Boost writing 1 teacher s book

Writing 1: o Age-oppropriote and cross-curriculor topics N Models of good writing os well os exomples of bod writing".. All About MeSUBJECT Art and Literature WRITING SKILT Writing clear

The Boost! Skills Series is the definitive ond comprehensive level series of skills books for junior English leorners The series hos been developed oround oge-oppropriote, cross-curriculor topics thot develop students'criticol thinking ond exominotion techniques It follows on integroted skills opprooch with eoch of the skills brought together ot the end of eoch unit.

four-The twelve core units in Boost! Writing 1 follow o cleor ond tronsporent structure to moke teoching and leorning eosy ond fun The writing skills build ond progress ocross the four levels of Boost! Writing ond ore correloted to the next generotion of tests

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You will find the following in Boost! Writing 1:

o Age-oppropriote and cross-curriculor topics

N Models of good writing os well os exomples of bod writing" Writing proctice thot builds from sentence ond porogroph levels to full-length possoges

Activities thot provide qn opportunity to creote o wide voriety

of text Wpes (essoys, letters, emoils, etc.)

& find the topic directly relates to their

own lives and study

a be engaged and motivated to learn

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Samples of good and bad writing are presented with

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Students will

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& discover the writing skill for themselves

without the need for long explanations

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All About Me

SUBJECT Art and Literature

WRITING SKILT Writing clearly in English

WRITING TASK Write sentences about yourself

Writing clearly in English

To wnite well in English, you need to write clear'ly To do this, you need to do the following:

1 Use CAPITAL lettens You should always use a capital for'

the finst letten of the f irst wond in a senten ce [His family was big.)

the pronoun, I lMary and I went to the store.)

the finst letter in the names of people lBob Smithl and places(Sydney, Australia)

the finst letter in the names of languages and nationalities[Chinese)

the finst letten in the first, last and all impontant wonds in the titles of movies (The Lion,the Wtch and the Wardrobe) and books (Forever in B/uel

2 Use punctuation You should use

a peniod [.] to show whene a sentence finishes [The cat was big.)

a question mark [?] at the end of a question lWas your lunch good?)

o an exclamation mank [!] to add emphasis to a sentence [The movie was so scary!).

3 Use spaces You should

leave one space between each wond [He is good not Heisgood.)

leave one space aften a punctuation mank (He is smart, isn't he?not He is smart,isn't he?) not leave a space between a word and a punctuation mank lHe is nice not He is nice )

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2 I come from Koreo

3 My mother is o pointer ond my fother is q moth teocher

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My fovorite sport is soccer

My fovorite food is pizza

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@y favorite school subject is

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1 Which porogroph is eosier to reod? WhY? b"t"rs, periods and epaces.

2 In the first porogroph, circle the CAPITAL letters ond periods (.) you con find

3 In the second porogroph, drow o slosh ( / ) where you think there should be o spocebetween words

I comefrom Ausl,ralia

mymotheriso singerond myfother isowriter

My mother ie a einqer and my l79her is- a y.v7it,9y,

idon't hoveany brothersorsisters

I don't have any brolhers or sist ers

idon't like reodingbooks much

I d o n ' t l i k e r e a d i n g b o o k s m u c h myfovorite schoolsubj ectis english

Vy fayorite school eubject, ie Englieh

U s e a c a p i t a l l e t t e r / ( n o t i ) w h e n t a l k i n g a b o u t vourself Also use a caoital letter at the start of names ( p e o p l e , c o u n t r i e s , l a n g u a g e s , b o o k s a n d m o v i e s )

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I hove one olderbrolher.

M y f a t h e r is a t e a c h e r a n d m y m o t h e r i s a n a c t r e s s

Read the sentences from Activity E

on page 11 to a elassmate and write

down eaeh other's sentences

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In the Neighborhood

WRITING SKILI Making paragraphs

WRITING TASK Write a paragraph about your neighborhood

To give students practice wniting paragnaphs, you can use the following activity

1 Give students two groups of foun sentences each In each gnoup, thnee of the sentencesshould be nelated to the same main idea and should go together to fonm a panagraph Thefounth sentence should not be connected to the main idea

2 Have students decide which sentence does not belong in each panagnaph

3 Then have them use the nemaining sentences to wt'ite out two panagnaphs following the

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a It's in Kowloon in Hong Kong

b All in oll, I like living in Ho Mon Tin

c There ore mony houses ond oportments there

d I like the clossrooms ot my school

e The ployground is greot, too

f t go to Ho Mon Tin Elementory School

g My neighborhood is colled Ho Mon Tin

h People ore friendly ond nice in my neighborhood

ffi Writ" the sentences above in two paragraphs.

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SUBJECT Sports and Leisure

WRITING SKILL Writing to a pen pal

WRITING TASK Introduce yourself in an email

Writing to a pen pal

Wniting an email is a great way to intnoduce yourself to a pen pal This kind of email tells thingsabout you and your' life Fon example, it can talk about youn family, whene you live and what youlike to do Youn email should also ask questions You can ask the penson you ane wniting toabout his/her hobbies, intenests and likes and dislikes These questions will give your pen palmone subjects to write about in his/hen nesponse Howeven, your questions should not be toopersonal (Are you rich?)

When you wnite an email to a pen pal, thene ane sevenalthings you should keep in mind Fir^st,

as emails are usually infonmal, you can stant with a fniendly gneeting, such as:

Hi! He//o! Hello there! He/ Hi(pen pals name)/

Similanly, you can finish your email with an infonmal closing, like one of the following:

Please write back soon P/ease write back ASAP! Best wishes! Bve!

Bye for now! Thatb a//for now!

Finally, the panagnaphs in your^ email should follow the nules discussed in Unit 2 Rememben tognoup nelated information togethen

W n l t i n g to a p e n p a l

W r i t i n g a n e m a i l i s a g r " e a t w a y t o i n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f t o a p e n p a l T h i s k i n d o f e m a i l t e l l s t h i n g s about you and your' life.

{q|} Write the answer to each question in the hox"

Whot's your nome?

Whot ore the people in

your neiqhborhood like?

Where do you comefrom?

5ydney, Australia

Whot sports do you

Whot is yourneighborhood colled?

Use the informatisn in Activlty D on page 20 to cornplete the enlai!.

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My fovorite book is qs3 The Suitlan Games

My fovorite movie is qet Eragon

I olso Iike sports I like {?} volleyballmost of oll, but I'm olso into (e! basketball

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ond volleyball

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*aj 5ydneyschool subject is 1:s3 ecienqgHow obout you?

My neighborhood is colled {le}

There ore mony qrs; parksqtal schools

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Whot's your nome?

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Whot is vour nome?

Whqt grode ore you in?

Whot ore your hobbies?

Who is your fovorite singer?

Who is your fovorite octor?

Whqt foods do you like to eot?

@ Use the information from Activity A to write an email to a pen pal'

Good Times

SUBJECT Culture and People

WRITING SKILL Brainstorming

WRITING TASK Complete a brainstorm diagram about your hobbies

Brainstorming

Befone you write, it is a good idea to plan what you ane going to say Bnainstonming is the finststep in this planning lt means to think about lots of different ideas Brainstonming allows you to

icome up with ideas without wonnying about gramman, wond choice or sentence structure

Ther.e are sever.al differ-ent ways to bnainstonm, but one of the most populan is to necond ideas

in a br"ainstorm diagnam When brainstorming in this way, the main idea is wnitten in a box

in the centen of the diagr"am ldeas nelated to this main idea are then necorded in bubblesattached to the box Lines extendrng from the bubbles ane used to note down details which :suppot t these ideas When complete, the diagram pnovides a "map" you can use to organlzeyour" ideas into paragraPhs

you may wish to emphasize the following to your students before having them bnainstorm. Thene ane no cornect on inconrect answers when bnainstonmtng

They do not need to use eveny idea they br^ainstorm in thein wniting

They can come up with ideas by thinking of words and wh- questions nelated to the main

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Brainstorming is the first step in writing lt means to think about lots of different ideas and then

to show them in a diaoram.

ffi Ur" the words given to complete each diagnam.

Whot extreme sports would you like to try? Where could you do these sports?

Listen and complete tlre diagrarn.

Whot is your fqvorite seqson? Whot do you like to do during this seqson, ond who do you like to do it with?

Wfrite a paragreph usimg t$rc diagram

My f avorite seaeon ig summer I go to the beach with rny f amily I go swimming wi1"h my dad and brother I like skaEeboarding with my brother or by my-self, I also lkg to ride my bicycle with my best friend.

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Whqt ploces would you like to visit on your vocotion? Why would you like to visit these ploces?

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I'm reolly looking forword to meeting you when you orrive.

I'll meet you ot the oirport ond help you while you ore here.

But first, I'd like to get to know you Pleose send on emoil

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My f av o rit e b o ok is W at e r ship D ow n I r e ally like h orc or m ovi e s H ow ab o ut y o u?

I also like e?orte I like swimming most of all, but,l'm algo into lable lennis andhockey Are you into sport s, too?

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Whot ore your fqvorite TV shows?

Why do you like these shows?

Cool Critters

SUBJECT Science and Nature

WRITING SKILT Using titles and headings

WRITING TASK Make titles and headings about your favorite animals

Using titles and headings

Titles ane important because they tell you quickly and cleanly what a passage is about [the

main ideaJ They ane usually found at the top of a passage and ane often the finst thing you

notice when you nead something They focus youn attention on the main idea of a passage

befor e you begin to nead it This helps you undenstand what you ane r"eading mone easily Titlesnonmally appean in the centen on on the left-hand side of the page, and ther.e is usually a blankline between the title and the finst line of the passage You can use the main idea fr.om the

centen box of a bnainstonm diagr.am to help you wt ite a title

Headings can be found above different panagnaphs in a passage They tell you what each

panagnaph is about by summanizing its main idea In this sense, they ar e like titles for

panagraphs As headings appean above the par agnaphs they summanize, they also help showyou whene new ideas begin When you wnite headings, it is impontant to nemember that all ofthe ideas in a panagr^aph should be nelated to its heading You can use infor.mation fnom the

b u b b l e s i n a b n a i n s t o n m d i a g n a m t o h e l p y o u c o m e u p w i t h h e a d i n g s

Titles and headings should not be complete sentences, and they genenally do not contain

ounctuation

Heoding 1: Boord gomes

Heoding 2: Card gclmes

Heoding 3: Computer gomes

2 Title: The books I likeHeoding 1: Scory booksHeoding 2: Exciting booksHeoding 3: Funnybooks

1 Animols in the zoo

2 The closses I toke

3 The pets I like

4 Slow onimols

5 Inventions in my house

6 Wild onimols

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[Jsing titles and ]readings

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i d e a ] H e a d i n g s c a n b e f o u n d a b o v e d i f f e n e n t p a n a g n a p h s H e a d i n g s t e l l u s w h a t e a c h p a r a g r a p h

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Title: The onimols I like

l{eading: Smart aryliYqle,

PanaEnaph: Ilike doqs

b eit, or lie down,

becouse they con leorn tricks They can leorn

Heading: fungle onimols

Fanagraph: I reolly like _ lrigers They ore very big and etT ong

They can hunt well, ond they ore beayt'ifw!

fuffi Write two of your own headlngs \# and two semtences about eaeh.

Title: School subjects I like

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ParaEraph: I like sciencebecause llikelearning about differentkindg of plantsand animals I aleo, enjoy doing science experiments, My fauorite- e'xp-eriments

a r e a b o u t , t h e w e a t h e r Heading: Hisiory

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computer gomes

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Whot books do

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obout scory books,

exciting books ond

funnv books

Title:

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onimols live in the zoo?

closses do you toke?

pets do you like?

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mols ore slow?

Whot inventions ore in your house?