How to write an effective introductory paragraph for your exposition essay

Hi Dearies

Please refer to the slides below and make the necessary amendments to your gp's introductory paragraph on the "animal abuse" topic.

Thanks.

English Notes 26/2/14

Special Shoutout to Ze Feng :D

Spreadsheet for Introductory writing: Exposition

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Worksheet on Obama's Speech

View President Barack Obama’s speech to school students in America, and answer the following questions while viewing. 1 What is the first personal example that Barack Obama is recounting from his life? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 What does he tell the students the purpose of his speech is? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Whose responsibility is the most important according to the President? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 What is definitely needed no matter what one wants to do in life? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………

Post your comments on Obama's Speech

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FINAL REMINDER (Lexile Test)

Hi

This is the final reminder that you are to take the Lexile Test by this week, (just in case, someone still have not.).

For the rest, you will sit for another one after 1 month's time.

Best regards
Ms Lam

Expository Essay (Gp Work)

In your gps, you have to complete a planning template beginning with stating your claim / opinion with one main reason and moving on to using supporting details to substantiate your stand.

Using the planning template as reference, as a gp, you type your gp's practice draft (in 250 – 350 words) in a google document of an expository essay on the following topic:

“The Aspire Assist is a dangerous innovation. Do you agree?”

PEEL

Point

Explanation

Evidence

Linking

Individual Summary Practice on Aspire Assist

Sum up the main point and supporting details in less than 100 words. Write your summary on a piece of paper. (20 mins)

Tiara, you will collect them later.

Read this article about Aspire Assist and summarize in 100 words the main claims it makes about the product and the supporting details it uses. Use the table provided for writing your summary.

The Aspire Assist Aspiration Therapy System is a breakthrough weight loss solution for people with obesity. Unlike many other weight loss procedures, the Aspire Assist is minimally-invasive and completely reversible at any time.

This solution was developed by three world-renowned physicians: Gastroenterologists Dr. Sam Klein and Dr. Moshe Shike, and Interventional Radiologist Dr. Stephen Solomon.

The Aspire Assist gives patients control over their weight loss by a method known as Aspiration Therapy. With Aspiration Therapy, patients “aspirate” (drain) a portion of their stomach contents into the toilet after each meal through an endoscopically-implanted tube, reducing the number of calories absorbed by the body. The tube is implanted in the stomach, and leads to a small, low-profile port at the surface of the skin. Aspiration performed about twenty minutes after a meal will remove about a third of the calories consumed. The Aspire Assist is used in conjunction with a lifestyle modification program, and requires careful and comprehensive medical monitoring.

The Aspire Assist Aspiration Therapy System received CE mark approval in December 2011 to market in the European Union, and is now commercially available in selected regions in Europe and beyond.

In our U.S. Clinical Trial, patients lost an average of 49% of their excess weight during the first year with the Aspire Assist. This goes a long way to show how effective this device can be in any weight management programme.

Getting the Aspire Assist tube implanted in one’s stomach is as easy as ABC. Patients do not have to get admitted to the hospital to get the tube placed. They can often return home within one to two hours, and be back at work quickly. The quick, 20 minute procedure is performed under conscious sedation – no general anesthesia is required.

Patients can also eat and drink normal amounts and types of food with the Aspire Assist. Although patients will learn healthier behaviors over time with lifestyle counseling, no sudden diet changes are required to achieve weight loss.

The Aspire Assist can be removed, at any time, through a 15-minute outpatient procedure which is performed without making the patient unconscious. Because the procedure and device are relatively simple, the Aspire Assist may be affordable for patients who cannot afford bariatric surgery.

Listening Comprehension 1 Spreadsheet

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Today's lesson

Spreadsheet for PEEL in advertisments

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Main Point and 3 Supporting Details (Advertising)

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Pre-Activity (Exposition)

Think about an advertisement (video, poster, etc.) that has influenced you to buy something.

Think along the following points:

-       What the product was

-       What the medium was (TV, Bus Stop Panel, etc.)

-       What the advertisement claimed about the product

-       How the advertisement supported its claim (e.g. with testimonies from people, statistics, examples, etc.)

Individual Video Podcast

Hi Dearies

Please be reminded that you are to wear your SST uniform when you are recording your own video podcast.

Do pay attention to your hand gestures, body language, and check your spelling to make sure it is correct. We will be featuring your work for this OPEN HOUSE.

Spreadsheet for characterisation / BSP

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Individual VIDEO Podcast for your group's Literary Brochure Performance Task

Hi Dearies

At this point, you should be planning and implementing your individual VIDEO podcast. Within your group, all members are to create your own individual podcast (about 2-3 minutes long) with subtitles.

Content of your podcast
your learning journey
(state your highest point or what you have learned/liked)
(state your lowest point, if any)
(any other thoughts and feelings in doing this project, using the new simple booklet app)

Your gp presenter is to sum up your gp's overall experience and share with the class on the actual day of presentation in class.

Hope this is clear.

Ms Lam

Marking Notations for Essays and Situational Writings

Hi Dearies

Just would like to share with you that these are the symbols that teachers are using when we mark your essays and situational writings.

Fyi.

Ms Lam