Lecture One

Prewriting: Organizing Ideas

In today’s lecture…

 10 minutes of free style writing

 Expectations
What I expect and what you can expect.
 Handouts
Course Outline
Student Profile
 Pre-writing
Brainstorming and organizing ideas
 Silent Self-writing time
Web diagram brainstorming
Self introduction letter
What I expect from you…

1. Come to class prepared.

- Writing from Within Intro class textbook
- pen/pencil and notebook
- desk name ID card
2. Have respect…
- respect for yourself, classmates and professor
3. Participate and try.
- Practice makes perfect.
4. No cell phones!!!
What you can expect from me…

1. Opportunities to improve your English.

2. No pressure from me.
3. Weekly homepage updates.
- The homepage will have the PPT lecture files, extra
copies of handouts, and extra information like website
links and class memos.
4. I will always try to help you…
- with homework, assignments, attendance, exams, etc.
The Course Outline
Student Profile

Name: 조수현
English name: Amy-Michelle
Student number: 520..
Telephone number: 010-…
Email address: MichelleDankook@gmail.com
Major: Economics
Year: 1
Class number: W-31
Class day and time: Wednesdays at 11:20am
Your level of English:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Please write 3 sentences about yourself:
15. My favorite sport is boxing.
16. When I was younger I wanted to be a professional wrestler.
17. My favorite Korean dishes are tuna stew (chumchi jjigga) and
chicken with cheese (cheese tak galbi).
Prewriting…
What do you think of when
you see or hear the word

Summer
Brainstorming…1-2-3

Summer
Brainstorming…1-2-3

going to the tanning I don’t have

beach to go to
school.

picnics Summer
relaxing

too many
air condition mosquitoes I can go travel.
 Who is Luigi?

Writing from Within Intro, page 4

 Who are you?

If someone asked you to talk about yourself, what

things would you talk about?
 Who am I?
frien
interests family pets
ds

likes and dislikes future plans

school and/or your job

Who Am I?
I teach at Dankook professional dog = Jo Mi Nam
University in Cheonan. boxer

Amy-Michelle
Polish- Canadian I like making home
videos and
writing stories.

love weight training funny and favorite holiday

love to joke is Thanksgiving
 Topics to talk about

Writing from Within Intro, page 8

Adding more information… (page 9)

Sentence: I play in a rock bad.

More information: Our band is called Off the Wall.

a. Sentence: I like listening to music.

More information:

b. Sentence: I live in Suwon.

More information:

c. Sentence: I’m a university student.

More information:

d. Sentence: My best friend is Bobby.

More information:
Connecting Sentences
 Connecting Sentences…
 To connect sentences with similar or additional
information, use and.
 To connect sentences with different or unexpected
information, use but.

4. My favorite season is winter, ___ I love Christmas.

5. I am from Canada, ___ my mother is from Austria.
6. My love to travel, ___ I have never been to China.
7. My brother lives in New York, ___ is a photographer.
8. I live in Korea, ____ I am Canadian.
9. I play the piano, ___ I can play the violin.
10.He has two cats, ___ he also has seven cats.
11.I really like sushi, ____ I don’t like cooked fish.
12.I have one sister, ____ she is has two children.
Carlita’s e-mail letter of Introduction

Hi Julie,
I will be your new roommate at Central
Canadian
College this fall, so let me tell you about myself. I
am Mexican. I live in the United States. I have
traveled a lot. I have never been to Canada. I love
math and science. I want to study biology in
college. In my free time, I like listening to music. I
like singing. Do you like music? What kind of music
do you like? Please write back to me. Tell me
something about yourself.

Best wishes,
Carlita
 Carlita’s e-mail
letter of
Hi Julie,
I will be your new roommate at Central Canadian
College
this fall, so let me tell you about myself. I am Mexican, but
I live in the United States. I have traveled a lot, but I have
never been to Canada. I love math and science, and I
want to study biology in college. In my free time, I like
listening to music, and I like singing. Do you like music?
What kind of music do you like? Please write back to me,
and tell me something about yourself.

Best wishes,
Carlita
Lin’s e-mail letter of introduction

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Jones,

My name is Lin. I will be your homestay quest for
this summer, so let me tell you about myself. I am a
24-year-old Taiwanese woman. I am studying to be a
nurse at Mackay Junior College of Nursing. I live in a
small apartment in Taipei, but I want to move to the
countryside some day and work in a hospital. I have
two younger sisters. We all get along very well. I like
to dance in my free time. I take ballet lessons, but I
like flamenco dancing, too. I sometimes dance at
festivals.
Sincerely,
Lin
Amy’s Letter of Introduction

Dear Ji Hye, greeting

My name is Amy-Michelle. I am ## years old, and I am

a
Polish-Canadian woman. I teach at Dankook University, but I
am also a professional boxer. My dog is Jo Mi Nam, but he’s
not handsome like his name says he is. I love joking, and I
love weight training. My hobby is making home videos, and
writing stories. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, but I also
like New Year’s Eve.

Yours truly, closing

Amy-Michelle Berezowski your name

Silent Self-Writing Time
Silent Self-Writing Time

During this time I want you to do the following:

1. Make a web diagram to brainstorm about yourself

(you can use page 5).
4. Write a self introduction letter about yourself.