Objectives

0 You are able to 0 Develop stories from news headlines 0 Write narrative poems 0 Produce imaginative stories

News headlines must be written interestingly. A news headline must be able to tell the story in a very short sentence, but it should trigger the readers to read it.

Examples
Five students killed in a train crash

GAM kills an Indonesian Army

Megawati to Russia

Model for Developing Stories from News Headlines

Grammar: Stative Passive

Stative passive forms are used to describe an existing situation or state.

Characteristics:

NARRATIVE POEMS

A poem that tells something.

A poem uses very limited words.

Imagery

Figurative language

Connotation

Denotation

SAMPLE FOR Narrative Poem:

GRAMMAR: Contractions

IMAGINATIVE STORIES
Imagination
Paradox of the existing situation

You may write impossible things

Make it nice to read

GRAMMAR: Conditional Sentences

A conditional sentence generally consists of an if-clause (which presents a condition) and a result clause.

TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PAST

COMPARATIVE

1. First compare, then contrast (or vice versa)

A Comparison Essay
An essay in which you emphasize the similarities.

2. First do one idea, then do the other

A Contrast Essay
An essay in which you emphasize the differences. 3. Write only about the comparable and contrastable elements of each idea

4. Only compare or only contrast

Objectives
0 You are able to 0 Write essays on comparing things 0 Write essays on choices 0 Write essays on giving advice

COMPARING THINGS
Block arrangement style

Point-by-point or alternating arrangement style

GRAMMAR: Comparing Things

A. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives modify, or describe, other words such as nouns and pronouns and answer the questions: which?, how many?, and what kind?

Examples

B. Comparative Adverbs Adverbs modify, or describe, other words such as verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They answer the questions: how?, when?, and where?, and to what extent?

Examples

WRITING CHOICES

Grammar: Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result)

WRITING ADVICE

You will learn how to respond problem by writing advice.

Grammar: Showing Direct Contrast: While and Whereas