Copia blog 2020 PDCE

  PARAGRAPH WRITING - TOPIC AND CONTROLLING IDEA - DEFINITION Before writing a paragraph, it is important to think first about the topic and then what you want to say about the topic. Most often, the topic is easy, but the question then turns to what you want to say about the topic. This concept is called the controlling idea. Good topic sentences should always contain both a topic and a controlling idea. The topic is the main subject matter or idea covered in the paragraph. The controlling idea is the idea that focuses on the topic by providing direction to the composition.  For e.g.,  The topic is  running and  the controlling idea is  healthful benefits . PEEL PARAGRAPH WRITING TECHNIQUE - SHORTCUT You can also follow the PEEL paragraph writing technique to write effective paragraphs. PEEL stands for: Point - Your first sentence must state your point. It introduces the topic you're about to discuss and tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about.  Evidence - Support

  Unusual Vacations Culture Trip is a fascinating webpage about worldwide culture and travel. This is what they say about themselves: Culture Trip Culture Trip is a global hyper-growth startup operating in travel, media and entertainment. We create stories that reveal what is unique and special about a place, its people and its culture. In-house creative teams work with a global network of more than 300 freelance creators to produce location-based inspiration from around the world, including articles, videos, photography, illustration and animation. Everyone working at Culture Trip is driven by a shared vision: to inspire people to go beyond their cultural boundaries and connect with the world around them. We want to bring the world to everyone and in doing so bring everyone closer together. Culture Trip has been named by Forbes as one of the fastest-growing companies to watch. Visit the page and wander around, you´ll find it inspiring! Then click on the following link to read the arti

Responding emails. Parts of an email: 2- Tips on how to write an email.  On the blog ESL BLOGGERS you can find a very useful entry on how to write emails. I suggest you visit the blog and take notes.    Click HERE to read the entry "Writing Emails in English" 3- Oxford Dictionary Web page  offers good advice on formal and informal English: Click HERE to learn about Informal language    and    Click HERE to read about Formal Language You can also find some useful information on the Cambridge Dictionary Web page. Click HERE to read about formal and informal language 4- Here you can download a summary of genres. On page 3 you can find a table with information about formal, informal and neutral emails. Click HERE to download the summary of genres 5- Writing task. (Traveler, page 17) Write the email in groups and publish it in the comment section below.

Vacations Do you know the site Tripadvisor.com? Register and do have a look around! There are thousands of ideas for your next vacations. Why don´t you post your comment on a place you have visited? Then capture a screenshot and share it with us on this padlet, so we can comment on it. Click HERE to post your screenshot on Padlet

  Have you ever done any extreme sports?  Are you an adrenaline junkie?  Read this story about one man facing his fear.  Before reading Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercise.   Coming back up  So we’re driving along, a road in the middle of nowhere, a few trees now and then on each side of the road, mountains in the distance, there hasn’t been a town for ages and then you see this sign, not really a proper sign at all, just a piece of card with some words scribbled on it: ‘Bungee Jumping, 5km’, and an arrow pointing to the left. I can’t even see a road going left, and there’s certainly no sign of any bungee jumping, but you insist, the idea has taken you, you’re crazy about it, you’ve always wanted to do bungee jumping. I know, you think I’m boring because I don’t want to go.  ‘Go on!’ you insist. ‘We don’t even have to do the bungee jumping, we can just go there and see what’s happening. It’ll be interesting!’ As usual, you get your way. I give in an

Introducing Yourself Have a look at the following pictures and quotes. What are they about? Can you think of other ways of expressing likes and dislikes? What about their use? Check the grammar at  Cambridge Grammar: Like, love, hate and prefer    and   Cambridge Grammar: rather Check this page to practise :  https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/talking-about-preferences-using-prefer-better-and-would-rather  Now watch this video and learn a little more about introductions: Extra tip: Watch  Corporate trainer Greeshma Thampi giving some tips of professional introduction. Let´s recap. We`ve  learnt how to write comments , how to express likes, dislikes and preferences and now we learnt how to introduce ourselves correctly. So now you are ready to introduce yourselves. I am looking forward to reading about you!  I invite you to introduce yourselves on this Padlet using everything you`ve learnt up to now. I encourage you to include a picture of you !  Click HEREto access the website.

Introducing Yourself Look at these images: What are they? Where were they taken from? Who are they intended for? Read the following entry on Kevin Duncan´s blog on how to write comments.  Click HERE to read the entry Now you are ready to leave a WONDERFUL comment on this blog!Remember to follow Kevin´s advice!!!

Error Correction: Conditionals. Click HERE Third Conditional. Click HERE Wishes and Regrets. Click HERE Third Conditional Exercise. Click HERE Third Conditional Re-Ordering Quiz. Click HERE Third Conditional Error Correction Click HERE Mixed Conditionals Gap Fill Quiz Click HERE Conditional Forms Multiple Choice Quiz Click HERE If Only / I Wish Tenses Multiple Choice Exercise Click HERE Inversion Error Exercise Click HERE Inversion Multiple Choice Exercise Click HERE Past Tense Click HERE Causative "Have" Click HERE The/The Comparatives  Click HERE Comparatives & Superlatives Error Correction  Click HERE Say / Tell Error Correction   Click HERE Reported Speech  Click HERE Say & Tell Gap Fill Exercise  Click HERE Reported Questions, Extra Word Exercise  Click HERE Reported Questions Error Correction   Click HERE Reported Questions Re-Ordering Quiz   Click HERE Direct To Reported Speech Gap Fill   Click HERE Future Continuous / Future Perfect Click HERE Future Continu

  Error Correction: Conditionals. 

This lesson will help you: - Learn the best ways to start a story in English. - Understand how to set a goal for your English story. - Add tension and make your story more interesting. - Learn useful ways to end your story in English.  - Put everything together so you can tell a great story in English. 1-As you watch the video, write your own story on a Google Doc, and paste the link in the comment section: 2- Read the following guide on how to write a short story, and then write a similar guide for YOUR story. 3- Complete this diagram using information from YOUR OWN story.

What is Flash Fiction?  Flash fiction is a genre of fiction, defined as a very short story. While there is no set word count that separates flash fiction from more traditional short stories, flash fiction stories can be as short as a few words (while short stories typically run for several pages). Flash fiction is also known as sudden fiction, short-short stories, microfiction, or microstories. 3 Characteristics of Flash Fiction Flash fiction stories share a number of common characteristics. Brevity . Flash fiction compresses an entire story into the space of a few paragraphs. There is no defined word count for flash fiction, but some commonly used word limits in flash fiction range from just six words on the short end to around 1,000 words on the longer end. A complete plot . A flash fiction story is indeed a story, with a beginning, middle, and end. This sets it apart from a prose poem or vignette, which can explore an emotion, memory, or thought without a plot. Surprise . Great flas

 Let`s read what N.A. Turner tells us about this on her blog: What is a Short Story? Seems like a logical question, right? But I think we should first form a solid foundation. To get us on the same page and use the same definitions throughout this series. First off, what is a story? What are the first things that come to mind for you? I think of  conflict , characters put into a situation where something changes and in which they need to grow, it should be interesting and invoke emotion with a reader. A story consists of stages, plot, settings and an interesting mix of characters. Most of all, a story and its characters must be interesting in my opinion. According to the dictionary, a story is  “an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment”  or  “an account of past events in someone’s life or in the development of something” . Now, that that’s settled, what makes a short story? Again, seems a bit of a dull question, right? But there are some rules that apply