WRITING GUIDE 3rdB by Irene Zambrano https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB To improve our writings en-us 2020-12-08 18:10:44 UTC 2025-10-08 10:03:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f3eb.png Capital letters noa_capdet https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023073490 We write in capital letters:
· The first word of a sentence
We are writing a text

· The names and titles
Her name is Marie Curie

· Names of places, cities, countries, nationalities, languages, etc.
We're living in Spain

· The days, months and festivities
The Christmas is starting

· Important words of books, movies or songs
She likes the movie of After

· The personal pronoun "I"
You know that I'm in a movie?]]> 2020-12-16 07:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023073490 TEXT ORGANISATION aarlu097 https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023074699 Paragraph structure:
A paragrapgh has 3 parts.
· Opening sentences, the principal  idea.
· Body of the paragraph, broad up the main idea with important information.
· Closing sentence, sums up the main idea and repeats it with other words.

Paragraphing:
When we write paragraphs, we organize them as follows:
P1: provides an overview of the topic.
P2: gives details or develops the issue.
P3: includes a conclusion and sometimes also an opinion.]]> 2020-12-16 07:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023074699 ORGANISING YOUR IDEAS... 230406ari https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023080818 PURPOSE OF WRITING
Before we start we have to be clear about the language we're going to use.
- Examples: If you're going to write an email to a friend we use an informal language.
If it's an informative text we use a formal language.

BRAINSTORMING
1. Make a list of ideas of questions related to the topic (what?, who?, when?, where?, why?).
2. Read them and scracth those that are irrelevant.
3. Put them in order that you want to present them.]]> 2020-12-16 07:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023080818 PUNCTUATION joeldublinopulido https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023082283 -FULL STOP (.):
At the end of the affirmative and negative sentences.

My favourite sport is basketball.
I don't play tennis.

-QUESTION MARK (?):
At the end of the interrogative sentences.

Do you like cycling?

-EXCLAMATION MARK(!):
At the end of the sentences and it's used to represent a feeling.

What a great game!

-COMA (,):
Separate words or things. Usually it isn't after and.

I can play basketball, football and voleyball.]]> 2020-12-16 07:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023082283 WORD ORDER SUBJECT - VERB pgallardo2106 https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023084908 Subject of the sentence: before the verb.

Ex: Tom studies art
They paint murals

In the questions: subject behind the  verb

Ex: Is Helen a cartoonist?
Are you at the art gallery?


WORD ORDER - TIME EXPRESSIONS

Time expressions: At the begining of the sentence and at the end

Ex: We drove to the lake yesterday

In the begining we separate the time expression to the rest of the sentence

Ex: Yesterday, we drove to the lake.




]]> 2020-12-16 07:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023084908 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME oegeatru https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023099019 Use different prepositions rely on wants put:
At two o'clock
At  Christmas
In the morning
In May
From  September to June
From 6.00 to 8.00
On Monday
On 12th January
EXCEPTIONS:
At the weekend
At nigth]]> 2020-12-16 07:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023099019 THE ORDER OF THE WORDS: THE ADVERBS luciaruizcabezas https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023189546 Normally, adverbs go behind  the verb.
Exemple: He paints beautifully.
LINKING WORDS
- and: He was a great detective and  a successful writer.
- or: Was he a soldier or a sailor?
- but: I felt exhausted but happy
 ]]> 2020-12-16 08:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023189546 CONNECTORS OF PURPOSE AND CONNECTORS OF SEQUENCE flipflappaola https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023189640 Connectors of purpose
Final conjunctions, such as  to, in order to and so that are used to express the purpose presented in the main sentence.

- I go to school to learn.
- You must do homework in order to have good grades.
- I have lunch so that later I wont be hungry.

Connectors of sequence
When we explain facts, we use these words to show the order in wich they happened:
. first
. then
. next
. after that
. later
. finally
. at first
. at last

- Yesterday, we first went to the park, and then to the lake.
- After that, we decided to have lunch.
- Finally, I took a shower.
]]> 2020-12-16 08:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023189640 ADJECTIVES yaizahdezc06 https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023191442 - The adjectives normally go in front of the nouns.
Ex:
bright (adj) colours (n).
modern (adj) art (n).

Also go after the verb to be.
Ex:
The sculpture is (v) extraordinary (adj).
The paining is (v) realistic (adj).

And after the stative verbs.
Ex:
The murals looks (v) modern (adj).

- When there are some adjectives, we follow this order: opinion,size and colour.
Ex:
She's wearing a trendy big blue watch.



]]> 2020-12-16 08:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023191442 CONNECTORS OF ADDITION AND OF CAUSE AND EFFECT miguelmedinatirado2006 https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023193703 Connectors of addition: their uses are for similar ideas and add more information.

Examples: I like football and basketball.

I use the computer also book.

Connectors of cause and effect:
Casuals: because i since say cause.

Examples:
I watch this video because is very interesting.

I like this serie since past year.

Consecutives:

Exemples: My sandwich is so delicious.

I not studied therefore going to suspend.

]]> 2020-12-16 08:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023193703 COPULATIVE CONJUNTIONS danimartinangulo https://padlet.com/irenezambrano/writingguide3rdB/wish/1023200389 Connectors of addition

The most usual is and .
Some adverbs are:  also , in addition and as well as.
  • It is going to land Mars and examine the planet.
  • I read a book about the solar system. I also went to the planetarium.
  • Yesterday, I studied many hours for the science test. In addition, I wrote an essay.
  • We will have flying cars as well as robots.



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