GUIDED WRITING

A. Arrange the following cues in the proper word order to make complete
sentences. Write the sentences in paragraph form. Begin your with this sentence:
The date tree is called the queen of trees because of its many uses.

l. shade – sun - gives - the – its - desert - protection - from

2. its – are – fibers – from – baskets, ropes, and thread - made

3. from – are – wood – made – boats, houses, and fences - its

4, food – fruit – important – its – is – an

5. a – juice – the – delicious - drinks - is

6. are – as - eaten – leaves – tender – the - salad

7. no – tree - in fact – of – the - is - wasted - part

B. Arrange the following cues in proper word order to make complete sentences.
Write the sentences in paragraph form. Begin your paragraph with this sentence:
There are nearly two thousand toy factories in the United States. Be careful to use
correct punctuation

l. are – they - everywhere

2, in - the North – are - the South - the East - the West - and - they are

3. half – about – regular – them - factories - of - toy - are

4. others – making – factories – the – for – and – machinery – are – furniture –

other – dishes – clothing – articles .

5. other – probably – factories – little automobiles – to make – these – little

airplane – samples – little furniture – started – little dishes – as – thing – and

6. then – the – began – as – factories – the – toys – samples – to sell

A. Read a sentence like one of the following that your teacher has put on the
ckboard. Develop a paragraph as a class exercise, uking uurns con-
sentences. After cach addition, choose as a ing the tributing new following
the logical sentence.
l. Basketball is a very exciting sport.
2. Playing hockey can be extremely dangerous.
3. American football requires more than strength and speed
4. Thai boxing is an ancient and honorable sport.
5. Soccer is a great game of skill.

B. Write a paragraph telling why a certain institution is important to

humanity. The institution may be a hospital, a university, the United
Nations, the World Health Organization, CARE (Caritas), or the Peace Corps.
Use sequence expressions. Begin your paragraph with these sentences:

Life would be very different and difficult without ________.

In the first place,_________. Use the paragraph entitled The Importance of
Libraries as a model.

C. Write a paragraph telling why a certain sport is interesting. useful, or

popular. Use sequence expressions. Begin your paragraph with these
sentences:
_________ is an interesting sport for several reasons.
First of all,_______ Use the paragraph entitled Basketball as a model.

D. Write a paragraph telling why a certain hobby is interesting, popular, or

educational. The hobby might be reading. fishing. photography, painting,
corresponding with friends in other countries, or gardening. Use sequence
expressions. Began your paragraph with these sentence :
_______ interests me for several reasons.
First, ________. Use the paragraph entitled Stamp Collecting as a Hobby as
a model
EXERCISES

A. After carefully listening to your teacher's readings of the dicto-comp, write

it as accurately as you can remember it, both in wording and sequence.

B. Construct 3 sentences of your own on each of the patterns listed in the

Discussion section.

C. By drawing a line, divide the following sentence into two parts, the noun
phrase or subject part and the verb phrase or predicate part. Then decide
what is the sentence pattern of each is. Write the number of the sentence
pattern in the Discussion section. The subject of imperative sentences, such
as number 8,is you.

Cultures, technology, and societies are in a constant state of change.

1.The changes of the last two centuries are amazing.
2. The invention of machines has brought most of the changes.
3. You should think of the days of George Washington
4. No building was more than four stories high.
5. Automobiles and trains have not yet been invented.
6. Horse-drawn vehicles traveling on unpaved roads.
7. Many changes have occurred in the last two hundred years.
8. Imagine George Washington at the White House toda
9. He will see many unfamiliar things
10.TV, telephones, and elevators would astonish him

D. Copy the following sentences onto a sheet of paper. Underline each noun
and indicate how it is used by writing S (subject), DO (direct object), IO
indirect object), OP (object of a preposition) SC (subjective complement) or
OR(objective complement) above it. Then, write the number of the
sentence pattern after each sentence as given in the Discussion Section.
 S IO DO
The teacher gave the class various assignment.
1.Tim chose the history of light to speak about.
2. He traced the sources of light from early-times.
3. Team certainly gives the class many interesting facts.
4. His classmates call Team their chief authority on light.
5. Early people invented a source of light. it was a flaming torch.
6. Inventive minds developed various kinds of torches.
7. A lump of fat fastened to the end of a stick was a torch.
8. Torches gives certain early people light
9. Team named Juan his helper for a particular job.
10. Juan was at Tim's side for the most of the talk.

E. Write the number of the pattern of each sentence in the following

paragraphs.
1. Raoul goes to college. He studies government. He learns about different
kinds of government and about the machinery of government. His
classes are interesting. They give him insights into politics. They make
him critical. He may work in government. He may enter politics. He may
only be a better voter. He will surely be a better citizen
2. Summer gives family change and recreation. It makes happy. The days
are long and hot. Children are out of school. They swim and read. They
telephone their friends. They play sports. Whole families go on vacation.
Children return to school in the fall. Teachers give their students long
assignments. Children go to scout meetings or to music lessons. Parents
keep busy