WRITING III

2ND CLASS : 9TH OF MARCH 2014

Agustien Mulyantini agustien1808@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka ~ Korea Selatan

COURSE INTRODUCTION
Text book : Writing 3, Rahmat Budiman, Universitas Terbuka 2011 Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : Descriptive Paragraph Class 2 : Personal Letters Class 3 : Business Letters Class 4 : Basic Essays Class 5 : Narrative 1 Class 6 : Narrative 2 & Comparative Class 7 : Cause and Effect Class 8 : Argumentative

Tutorial method: Online (Justin TV or Ustream) and In class Grading Components

Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3 Participation Final Exam

Course material can be found at Portal UT Korea

MODULE 2 PERSONAL LETTERS

Focused on the skill you need to write personal letters To help you practice writing those kinds of personal letters Objectives of this unit:
Write personal letters; Write communal letters; Write personal notes.
Friends
Personal notes

Comm unal letters

WRITING: WRITING PERSONAL LETTERS

It should be fun You write it because of your own desires It is like a conversation, you write what you want to say to your friend

UNIT 1 PERSONAL LETTERS

Write what you feel

Dont worry too much about style, grammar, or even punctuation or spellingas long as the letters intelligible It is not a writing examination, so have fun with it

Model for personal letter : see page 2.2

GRAMMAR : PRESENT TENSE (AGREEMENT)

a. Defining Subject-Verb Agreement Subject and verbs in present tense must agree in number, singular subject => verbs with singular endings, and same with plural subject. He, she and it use an s or es ending on the verb. b. Special Singular Constructions Either (of) || neither (of) || each (of) || one (of) || every one(of) c. Separation of Subject and Verb A phrase or clause separates the subject from the verbs. Look for the subject, then make sure that the verb agrees with the subject. d. Agreement in Questions The subject usually follows the verb. Example : What is the secret of your success? => the subject secret takes the singular verb is.

WRITING : WRITING COMMUNAL LETTERS

Normally sent by a person or family to a group of friends or realtives

UNIT 2 COMMUNAL LETTERS

Communal letters are personal letters

Usually describe news or recent events, but not contain private or sensitive information Only sent to close friend or family The purpose of it is not just spreading news, but help create a sense of belonging and community that is difficult to maintain the relationship among families living in some different places Model for Communal Letter: see page 2.13

GRAMMAR : COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION

1. Coordinating

Example : a. The baby cried all night b. The mother kept sleeping The baby cried all night, but the mother kept sleeping. The most common coordinating conjunctions are : and || but || for || or || so || yet

2. Subordinating

Example : Sam left the house after he had said goodbye to his family. Although he didnt pass the exam, he looked very happy.

Note : if the subordinate clause begins the sentence, a comma follows it.

WRITING : WRITING PERSONAL NOTES

A note is also a kind of letter Contain brief message or information about one important thing Straight to the point on one side of a piece of paper

UNIT 3 PERSONAL NOTES

The purpose of a note are for offering help, explaining something etc

GRAMMAR : ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives describe or modify nouns or pronouns

Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs

Many adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding an ly ending, such as, beautiful becomes beautifully , happy becomes happily

EXERCISE
Activity 1 page 2.3 Activity 3 page 2.6 Activity 1 page 2.14

LANGUAGE IN USE : Joining sentences page 2.17

Activity 1 page 2.23 Activity 4 page 2.25