Assignment 1 - (Paragraph Wiring) Procedures

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Lecture on doing the outline (21 January) - Download Now!

1. The first draft of the assignment is the writing that you do based on the outline ( a paragraph of about 200 - 300 words) that you did in class on 21 January. You and your partner both evaluate each other's paragraph by writing comments on it and filling out the peer evaluation form.

2. The second draft of the assignment is done by doing a new paragraph based on the comments received on the first paragraph that your partner had evaluated. After writing a new paragraph based on the comments given, you use the self evaluation form to evaluate the new paragraph that you just did.

3. The final draft is the final copy of the paragraph that you have written from the second paragraph. You should make sure that you check your format, punctuation, spelling and grammar.

Things that you need to submit in our portfolio:
1. Pre-writing (the one done in class with my corrections on it)
Pre-writing (a typed out version with corrections on errors found in the handwritten one)
2. First draft of your paragraph. (typed out and printed)
3. Peer evaluation form.
4. Second draft of your paragraph (typed out and printed)
5. Self evaluation form.
6. Final draft (typed out and printed)
7. Outline of your paragraph (the one done in class)
Outline of your paragraph (typed out and printed based on the one done in class)
8. Cover page (refer to page 70 of your student module on the format of the cover)

Week 4 (Lecture & Answers)

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Lecture 1 (Paragraph Development - Topic Sentence, Supporting Sentences & Concluding Sentence) - Download Now!

Lecture 2 (Constructing Topic Sentence) - Download Now!

Answers for Homework

Practice 2 - Page 40

A. Check sentences: 3,6,8,9,10,12
Too specific: 5,7
Too general: 4,11

B. 1.C
2.C
3.C

Practice 3 - Page 44 - 45

Answers will vary. Possible answers:

1. b. A small car uses less gas.
c. A small car is cheaper to maintain.
d. Insurance for a small car may be cheaper.

2. b. Brush your teeth three times a day.
c. Use dental floss daily.
d. Visit your dentist twice a year.

3. b. Consider the abilities of everyone.
c. Find out when everyone is available.
d. Find out how much everyone can spend.

4. b. He/she is easy to get along with.
c. You and he/she have similar interests.
d. He/she is loyal.

5. b. Invite several friends to your house for a party.
c. Forget your books and notes at school.
d. Offer to help a friend with a big project such as painting his or her apartment.

6. b. It increases your knowledge in many subjects.
c. You make friends with people in your field of study.

Week 3 Lecture

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Grammar exercises can be done irrespective of the week that you are in. You need to do 2 exercises for each week (Week 1, Week 2, Week 13 and Week 14) , just choose any 2 website addresses (URL) from your student module and do it for a particular week.

For the online writing forum, you need to log-in at least twice for each week to comment and do the necessary activities online at: BBI2421's Website.


For Assignments 1 - 3, you need to type it out in a word-processor
(Microsoft Word), print it, and submit it on its respective due date.


Week 3 Lecture - Download Now!

Answers for Week 3

Fifteen Years (pg. 26 – 27)


a. Before the party,
b. First,
c. On the day of the party,
d. During the party,
e. At the beginning of the party,
f. Then
g. After that,
h. Next,
i. Then
j. Finally,
k. Later


Number the sentences in correct time order. (pg.27)


1. 7, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1, 6


2. 7, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5, 3



Exercise B (pg. 30 – 31)



2.SS 3.SS 4.SS 5.CS (...sad,and...) 6.SS 7.SS 8.CS (...rope, or...) 9.CS (...rope, but...) 10.SS 11.CS (...decision, but...) 12.CS (...mountains, so...)
13.SS 14.SS 15.SS 16.SS



Exercise C (pg. 31 - 32)


Answers will vary:


2. She heard a noise and decided to go back to her enclosure.

3. She walked for a long time, but she couldn't find the road.

4. Finally, she became a very tired and tried to rest, but her fear prevented her from sleeping.

5. Suddenly, a wolf appeared and looked at her hungrily.

6. She shouted for help, but no one heard her.

7. The wolf ate Blanchette, and the poor old man never saw his little goat again.

8. Blanchete wanted to be free, but freedom can be dangerous when we disobey.



Exercise A (pg. 33)


2. Tomiko and Keiko are from Japan, and Nina and Daisy are from Mexico.

3. Nina and Keiko have the same birthday. Both girls were born on June 3 on different continents.

4. Last week, the girls decided to have a joint birthday party, so they invited several friends for dinner.

5. Nina wanted to cook Mexican food, but Keiko wanted to have Japanese food.

6. Finally, they agreed on the menu.

7. They served Japanese tempura, Mexican arroz con pollo, Chinese stir-fried vegetables, and American ice cream.

8. First, Nina made the rice.

9. Then Keiko cooked the tempura.

10. After that, Tomiko prepared the vegetables.

11. After dinner, Daisy served the dessert.

12. The guests could choose chocolate ice cream or vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.

First formal lecture note - introduction to paragraph writing

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Download the following PowerPoint presentation and print out a copy for your own reference (if required)

General steps in the writing process - Download now!

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Reminder for all classes from next week onwards (from 13th & 14th of January):

1.Don't be late for more than 10 minutes. You will miss the early part of the lecture and I'm not going to repeat what I had said.

2.Bring your student module and textbook to class each time we have class.

3.Bring along foolscap papers (A4 paper with lines) with you each time you have class. There might be additional exercises and tasks to do in class.

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