THINKING AHEAD
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 532.
MIDNIGHT SNACK
WRITING AND EVALUATING
13.Free writing. You have five minutes to write down any images, ideas or details that come to you concerning the topic “London”. Don't pay any attention to possible grammar or spelling mistakes, focus on the content.
14. Everything is a coincidence in this world. Write a story (120 words) about the most unbelievable coincidence you have ever happened to you. Be ready to present it for your peers` evaluation.
15.We evaluate things all the time – movies, CD`s, the latest fashion. When we evaluate anything, we measure it against a set of established criteria. Here are some criteria for evaluating effective writing.
· The writing gets and holds your attention, it is interesting.
· The meaning is clear.
· There is a main idea.
· There are enough supporting details for the main idea.
· The ideas are connected smoothly.
· The ideas are arranged well, their order makes sense.
· The writing has no clichés, unnecessary repetition and details.
Make use of the offered criteria and write an evaluation of your group mate's story (10 sentences).
Everyone has heard tales about alligators living in the sewers beneath the streets of New York City. Similar strange tales are also told about that city's subway tunnels. Unlike those stories of horrifying experiences, this next story reveals a beautiful, though sad, secret about other residents of the subway tunnels…What do you think they might be?
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