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All About Me
SUBJECT
Art and Literature
WRITINGSKILT
Writing clearlyin English
WRITINGTASK
Write sentencesabout yourself.
Writing clearlyin English
you needto write clear'ly.
To wnitewellin English,
To do this,you needto do the following:
1 Use CAPITALlettens.You shouldalwaysuse a capitalfor'
. the finst lettenof the f irst wond in a sentence [His familywas big.).
. the pronoun,I lMary and I went to the store.).
. the finst letter in the names of peoplelBob Smithl and places(Sydney,
Australia).
. the finst letter in the namesof languagesand nationalities[Chinese).
. the finstlettenin the first, last and all impontantwondsin the titles of movies(TheLion,
the Wtch and the Wardrobe) and books (Forever in B/uel.
2 Use punctuation.Youshoulduse
. a peniod[.]to show whenea sentencefinishes[The cat was big.).
. a questionmark [?] at the end of a questionlWas your lunchgood?).
o an exclamationmank[!]to add emphasisto a sentence[The movie was so scary!).
3 Use spaces.Youshould
. leaveone space between each wond [He is good. not Heisgood.).
. leaveone space aften a punctuationmank(He is smart, isn't he?not He is smart,isn'the?).
. not leavea space betweena word and a punctuationmanklHe is nice.not He is nice .).
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2. I comefrom Koreo.
5 . My fovorite sport is soccer.
3. My mother is o pointer ond my fother is q moth teocher.
6 . My fovorite food is pizza.
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In the Neighborhood
SUBJECT
Culture and People
WRITINGSKILI
Making paragraphs
WRITING TASK
Write a paragraphaboutyour neighborhood.
Making paragraphs
are gnoupsof sentencesthat go togetherto talk aboutone main idea.All the
Par-agraphs
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sentencesin a par.agr.aph
m a i ni d e a i, t s h o u l dn o t b e i n c l u d e d .
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you shouldleavea blanklinebefone
eachsentenceon a new line.At the end of a panagraph,
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you can usethe followingactivity.
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M y f a v o r i t e b o o k i s C h a r l i ea n d t h e
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