1. How do
students become
good writers????
A writing skill clue
by
Gladys Fuentes C.

2. Dear student:
firstly, you have to take notes
while you are listening!!!

3. Listening No. 1
A) You are going to listen to a radio broadcast about George Lucas!
B) Listen to the radio broadcast and decide if the following statements are
true or false
a. Luca`s fans are convinced that he is a genious
b. Lucas has spent millions of dollars developing special effects.
c. The presenter thinks Lucas`s scripts are bad.
d. Luca`s new movie is much better than his previous film
e. Everybody knows what happens in the next part of the story.
f. Lucas is planning on making a war movie after he finishes Star Wars III.

4. Writing Skill
Now using this model write about what you heard!!!
Writing Process
Writing Process
Topic
Topic Topic sentence
Paragraph
Paragraph Descriptions
Autobiography
Essay
Essay
Persuasive

5. Topic and Topic Sentence
 Topic:
What the paragraph is about
few words
specific.
 Topic Sentences

6. Listening No. 2
STUDENT PROTEST
1)Look at the pictures. What is happening?
2)You are going to hear about student
protests in the USA in the sixties. Students
protested against the war in Vietnam and the
draft, the process that made it compulsory for
young men to go and fight in the war.
COMPLETE THIS CHART:
Learning how to take notes while you are
Wars in the sixties:
listening. Remember, you do not need to
Changing students:
Students for Democratic Society: write everything, just the important
Forms of protest: information. You will hear twice.
Celebrity Support:
The End of SDS:
Achievements of SDS:

7. Listening 2
 TOPIC:
Students were against wars. They showed
their resistence through different issues.
 TOPIC SENTENCE
General
WARS
Cold War
Students Protest
Specific

8. Understanding Paragraph
Organization
Topic Sentence
Topic Sentence
Body
Body
Parts of a
Paragraph
Concluding
Concluding
Sentence
Sentence
NOW PREPARE A WRITING ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT!!

9. How to Do It !!
 Decide on a specific topic
Consider the following suggestions:
* Effects, advantages, influences, causes,
types of…
* Reasons why
* Best / Worst
* How to…