how much work they are actually getting done by studying in a large group.


Module 2 Writing Activity - VERBS
In your journal, continue your observations of the scene observed in journal 1.  Note several vivid action verbs that you have already used. Revise some of your sentences using action verbs and/or write 2-3 new sentences with action verbs. Try not to use any of the forms of “to be” (is, are, was, etc.).  Underline the action verbs in your sentences. Again, you will want to keep all of these sentences at hand as you do the peer reviewed writing at the end of the unit.

The students were noisily chatting with one another. They are supposed to be studying, so why are they talking instead? Maybe because studying is a communal activity to them. I wonder how much work they are actually getting done by studying in a large group.