Bytheendofthelesson,wecanWUGunderstandthemainideaandstructureofthepassageinthetextbookgraspsomecommonandusefultransitionwordsandphraseswriteonecohesiveparagraph01Lead-inAVideoClipforYou02ContextAnalysisHighlightsofMySeniorYearActivity1Individualwork1WhatisthehighlightofJoannaSykes’senioryear?Whatisthestructureofthispassagelike?2Theseniorprom.Whatisthestructureofthispassagelike?Paragraphs1-2MyschoollifeisalmostoverandIdecidedtowritedownthewonderfulthings.12Paragraphs3-8There’resomuchtoremember.

wonderfulthings(3-6)highlight(7-8)TopicSentenceWhataretheotherthingsinsenioryearthatremaininhermemory?workingasanartseditor123456workingasapeermediatorwentonashortschoolskiingtripgettinggoodgradesonmyfinalexamsreceivingtheseniorprizeforEnglishLiteraturegivenacarbymyparents7beingelectedtothestudentcouncilActivity2Peer-work1Insteadoflistingthesethingsinorder,whattransitionalexpressionsdoesthewriteremploy?Whatarethefunctionsofthesetransitionalexpressions?2oneofthebestthings;somethingelse;otherthings;andofcourse;allthesethings;butto

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Withouttransitionwordsandphrases,writingcanfeelliketryingtomoveacrossabrokenbridgeasyounavigateaseriesofunconnectedideas.Example1KingJordanistheguyIadmirethemost.IadmireI.KingJordanbecauseheisthefirstdeafpresidentofGallaudet.Iadmirehimbecauseheisagreatlongdistancerunner.Heisadedicatedfamilyman.Thereisnotmuchtodislikeabouttheman.Heistooperfect!2KingJordanistheguyIadmirethemost.IadmireI.KingJordanbecauseheisthefirstdeafpresidentofGallaudet.Besidesthat,Iadmirehimbecauseheisagreatlongdistancerunner.Furthermore,heisadedicatedfamilyman.Allinall,thereisnotmuchtodislikeabouttheman,exceptheistooperfect!Well-placedtransitionalwordsmakestherelationshipbetweentheideasclearerandthejourneysmoother.TopicSentence03LearningbyrevisionTransitionwordsandphrases

Activity3Group-workSearchyourmemoryandgiveasmanytransitionswordsandphrasesyouknowaspossible.Transitionwords&phrasesAdditionContrastConclusionTransitionwords&phrasesAdditionContrastConclusionfurthermore;inaddition(to);additionally;notonly…butalso;moreover;besides;alongwith;what’smore;similarly;likewise;firstly…secondly…thirdly;nottomention;anotherkeypointtoremember;allinall;allthingsconsidered;altogether;inaword;inbrief,briefly;inconclusion;inshort;insummary;inthefinalanalysis;onthewhole;toconclude;tosumup;tosummarize;although;but;whereas;despite;inspiteof;conversely;otherwise;however;nevertheless;regardlessof;incontrast;ontheotherhand;onthecontrary;incomparison;04PracticingWriteacohesiveparagraph

WritingActivity4IndividualworkWriteonecohesiveparagraphtogiveseveralsuggestionstoyourfreshmanself.Topicsentenceandcohesionexpressionsinvolved.WritingActivity4IndividualworkWriteonecohesiveparagraphtogiveseveralsuggestionstoyourfreshmanself.Topicsentenceandcohesionexpressions