WRITING ASSIGNMENT

CURSO: INGLES B1

MARIANA GIL
CODIGO: 1118530258

MILTON MURILLO
TUTOR

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD

PSICOLOGÍA
YOPAL- CASANARE
2016
 PART ONE
Complete the sentence
The answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or wrong – only ideas.
Once an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You will be pleasantly surprised at how
quickly a story will emerge from the answers you give.

Martha se cerró de golpe la puerta en la cara de Jairo porque... se sentía decepcionada  El

tren se estrelló porque... él estaba distraído  Raúl Lee diario de su esposa y descubierto.
Que le encantaba la comedia  El niño funcionó lejos de...vencer sus miedos  Silvana
nunca había visto un... niño emocionado está sorprendida de ver tanto miedo antes.  Ben
subió la montaña y... gano el premio de ser un persistente en sus sueños

According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the 6 sentences:

Martha known which felt was do the love of his life but a day was to visit it and see
something in which not you like by this reason prefers close you it door to Jairo in the face
because is felt disappointed decides to go of ride to it House of raul and is goes to take a
train and is da has that this is skidded because the was distracted hours more afternoon
arrives to the House of raul who reads the diary of his wife and discovers that he loves
comedy all this makes you think Martha that if a child runs away from overcoming their
fears she can forget the love of your life and feel as Silvana had never seen a child excited
and gets really thinking I am surprised to be so afraid before, decided to start over and do
what ben went up the mountain and I win the prize of a persistent in their dreams.

PART TWO

Story without a middle

There are three main parts to a story:
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or characters
are.
The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.
SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear what the
teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem.........
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be alright
again.
Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:

1. as you said to his parents that had lost five materials

2. Sally imagined everything that take their tastes as punishment after losing so many
materials

Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Write the story again putting your middle
between the beginning and the end of the story of Sally's problem.

Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear what the
teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem. Sally was concerned that her
father had not come home. Sally thought something bad had happened. Because his father
always called when it will take in their work. sally when I get home, Sally jumped up and
ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be alright again.

PART THREE
Book review
A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is about.
Read this book report by one of last year's students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've seen the film - that
was good too.
Answer these questions about the book report.
1. What is the book about? Is the book about a big shark which eats people when they are
swimming.
2. Who wrote it? written by Robert Benchley.
3. What did the student think about the book? The student explain that history was
exciting. He liked the story and see the film.
4. Was it a love story? the history is of adventure.

Now read this book review by another student.

"I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it weren't very
good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of the Titanic" because his father was killed
when the ship hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people died when the ship sank. I don't
like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.
TITLE: "The Sinking of the Titanic"
AUTHOR: J.R Smith
TYPE OF STORY: drama
CONTENT: It is a large shark that people eat when they are swimming
OPINION: I liked the story. Was exciting and a little scary. I have seen the film - which
was also good.

PART FOUR
Making sentences:
Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place. Can you fix them?
Write the words in the right order. The first sentence has been done for you.
(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops!)
Example: work Your days are and Monday, Wednesday Thursday.
Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

 are work of hours Yours nine o’clock to five o’clock.

are hours of work from nine o`clock to five o`clock.

 get You lunch an hour for

get you a time the lunch

 paid weekly You are

are paid weekly

 to holiday You pay are entitled

has right to payment of holiday

 PART FIVE
Nicknames for New York
Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the space.

describe biggest choose name cities nicknames

newspaper recorded city community visitors popular

Nicknames are used to describe people, places or things. Many American have nicknames.
They can help create identities, build unity and help people feel a sense of pride in their city.
Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to recorded the best
nickname for an American describe The winner was the nation’s biggest city, New York.
The nickname they chose was “The Big Apple”.
Where did the nickname “Big Apple” originally come from? In the nineteen seventies, New
York suffered from image problems. The number of visitors was falling. A campaign was
launched to give the city a new image and a new nickname. The New York board chose the
nickname “The Big Apple”
It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A journalist for a
New York newspaper had used the name “The Big Apple” to biggest New York in the
nineteen twenties
The Big Apple was also the name of a night club in the Harlem area of New York City in
the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a community dance and hit song around that
time. “The Big Apple” is not the only nickname for America’s describe city. Almost one
hundred nicknames that describe New York have been choose. Some of the best known
nicknames for New York are “The Capital of the World”, “Empire City”, “Gotham”, “The
City So Nice They Named It Twice” and “The City That Never Sleeps.”