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Everyday Life Assignment -

Writing exercise Part 1: A paragraph

Assessment Task - Provide an original summary of the 'Dixon and Isaacs' article, PLUS a second version annotated as per the 'Writing Exercise 2: Proof reading and correction' outline. Then produce a clean copy (final) that takes account the lessons from Writing Exercises 1 (Writing a standard paragraph) and 2. In other words, you are submitting three versions of the same paragraph. This summary must not contain any direct quotes or paraphrasing.

Before you submit, go through the following checklist:

1. Does the paragraph comply with the required conventions: a topic sentence, several supporting statements and additional details, and a concluding statement?

2. Have you checked that the capitalisation, punctuation and spelling are correct (look for underlines provided by MS Word)? For homonyms (like 'their/there') check either the thesaurus or the dictionary as outlined on Writing Exercise 2 guide.

3. Have you checked the nine grammar points and the five style issues listed on Writing Exercise 2 guide?

4. Read it aloud, preferably to someone else. Does it read easily? Is the meaning immediately obvious? Does the listener say, 'wow that was interesting 'or 'I didn't follow the bit about...'?

Writing exercise 1: Writing a standard paragraph

1. Start with a topic sentence, a sentence that tells you what the paragraph is about. Get to the point straight away. Make it clear and simple. E.g. 'Fashion is in the eye of the beholder', 'We are all addicts in one way or another', 'People now get most of their news from social media'.

2. Provide several supporting statements. Three or four are generally enough. E.g. to support the addiction claim: 'Some people find it hard to stay away from substances like coffee or alcohol. Others spend all their time on their smartphones, even when driving. Yet others can't tear themselves away from the latest Netflix offering'.

3. For each supporting sentence you might add additional details to justify or clarify the statement. Or you could leave each of these to form the basis of the subsequent paragraphs. 'Even when driving' is one such additional detail in relation to smartphone addiction. You might elaborate the Netflix comment with something like 'Binge watching has been made possible by video streaming services.'

4. Conclude your paragraph with a summary or a hook that leads to the next paragraph. E.g. 'Addiction takes many forms and has many victims', or to provide a link to the next paragraph: 'Addiction is one way these repetitive behaviours have been described, but are other ways of seeing the issue?'

YOUR TASK:

Write a paragraph describing the fashion objects your group has brought along. The topic sentence should find some connection between all the objects - it could be something about the owners, the period of history, what is says about contemporary society, or what the diversity of objects says about the diversity of your group. (Or anything else that provides a link). The supporting sentences should list the objects in relation to the topic sentence. And the concluding sentence should try to tie the whole story together.

Do this individually, then move your paper to the person on your RIGHT.

Now, review the paragraph of your colleague, using the following steps. Correct as necessary (use a different coloured pen).

1. Does each sentence start with a capital letter and finish with a full stop?

2. Is the spelling correct?

3. Does the author use the right word in each situation?

4. Mark up the paragraph using the example provided above (about hoodies)

5. Is the topic sentence clear and succinct?

6. Are the supporting sentences connected to the topic sentence?

7. What does the concluding paragraph do: summarise, pose a question, answer the question posed in the topic sentence etc.?

Writing exercise 2: Proof reading and correcting drafts

Using the paragraph you prepared for this week, swap it with another member of your group, and carry out the tasks below. Use the following rules. There are exceptions to every rule, but stick with these for now.

You could do this on paper or on a computer. If the document is in Word, use Track Changes. (You might need to email each other copies of your work).

Checking the 'famous four': capitalisation, punctuation, spelling and grammar.

Attachment:- Everyday Life Assignment Files.rar