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ACTIVITY .3
WRITING ASSIGNMENT - ACTIVITY

Presented By

NELSON ENRIQUE PARRA ACEVEDO

Code: 88.251.713

Presented to
Tutor: MILTON ALONSO MURILLO

Group number: 900003_57

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)

School of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (ECSAH)

English B1

Pereira -October 2016

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Introduction

This Product activity is the route that was done by the first units in the course of English

B1, where later some exercises that feeds us the knowledge acquired during the past

English courses and leads us to be part of stories evidenced the which will come to our

imagination.

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Content

Part One. Pg. 4 y 5

Part twoPg.5 y 6

Part three..Pg.6 y 7

Part fourPg. 8

Part five.Pg.9 y10

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Writing assignment

PART ONE

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE

The answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or wrong -only

ideas. Once an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You will be pleasantly

surprised at how quickly a story will emerge from the answers you give.

Martha slammed the door in Jairos face because , he was talking to a woman

The train crashed because.Because the train hit a cow crossed

Raul read his wifes diary and discovered that she is pregnant The small boy ran

away from garden

Silvana had never seen a crazy, look so scared before.

Ben climbed the mountain and won

According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the 6

sentences:

The train crashed because the train hit a cow that was crossing the street,

Silvana had never seen an accident, I was very scared.

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, It has been climbed the mountain and won after trying for many months, after attaining the

prize withdrew from the competition.

PART TWO

STORY WITHOUT A MIDDLE

There are three main parts to a story:

The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or

characters are.

The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.

The CONCLUSION Tells how the story ends.

Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.

SALLY'S PROBLEM

Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear

what the teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem with your boyfriend

Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be

alright again.

Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:

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1. Your boyfriend

2. Your sister

Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Write the story again putting your

middle between the beginning and the end of the story of Sally's problem.

SALLY'S PROBLEM WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND

Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear, what the

teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem with your boyfriend..Sally got

up and ran to the phone. He only knew that everything would be well again after he spoke

with his teacher upset and took the phone, leaving Sally in tears, because no could talk with

her boyfriend.

PART THREE

Book review

A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is about.

Read this book report by one of last year's students.

TITLE: Jaws

AUTHOR: Robert Benchley

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TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure

CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.

OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've seen the film -that

was good too.

Answer these questions about the book report.

1. What is the book about?

2. Who wrote it? Robert Benchley

3. What did the student think about the book?

4. Was it a love story?

Now read this book review by another student.

"I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it weren't very good.

J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of the Titanic" because his father was killed when the ship

hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people died when the ship sank. I don't like True Life

stories - I prefer adventures."

The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.

TITLE: The Sinking of the Titanic

AUTHOR: J.R Smith

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TYPE OF STORY: love story and suspense.

CONTENT: his father was killed when the ship hit an Iceberg.More than 1,000 people died

when the ship sank.

OPINION: It's a love story with a sad ending.

PART FOUR

Making sentences:

Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place. Can you fix them?

Write the words in the right order. The first sentence has been done for you.

(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops!)

are work of hours Yours nine oclock to five oclock.

They are hours of work from nine o`clock to five o`clock.

get You lunch an hour for

You can get an hour for lunch.

paid weekly You are

These are paid monthly.

To holiday You pay are entitled

You are entitled to paid holidays.

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Part Five

Nicknames for New York

Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the

space.

describe biggest choose name cities nicknames

newspaper recorded city community visitors popular

Nicknames are used to describe people, places or things. Many American cities

have nicknames. They can help create identities, build unity and help people feel a

sense of pride in their community.

Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to choose the best

nickname for an American city. The winner was the nations biggest city, New

York. The nickname they chose was The Big Apple.

Where did the nickname Big Apple originally come from? In the nineteen

seventies, New York suffered from image problems. The number of visitors was

falling. A campaign was launched to give the city a new image and a new

nickname. The New York board chose the nickname The Big Apple

It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A

journalist for a New York newspaper had used the name The Big Apple to

describe New York in the nineteen twenties.

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The Big Apple was also the name of a night club in the Harlem area of New York

City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a popular dance and hit song

around that time.

The Big Apple is not the only nickname for Americas biggest city. Almost one

hundred nicknames that describe New York have been recorded Some of the best

known nicknames for New York are The Capital of the World, Empire City,

Gotham, The City So Nice They Named it Twice and The City That Never

Sleeps.

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