Publishedby Pearson Longman Asia EIT 20lF Cornwall House Taikoo Place 979 King'sRoad Quarry Bay Hong Kong fax +85228569578 email: pearsonlongman.hk@pearson.com \.\'\Mw.p earsonlongman.com and Associated Companies throughout the world @PearsonEducationAsia Limited 2007 All rights reserved;no part of this publication may be reproduced,storedin a retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwisewithout the prior written permissionof the Publishers First published2O0T Reprinted2008(twice) Producedby PearsonEducationAsia Limited, Hong Kong EPC/04 ISBN-13:978-962-00-5906-3 ISBN-10:962-00-5906-9 Publisher:Simon Campbell SeniorEditor: Howard Cheung Editors:GeorgeWells,I effZr oback Designers:Iunko Funaki,Tonic Ng Illustrator:Balic Choy Audio Production:David Popeand SkyProductions F o r p e r m i s s i o n t o u s e c o p y r i g h t e d i m a g e s , w e w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k @ D e x l m a g e s ,I n c / C o r b i s ( p p a B , B ) , @ G B a d e n / z e f a l C o r b i s( p p T , T ) , @ B Bird/zefalCorbis (p 151 15 BL), Dave King @ Dorling Kindersley (p 23 B), @ Richard Hutchings/Corbis (p 29 B), O TimWright/Corbis (p 29 T), @ J.Garcia/photocuisine/Corbis (p 37 TR, 38 TL), @ Iohn Doe/zefalCorbis (p 37 TL), @ David Zimmerman/Corbis 38 BR), @ David Ball/Corbis (p 43 B), O ML Sinibaldi/Corbis (p 43 T), O Paul A Souders/Corbis (p 51 T), @ I.Riou/photocuisine/Corbis (p 51 B), @Tibor Bognar/Corbis ( p 1C ) , @ E d K a s h i / C o r b i s ( p ) , @ B i l l V a r i e / C o r b i s (8pB ) , @ M i c h a e l P r i n c e / C o r b i s (5p8 T ) , @ M u r a t T a n e r / z e f a l C o r b i s ( p T ) , @ M a c d u f f Everton/Corbis (p 62 B), @ Rune Hellestad/Corbis (p 65, 67 TR, 67 BL), @ PeterAndrews/Corbis (p 66), @ Nancy Kaszerman/ZuMA/Corbis (p 67 TL), @ Rufus E Folkks/Corbis (p 67 BR), @ 2005 BusinessWire/Getty Images (p 71), O ]udith Miller/Dorling Kindersley/Metropolis Collectibles, Inc (p.72, p 77),Trish Gant @ Dorling Kindersley (p B0),Courtesy of Bedrock Studios O Dorling Kindersley 1p 85 C), Gary Ombler/Roby Braun model maker @ Dorling Kindersley (p 85 T), Andy Craw{ord/Roby Braun fr model maker @ Dorling Kindersley (p 85 B), @ Jim Zuckerman/Corbis (p 87) and O Gero Breloer/dpa/Corbis (p 90) Acknowledgements I would like to dedicatethe Boost!writing books to two very closecolleagues:Dean StaffordandYannickO'Neill.We have sharedmany experiencesand ideasabout teachingwriting skillsover the years,but your specialistknowledgeand enthusiasmfor this aspectof learning and communication have alwaysbeen an inspiration to me Thanksmightily! JasonRenshaw The Publisherswould alsolike to thank the following teachersfor their suggestionsand comments on this course: TaraCameron,RosanneCerello,Nancy Chan, ChangLi Ping,Ioy Chao,lessieChen,fosephineChen,ChiangYing-hsueh, ClaireCho, Cindy Chuang,Linda Chuang,Chueh Shiu-wen,Mark de Boer,Mieko Hayashida,Diana Ho, Lulu Hsu, EuniceJung,Hye Ri Kim, JakeKimball, JosieLai, Carol Lee,ElaineLee,Melody Lee,PeggyLi, EstherLim, Moon JeongLim, JasminLin, Martin Lin, CatherineLittlehaleOki, Linda Liu, Tammy Liu, Goldie Luk, Ma Li-ling, Chizuko Matsushita, GeordieMcGarry YasuyoMito, Eunice Izumi Miyashita,Mari Nakamura,YannickO'Neill, Coco Pan,Hannah Park, KarenPeng,Zanne Schultz,Kaj Schwermer,MiYeon Shin,Giant Shu,Dean Stafford,Hyunju Suh,TanYung-hui, Devon Thagard,John and Charlievan Goch,Annie Wang,Wang Shu-ling,Wu Lien-chun, SabrinaWu,YehShihfen, Tom Yeh,LauraYoshidaand Yunii Yun The publisheis policyis to use papermanufactured fromsustainable forests I ffift? wrf,tf,*s The Boostl SkillsSeriesis the definitiveond comprehensive fourlevel seriesof skillsbooksfor junior Englishleorners.The series hos been developedoround oge-oppropriote,cross-curriculor topicsthot developstudents'criticolthinking ond exominotion techniques.It followson integrotedskillsopproochwith eoch of the skillsbrought togetherot the end of eoch unit The twelve core units in Boost! Writing follow o cleor ond tronsporentstructureto moke teochingond leorning eosyond fun The writing skillsbuild ond progressocrossthe four levelsof Boostl Writing ond ore correlotedto the next generotionof tests of English Youwill find the following in Boost! Writing 2: o Age-opproprioteondcross-curriculortopics Modelsof good writing os well os exomplesof bod writing o Writing procticethot builds from sentenceond porogroph levelsto full-lengthpossoges o Activities thot provide on opportunity to creoteo wide voriety of text types(essoys, letters,emoils,etc.) Unit Topic ItYriting, skill and:,, ',,, ,Eachunrifhds,dn agre"appropriate-, topic cross-curricular targeted of :theA very'simpleintroduction unitskillis provided Studentswill findthetopicdirectlyrelatesto their , ' ,:,, ;,:',,:';,,1',.;,,, ' 6wn,li,Ves And.$tudV:,,,', be engagedand motivated to learn :,*), xn:*i;::'ff"$;L::* *i',;,""t**y' r&"€j skilj','ih a :cl'eafandr,I i uncleistandable way rl!i: r*nllete rorteel qtcsconi tle na5sr$e by usinq the 'ou \" \P 'hd vou My weekend movieswiln {oved up verylotewdtching On SoturdoY mght {heemaits Re3cl oJr fdvonte wotcneo I ; iriend TonI lovorite motie fothertotd But oftcr thot i' wos trying to $eePl m ond :i ro go to bed It wds d went to the Pdrk to lly ktes r' in the skyr ktes looked so pretty flyinq could olmo$ ni were so high uP' il rool stoyed uP d long time i,, ' kit€ got $uck in o tee on Sundoy mornrng o u t o g o i n b e c o u s er r r : hclped i : bronch A boy in the Dork roil wos cought on o tree '' got the kite lor 'limbed the tre€ ond rohearyour'ad"" ,.- happv '":",':^'j X"",j," ,t"llir"Jjwhor h:us-e-:t: ::] fiipo5s6rorher " ;ru;;;qgi u:,'rl; i:il:r,"#T ]rl"' ;:x':rl'' * :[#i*:im fi*fi!"' llr "',"""*"' confusinql Before You Write Samplesof goodand bad writingare presentedwith a noticing task Studentswill o fearnto distinguish betweengoodand badwriting o discoverthe writingskillfor themselves withoutthe needfor longexplanations Audio CD TheCD at the backof the StudentBook providesaudiosupportfor all reading passages plusthe audiofor the lntegration tasks Iistening Integration Thewritingskillis combined withlistening, reading or speakingtasks Studentswill producewritingpassages basedon reading andspeaking/listening inputs o developlanguage skillsneededfor the next generation of integrated testsof English campi€ie the FaraEfapil the(orre*p*nolhs d"trt hodogreotweekend ,t l grondmodndgrondposhouse wcnrto:r i: grdndmosogreorcook mdde some fontostic opple pie for oohng is olwoys so deilcjous , grondpd likes boord gomes how to ploy chess i l in one gomel Moybe :.-1 , \: om not sure fr**6{e d"*# S1 ****.** *; writ o pu.oErrph absut your w€ekend ;nd {ircte eark t}ranoun yo{ !!e My weekend t'ae ,t,X^ t por* Ploy /some /]rous ";;;:;:;";t Review Aftereverytwo core units thereis a reviewwhich consolidates the writing skillsalreadystudied Write absui a sertes(c caeh pi{tufe )€coh4 r.a! wotch locuh€lrari re :t t.nodo(io.i bile / her motre / ms ,i xll"}ij'"i W.1e rn hr.odu.ti,n tn"'*',"","r.,,,.,,- Studentswill be ableto seetheir progressin using writingskills buildon previously taughtskillsto produceaccurate writing ;Effi;*:l m:"-"" ;k:", ;;;;;::"-** I " -'@otoltc'c".u".", tnc \|oild 'hat rnteft! ,ou! Contents Culture and People Mv Weekend Using pronouns Writesentences usrngpronouns Worksheet p.8 p Artsand Entertainment At the Circus p.14 -1 Worksheet p Review1 p Writingcards for special events Sports and Leisure Party time! Writeyourown invitation and thank-you card Worksheet p.22 p.27 Planan essay aboutprotecting o u rp l a n e t S c i e n caen d Nature Proteet our Planet p.28 ,, L Worksheet p.33 Review p.34 l Writing descriptive sentences I Sports and I Leisure l p.36 Worksheet l.r i:t:til ]:l:ji Citv Seasons Review3 C u l t u raen d People Writingbody paragraphs Il ,::::,.::' l:l:::l1l p.41 Worksheet Writeparagraphs describing seasons in yourcity - l _ _ p.47 p.48 Writingan essayto Social Studies describe a place An Interesling Place Writean essay aboutan interesting place Worksheet p Review4 p.62 Writefactsand o p i n i o nasb o u t HarryPotter actors Magieal Actors Worksheet Superheroes Writinga I Entertainmentc o nc l u s i o n I I Writeaboutyour o p i n i oo nf c o m i c books I Worksheet p.75 Review p.76 CDScript p.92 My Weekend SUBJECT Culture and People WRITING SKILT Using pronouns WRITINGTASK Write sentencesusing pronouns Usingpronouns When youwnitethe same word manytimes in a passage,it is boningto read.To avoidrepeating the same wond,you can use a pnonouninstead.A pnonounis a wondthat is usedin placeof one on mone nouns.Pensonalpnonounslhe/ him, she/ het // me, you/ you, they/ them, we/ us, it/ itl show who is doingwhat [to who].Possessivepronounslhis, heCmJ4youc theil: out: lfs] show who somethingbelongsto When you use pronouns,rememberthe following Usethe nameof the pensononthingthe finsttime you mentionit Aftenthis,you can use a pnonoun(Anthony is very ta//.He is also smart not He is very ta//.He is very smart.) lf you anetalkingaboutsevenalpeopleonthings,do not use a pnonounif the neadenwill not understand who on what it nefensto [Mary and Kim are both wearing dresses Kimb dress is red not Mary and Kim are both wearing dresses Her dress is redl Youmayfindthat your studentsuse a personalpnonounwhenthey shoulduse a possessive pronoun [Him coat is brown instead of His coat is brown.] Getting them to make statements aboutthe objectsin eachothen'sbagsmay helpreinfoncethe conrectusage We wotch TV in our house I am ploying my new guitor He throwsthe boll to you Shegivesher sistero book onswers;students'onswerscon vory] [Suggested @ [Students'clnswerscon vory] Weekend What did you last weekemd? Diseussyour ans$sers From: Mandy Jutiecjutie@adventurez.kids> &.:l tt:::lt: ;lffi."" H i ,J u l i e ! weekend ,n interestins i'Sqre rrl; l*uomv 'xryffil::l Her ame ts e nd.r1N wittrrTri '] ^ " - '\ Lucy ':'illlllileil:ll1{11111*ltllFqw her ;;l;,;;jji9,.'."5fiLu,u':'1:I1li:,i]:|*{l111***.,u.'**@,i otr' inthe o"hf,'{'l "' Inthe afternooffi 'u')"0n' 1n".'F::,1 "' too there' ;;.";fi? ,* , '"0 ""'u'Ytot;f'Kfr";y" From: Julie To: Mandy H e l l o ,M a n d y l verynorsy' tnaffid likesvideogames'fls 1{, uounn"r ' t'4v , hi$!3'.Ir" isvervbis llK( doesn't nFriend MandY I',mhappy to hear you had an interestingweekend But I'm so confusedlWhr c s e h o u s ed i d y o u g o t L o w _ y y u o u u r r r v h n oouuss( e pr h ho nu r rsce^?aW, ^h,oL.or he was there? who sJ:J#;i:#11;,lJ:;::;:I:," the video games noi i::ilJ;T,li il:ll:;,, :;,:#ff:;:,il:n: Julie f""$ Rnswer the question and follow the instnuction" Why is Mondy'semoil confusing?Mandydidn't'ueeany pronouns Add words to Mondy's emoil so thot it is eosierto understond e_ l J s i n gp r n u n s (he/him,she/her,l/me,you/you,they/them,we/us,it/it)show who is Pensonalpnonouns doing what [to who] Possessivepnonouns[his,her, my, your, their, our, r'rsJshow who something b e l o n g st o @ ffi the passage by usimgthe correctpronouns" Complete your my his he our they you me them him it its ,i My weekend On Soturdoynight {'l} {2} mxy movie ond {s} tl'l ug I stoyedup very lote wotching movieswith wotched {e} mY fovorite movie But ofter thqt (5) my friend Tony {3} his We we On Sundoymorning t9) {1$} l1! I Our mY couldn't get {1?} wos trying to sleepl kites lookedso pretty flying in the sky! were so high up, {xz} 'lheY t'hem {r4} But then {ts} vI we He, "Here's{g?} kite got stuck in o tree {16} it out ogoin becouse{'!tl} soid thonk {xr} _- climbed the tree ond got the kite for {ai} youl You On Sundoy ofternoon {al} weekend {te} it kite," {33}to {?6} I wosl could olmost not stoyedup o long time too! me toil wos coughton o treebronch.A boy in the pork helped{ls) {}8} fother told went to the pork to fly kites they s e ei x ] l &- he to go to bed It wos o.m ond {s} fovorite \e* ry-e,- soid.{34i hlm went home Whot o greot I | ile- R e s p o n d i n gt o o n l i n ea n t i c l e s E x p l a i n i nygo u no p i n i o no n l i n ei s n o t l i k ew r " i t i n ga n e s s a y T h e w n i t i n gi s s h o r t e r a n d l e s s using a topic sentence and a good fonmal.You not needto wnite an introduction,However', c o n c l u s i o nm a k ey o u r o p i n i o ns t r o n g e r {&f Completethe cornmentshy axslmg words fnom the boN S e c o n d/ A l l i n o l l / I b e l i e v e/ I t h i n k / First of oll / In my opinion / Io sum up / AIso / For o stort h{s rwewsrrlc $rmrrmn's Most studentshove never liked doing homework.However,there is somebod news on the woy Someschoolsore soying they wont to give studentsmore homework thon before.They ore doing this to prepore elementoryschoolstudentsbetter for high school b' Co m nt e nt$ r'o$t vq,!,!-.qatIl:.lrett,t 1{ } ln my opinion needless!{e} , studentsthesedoys not need more homework.They For a st art , too much homework is reolly unheolthy It stopsstudentsfrom ploying ond exercising.i3) is boring ond mokes studentsfeel sod ond stressed.{*} {s} lthink Also homework All in all , studentsolreody hove too much homework Mark, 11, Bangkok, Thailand {€} lbelieve schoolstudents their time {s} it is o good ideo to give more homework to elementory Firsi of all 9econd - , studentsploy too much ond woste , being better preporedwill help students not feel too stressedwhen they reoch high school.{s} more homework will help studentso lot Tina,13, SdoPaulo,Brazil T oe u m u p cormments" ffi!, write yourovwn Privatetutors on the rise More ond more porents ore poying for privote tutors to help their children well in school ond poss importont tests.The number of porents thot use privote tutors for their children hos neorly doubled in the post three yeors.The most common sublects for privote tutors to teoch ore moth, scienceond Enqlish ) Comments Postyour _c,ammenl f tfrftk hatlinga ?rlvapqt'utorhelpg gtudey;ts gqt-bqtter gradee_,For a s-tari, trhey9-pnfqyther expla\ tle l9s_9one!,hat,are-diegqssed i1 g,lase,f;lso, student's arel't afraidto asktut orgthlngethatthey don't understand.Last, et ;yden;!e,-94n haugfun studying w|t]ha ,t:u!,or.To concluQe,hauinga pfruat e tutor is goodthing Supermanreturnswith a bang The movie SupermanReturnsopenedin movie theotersocrossthe country lost week Theotersin mony ports of the country reportedrecordnumbers of peoplegoing to see Supermonin oction After the movie, one viewer soid, "Thot is the best movie I hove seenoll year." Another viewer,however,felt the movie wos "boring ond too long.,, ) C o m m e n t s p o s ty o u r c o m m e n r )-thinksuPeraa!1 $9-;t!/ .!"(1sigtheworg*t'-Q14p?ry11a!1m9;yi9 9f all.Fo_r4 stgyt,!h9 gpol_.gl9o,_t!9 di4lq.gueisterrib|lg,L.aet,_t/\gs?e,lALeffeqae ?cU:tgis qg;-t-y"ery af"g.!l_o-!gf 94 To_s1lmup, t|hq ry1gviei9_4wfq,l R e m e m b et or i n c l u d ey o u rn a m ea, g e ,c i t ya n dc o u n t r y Ask three elassmatesthein opinions and take notes Whot you think of getting more homework? Why? Student1: f think gettingmorehomeworkisnotfair.1tudents will havelittletimeto rest, Student2: I th ink more homework is a good t hing.lt, will help etud e-ntsIearn Student3: I th ink get't'ingmor e homework is a bad idea St udents won't be ableto d o oth er lhalinterestthem FW fl$' wtite a paragraplrabout your €lassmates'opinions from Activity F 5o;ryteetudents think ge-tting more hom;elwork ie a bad t.hing.For examVle,one 9t1de-nl said it, is not f air becausest udent s will havelittle time io rest Another said that, if slydent::s-get-more \gmework, they wo_1'!b9 4ble t o olher thinqs lhat, in!:.efe_9t t'.hem.Ho.;w9;ue;y'onegt'udent'u]h;I11\9qe;tuingmorehom9;1wo.;rky1e!Q;oo-! studentslearn Nome: Closs: Dote: Write your own comments Thesedoysmony porentsore sendingtheir kids to English-speoking countriesto leorn English.Theseporentssoy it will be eosierfor their childrento leorn Englishin these countries.However,otherssoy thot studentscon leorn to speokEnglish just os well ot home Comments Postyour comment l V v Most students not like tests Unfortunotely, there is some bod news on the woy Some schools hqve decided to give students more tests thon before They soy thot this will help teochers know even more obout their students ond how well thev ore doino in closs Comments Post your comment V v Photocopiable @ PearsonEducationAsia Limited2007 Boost!Writing Dinosaurs SUBJECT Scienceand Nature WRITINGSKILT Editing essays WRITINGTASK Write and edit an essayabout dinosaurs Editingessays ; It is impontantto edit younessaysfon mistakes.Makesuneyou i i l l l l c o n r e c ta n ys p e l l i n g o ng n a m m a nm i s t a k e s - subject-venbdisagneementldinosaurs arenot dinosaurs is) - wnong venb tense lDinosaurs lived long ago not Dinosaurs live long ago.) - inconrectcount-noncountusagelmanypeop/enot much peop/el - lnconnectpnonoun use (Dinosaurs were big They were scary, too nol Dinosaurs were blg rE Dtg lt ls is scary scary too.) too) - inconrect anticle use [a good idea not an good idea) - inconnectwond form (C/oningis dangerous not C/oningis danger) separatediffenentpanagnaphs and conclusion, and includean intnoduction nemovesentencesthat don'tsuppontthe main idea use fonmaljoiningwot ds and wor^dsthat show onder i l I Let's study crocodiles! Mony people ore scored of crocodiles.However, I think we should study reol crocodiles First of oll, we leorn obout how crocodiles live We find out whot they eot ond how they hunt In oddition, we leorn how to stoy sofe if we see crocodiles Therefore, they will not be so dongerous to people Second,some people think there were dinosours thot looked like crocodiles.We Ieorn how these dinosours ond crocodiles ore the some ond different We miqht olso leorn why the dinosours disoppeored In conclusion, I think we should study live crocodiles e4-\ J :-"r-i-lJ i Dinosaurs #? {,;$l Wtrydo you thinN*dinosaursarc.extinct?BlscussyoL{ranswers "d\ 6{i}fu Read thepassase Do you think it would be good to hove dinosours living todoy? Exploin your opinion today! Nodinoseurs ,n{,drs*q,}tl* Maiiv i"i$tv*?er M$c,hpeoplethink dinosaursare intrsting.I do,too But, I don't betieveit would be goodto havedinosaurslivingtoday flir** *f xil ,,Jdon't think there would be enough space for dinosaurs .!W' They are reattybig creaturesand they need a lot of room to #i'lil'tj*i* ln *ddit'i*n need moveerouna.Alr4thi:ywoutdusethe spacethat othereninqel Therefore,I believemp-Iy'gUgIiilffi o, tdbecome extinct Br*t-they-ere- g"erffFures irrre".esti,o |ff ifJrt ^ are rea[[ydan9erous! Theycoutddama9e {"h€Y M;lny iru!!*ir:q* !f *Y bui{dnig and cars Mueh eat meat, so4iraytry to eat people ifhe'get hungry drinu$srs*s Enrosaurs-died{ongago:Eventhe gentle ptant-eatingdinosaurswould be dalrgbr *h*rn {hev Itcould step on peopteand crush thim! s*fi*iuCs 1*ie n'{ ihi*k diitctl;**r* livinq in"!;'hcwsrld To eone{usion;{ dontselieve itwou{d-be good'tolcave *f t.*e;l;ly i*i * g*r:d id*x, dinosetrts livr+rgtodey Look at eachcornectionand discusswhy it uvasdone" lAnewerswillvary.] e E d i t i n ge s s a y s It is impor"tantto edit your essaysfor mistakes.Make suneyou: ' c o r n e c ta n y s p e l l i n go r g r a m m a r m i s t a k e s ' s e p a n a t ed i f f e n e npt a r " a g r a p hasn d i n c l u d ea n i n t n o d u c t i o an n d c o n c l u s i o n ' n e m o v es e n t e n c e st h a t d o n ' ts u p p o r tt h e m a i n i d e a Lrseformal joiningwondsand words that show order ' ffi, Uu*nitethe passageby fixing the problenns ;n red Whot killed the dinosqurs? I think the dinosours gf_e," killed by on osteroid ,{ 6l thonk the osteroid destroyed mony !_Lrifrg.It wos very hot ond burned mltlh*tlee fTrees ore very beoutiful:l And it mode big woves thot turned into floods These things killed many _c!:4qsgurs.Fecond, tLreosteroid 4q\e o very big dork cloud This stopped oll the lo,_l_1 l]il]'e [Maybe the dinoscur bobies were scored of the dorkl] The plgn:! couldn't gro for o long tq!g, so the dinosourshad no,eqt.fu oll the other din !q4qlU!g, I believeo big osteroidgis the reoson why the dinosoursore extinct todoy t: l: ll Fjrst-of alll,lthlyl;ktheaet eroid deetroyed manythyngs,lt was very hot'andburned many tyggs-,lnadditio,n,rtmadebiqwaveethatturnedinto f]lo_ods.Thesethingekilled many dinosaurs Second,theasteroidmadeaverybiq dark cloud.Thisstopped allthe sunshine.The allthe plants couldn't,growfor alongtime, soihe dinosaurshadno food.Therefore, other dinosaursdied,too J 86) Write an essa]rabout t&retopie Fdit youn writing for mistakes fu![r+*f , w Do you think dinosqurs qre interesting? Why or why not? Tif te J InfroductionJ , The dinosaurs Dinosaurs lived over 1OOmillioneago I thinkthey are int eresting creaLuyeg Body l > First, dinosaurs had inierestinq bodies.Sgme dinosaurs had sharp lorpe and epikes sl'lickin1out of theirb_odies.Tomethey arelike weaponslOthere had specialboneslhal worked likearmor Body - > r Sego-nQ,ytgdon't'knowwhyNhedinqgayygdisappgared.9c-ig1N1is,!9haue ,,,.,,,.,., many iQe_ae_,but tlheydo li9,!W9:tl gxact-ly wha!-happ-e1l-e-d,W\4t9-v-ey t he r eas on, it wo uld be int erestil g to tind out what happened t o th edinosaurs about, B r a i n s t o ramn d p l a ny o u re s s a oy n a s e p a r a tpei e c eo f p a p e r that showyouropinion,supportedwith details Usetopicsentences e G["@ CD scripton p.93 !-istenand completethe plan Do you think it would be goodto hqve your own dinosauros o pet?Why or why not? what it likesto when it sleeps how to feed it big and strong l e a r na l o t Dinosaur-Agreatpet ne*}+k€+h€r1sets verf{p€€id F+ay-+eg€+h€+ Title: Dinosour - A grect pet Introduction: Peoplehove mony Atrp:gryW I think o dinosour would be -P-9I-e-4-P*-!oi{9:-""" Body paragraph 1: Leorn o lot Topirsentencez -F-irst'of all,I couldlqall4lol+rom a : Oetails:when it sleepsond eots,what it likes to do, how to feed it Body paragraph 2: ?r*otectmy-house-".- - Topicsentence: 999n4,llFnn! a dypeAyft.tseyQ-P!9J9e-W i9!*: Oetails:big ond strong, looks scory,protect ogoinst thieves Conclusion:To sum up, I leorn o lot from o dinosour ond it could protect my house gyll !- e-a r e a[y good pe-!:Therefore,I believe q-4iry-e * "r-u-t ^ ffi Use the plan to write an essay on a separate piece of paper Nome: Closs: Dote: Edit and rewrite the essay Let's stvdy uocodilesl Much people ore scored of crocodiles.However,I think we should studied reol crocodiles We leorn qbout how crocodile live We cen find out whot they eot ond how they hunt Moybe they eot pizza And we leorn how to stoy sofe if we see o crocodiles Therefore, they will not be so donger to people Some people think there were dinosours thot looks like crocodiles.We leorn how this dinosours ond crocodilesore the some ond different We might olso leorn why the dinosours disoppeor To conclusion, I think should study live crocodiles Photocopiable @ PearsonEducationAsia Limited2007 BoostlWriting @ t;S Completethe eomc,'xsent w[th erpinionphrasesamdwords t*nats$rcnnr srder" !,&!& Cirquein town !ir$ i: iti it tii tii :ti Cirque du Soleil, the fomous modern circus from Montreol in Conodo, orrived in town this week Their show, Dralion, is a combinotion of Eostern ond Western ort, music, donce ond their amazing circus octs Tickets ore selling fost ond people seem very llffil excited to see the show i;r ;l li: til tlt t:l tla ! 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Fostvour -c!m[enr ln my opinion , Cirque du Soleilis the best circus oct ever For a slart they don't use onimols in their shows,ond I like thot becouse lbelieve ln addition };l l lli il lil it is cruel to use onimols in showsfor people I heord thot the doncing ond music ore truly spectoculor A l l i na l l Ithink it is going to be the bestoct in town Melissa,12, CapeTown,SouthAfrica ffi; *r,u* y6ur"6wmccm*memt" - -: :.:: W*rq,g*x'*qx*f*r s*hsep$s :l' :]ll The government hos decided to moke schools prettier ond heolthier by plonting more trees Eoch school will receive young trees ond seeds Students ond teqchers ot eoch school will help plont the trees Loter, students will need to woter ond toke core 'tg:] ll*] ,;a.,l of the trees F **gnrm*rtts f,r:.iyr:r-:-r riil1n-r*nl ln my opinion,planting more t reeo will benefit not just, schools but,the whole neig,hborhood.For a start, having moretrees will improve our mood because :t.l people love nature Also, more trees meanbetter air because trees will reduce ,ill air pollution.Last,l,reeswillprovideshadeon eunnydays.Tosum u?tlbelieve havingmore trees willmakeour livesbett er tll::67: ffi, edltandrewritethe essay No cloning dinosours! However, Some people wont to clone dinosoursll don't think it is o good idees' (sdangerous lnaddition " tofattitthinU trCloning is if we clone thing to Monlg"eggfe sgg cloning e++iielege+ A.rd, -w'orliI Will Wontto stOrtcloning todaY ey- cAn-' rld- idZI re weildi of +(# I think ti Ytirr##il otr,"r'3[ffiltooff ,rr- #E I don't thint< it is o good ideo to clone dinosours N o c l o n i n gd i n o s a u r s l gome idea Veoplewant to clonedinosaurs.However,I don't think it is a good First of all,lthink cloningisnol a goodthingto Manypeoplesay cloningis dangerous.lnaddiL|on,ifwe olonedinosaursand'rt,works,maybescientists willi wantt o st'art' cloningpeople,too 5econd,Idon't think dinosaurecanliveint'he world of today lthink dinosaurswouldhurt p-eo ple, In ad diti on, t hey wo uld hurt o-ykiII m a ny other animals,too To sum up,l don't think it is a qoodideato clone dinosaurs (r', - Listen to the passage and take notes' Then choose the best introduction First, not oll circusestoke good core of their onimols' Mony of them live in very smoll ploces' Sometimes they ore tied up ond cqn't move much' Circus troiners sometimes hurt the onimqls to moke them tricks' in English." "Kids in other countries"? If kids use Eiglish to tolk to eoch other, they shore informotion obout their countries' So I'll write two things: "leorn obout their country" ond "tell obout my countrY." plon My broinstorm diogrom is finished! Now I will my essoy It's reolly owful Second, people buy tickets ond the circuses stoy in business.That meons the circusescon keep hurting the qnimols Circusesexist becousepeople keep paying them moneY' Introduction A Going to the circus is o good woy to spend your birthdoY Introduction B Smoll onimols should not be tied up or mode to tricks Introduction C Circuses ore bod for onimols, ond we ore not helping onimols when we go to the circus' G|l"@ Read the topic and look at the brainstorm diagram' Listen and complete the writing plan' Wrife an essayabout a very exciling place' OK, I've finished my brainstorm diogrom-lots of good ideos there Now it's time to choose some things ond moke o good PIon before I write' the diogrom Listen and complete the brainstorm diagram' How can learning Engtishhelp children learn more about other cultures? OK, I'm going to q broinstorm diogrom to help me' Here in the middle of the poper, I'm writing "Leorn English - Leorn obout other cultures" becouse thot is the writing toPic' OK, whot I hove to next? Oh yes, think of ways leorning English helps to leorn-obout other TV cuftures Hffi, I reod more books, ond wotch qlso tolk with kids in other countries' I progroms ^So till write those things in the circles: "reod more books," "wotch TV progroms" ond "kids in other countries." So whot's next? Ah yes, HOW these things help us to leorn obout other cultures? Hm, let me see "' First is "reod more books." Well, there ore mony books in "internotionol news" ond obove it "mony progroms mony times It is o very exciting ploce'" Greot! My first body porogroph is obout the roller cooster-i'll write thot down here next to "Body porogroph 1": "roller cooster."Now for my topic iente"nce OK, I'm writing down: "First of oll of screoms" ond "feels just like flying" ond "sit in good the front-even scorier." There, those ore reolly roller the detoils to 9o with my topic sentence obout co0ster Next, my second body porogroph is obout " ' the write Ferris wheell So next to "Body porogroph 2" I'll write: I'll OK, sentence' topic o I need "Ferris wheel." "second fcommo] there is the omozing Ferris wheel it one more time: fperiod] " Good Let me check iS otta, there is the omozing Ferris wheel'" Thot's my topic sentence, but whot obout some detoils to describe the Ferris wheel? Well, it "looks like o huge wheel"-uh, it "feels like on open elevotor" ond "you see the whole city." Thot'll it Greqt! My essoy plon is reody ond it's very orgonized! Listen and complete the plan Do you think it would be good to haveyour own dinosauras a pet? Why or why not? OK, I've finished my broinstorm diogrom-lots of good ideas there Now it's time to choose some things ond moke o good plon before I write What's first? Oh yes, the title Thot's pretty eosy I'll just write: "DinosourA greot pet." Thot onswers the topic question Now, I hove to choose two different things to show my opinion I hove three different things to choose from, but I'll just toke the two best ones Hm, I think "leorn o lot" ond "protect my house" ore the best ones,so I'll cross out "impress friends" on my broinstorm diogrom Now I write my introduction I'll write: "People hove mony different kinds of pets [period] I think o dinosaur would be o greot pet to hove [period] " Let me check my introduction ogoin: "People hove mony different kinds of pets I think o dinosour would be a greot pet to hove." Greot, so my first body porogroph is obout leorning o lot-l'll write thot next to "Body porogroph 1": "leorn o lot." Now for o topic sentencethot shows my opinion OK, I'm writing: "First of oll [commo] I could leorn q Iot from o dinosour pet [period] " OK One more time: "First of oll, I could leorn o lot from o dinosour pet." Thot's o good topic sentence Whot about my detoils? I need to give some focts, don't I? Well, I could leorn obout "when it sleepsond eots," "whot it likes to do" qnd "how to feed it." So I'll write those ideos next to "detoils": "when it sleepsond eots," "whot it likes to do" ond "how to feed it." There, those ore reolly good detoils to go with my topic sentence Next, my second body porogroph is obout how o dinosour protect my house! So I'll write "protect my house" next to "Body porogroph 2." I olso need o topic sentence.OK, I'll write: "Second [commo] I think q dinosour pet could protect my house [period] " Let me check it ogoin: "Second, I think q dinosour pet could protect my house." Thot's my topic sentence,but whot obout some focts to show this is a good opinion? Well, it is "big ond strong," "looks scory" ond it "protect ogoinst thieves." Now, I need to write o conclusion Whot were my two ideos? "Leorn o lot" ond "protect my house"-so first I'll write down: "To sum up [commo] I leorn o lot from o dinosour ond it could protect my house [period] " Now I need to show mybig ideo ogoin, but write it o Iittle differently from the introduction OK, I'll soy "Therefore [commo] I believe o dinosour would be o reolly good pet [period]." Check one more time: "Therefore, I believe o dinosour would be o reolly good pet." Greot! My essayplan is reody ond it's very orgonized! ISBN978-962-00-5906-3 [...]... [adjective]lThesoup tastes sa/ty.) [thing]+ look [s] /sound [s] /feel [s] /smell [s] /taste [s] + like+ [anothenthing] lThe rope /ookslike [thing]+ look [s] /sound [s] /feel [s] /smell [s] /taste [s] a snake.) To givestudentspnacticemakingdescriptivesentences,tnythe followingactivity 1 On small piecesof paper',write sentencesusingboth pattenns[Sugartastes sweet.Hair looks /ikestring.] Then cut the sentences in half lSugar tastes... 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Introduction: Topicsentence1: Topicsentence2: Photocopiable... tastes /sweet Hair looks/ /ike string.) 2 Giveeach studentone pieceof paper.Explainthat they needto go anoundthe classand find the pensonwho has the othenhalfof theinsentence 3 When the studentshavefoundtheir partnens,haveeach pair neadtheinsentenceto the class 1 The cookie tostesgreot 3 Your perfume smells like wild flowers 2 My teddy beor feels reolly worm 4 The wind sounds like someone whispering [Suggestedonswers;... ';:l]':l]:]]: Rnswerthe questionand SEllowthe frnstruetion Why is the introduction (opening sentence)you chose the q best woy to stort this possoge? I t s h o w ' s t h e m a i n i d e - aa n d " l h e t o p i c s e n t e n c""" es support ii eiiiie i[iiop ';;i;;.;;i';;i;5;fibh ' Y q Writing an introduction In essaysthere are thnee basic parts: the introduction,bodyand conclusionThe intnoduction stants the wnitingand