Thanks Ms. Lori!

Students at the Pittsboro Main Campus had their last class with Lori Carswell. We all said our goodbyes and thanked Lori for two wonderful years in the ESL Program. Thanks for being such an amazing teacher. We will truly miss you. 

Congratulations to students who completed the winter quarter 🙂 You have made such a great improvement! 

  

Choose Your Own End of The Story

Look at the pictures in the story “A Traveler’s Nightmare” and write what happened. You may start your writing in this way:

   Ben Armstrong was walking down a dark street in a strange city. He was carrying a backpack with his laptop with his work, his photos, and his whole life. Suddenly, …

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/21/470563524/across-continents-a-stolen-laptop-an-ominous-email-and-a-big-risk?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160321

After writing the story yo may read the real story and choose your own ending.

 

Making Inferences

Look up the following words in the dictionary and write an example with each of them:

Infer (v)

Inference (n.)

Watch the following video to find out more about making inferences in reading.

This poster was created by Lindsay Flood

Subordinate Conjunctions

FANBOYS

Outlines or Thinking Maps

When you write a paragraph or an essay, you need to organize your ideas by the use of OUTLINES. An outline or a “thinking map” is like the skeleton of a paragraph or essay. You DO NOT need to write the ideas in complete sentences. Use only words or phrases to remind yourself of your ideas.

Here is a very cool link with an interactive outline for a “Persuasion/ Opinion Paragraph”: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/

What’s The Best Way to Study Vocabulary?

Run-on Sentences

THEORY http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fragments-and-run-ons/

PRACTICE:

1. http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

2. http://englishmistakeswelcome.com/run-on%20quiz.htm