ENGL285 Writing Workshop Product Writing Handout (1) PDF
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This handout provides examples and exercises for improving writing skills, including changing a paragraph to past tense, and exercises on guided writing to build ideas.
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**ENGL285: Writing Workshop** **Product Writing: classroom examples** **Handout (1)** ***Example 1*** [A. Instructions: Change the paragraph into past tense. The first sentence is done for you.] {#a.-instructions-change-the-paragraph-into-past-tense.-the-first-sentence-is-done-for-you..Style1} -...
**ENGL285: Writing Workshop** **Product Writing: classroom examples** **Handout (1)** ***Example 1*** [A. Instructions: Change the paragraph into past tense. The first sentence is done for you.] {#a.-instructions-change-the-paragraph-into-past-tense.-the-first-sentence-is-done-for-you..Style1} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My wife gets up early in the morning. She hates to get up in the morning. She has to get dressed quickly to catch an early bus to work. I go to work later, and I drive my car. She doesn't have much time for breakfast, so she just has a cup of coffee when she gets to work. I have a bowl of cereal and fruit before I go to work. I understand why my wife doesn't like mornings. \[...\] {#my-wife-gets-up-early-in-the-morning.-she-hates-to-get-up-in-the-morning.-she-has-to-get-dressed-quickly-to-catch-an-early-bus-to-work.-i-go-to-work-later-and-i-drive-my-car.-she-doesnt-have-much-time-for-breakfast-so-she-just-has-a-cup-of-coffee-when-she-gets-to-work.-i-have-a-bowl-of-cereal-and-fruit-before-i-go-to-work.-i-understand-why-my-wife-doesnt-like-mornings..Style1} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beginning of past tense paragraph: *My wife [got] up earlier in the morning than I [did]*[.] {#beginning-of-past-tense-paragraph-my-wife-got-up-earlier-in-the-morning-than-i-did..Style1} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {#section.Style1} B. **Guided Writing Exercise.** {#b.-guided-writing-exercise..Style1} ------------------------------- [Instructions: You just read a paragraph about a man and his wife getting ready for work in the morning. Now write a paragraph about what you did this morning. Answer the questions to get ideas for your paragraph.] {#instructions-you-just-read-a-paragraph-about-a-man-and-his-wife-getting-ready-for-work-in-the-morning.-now-write-a-paragraph-about-what-you-did-this-morning.-answer-the-questions-to-get-ideas-for-your-paragraph..Style1} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Did you get up early or late? {#did-you-get-up-early-or-late.Style1} ----------------------------- - Did you have a lot of time or did you have to hurry? {#did-you-have-a-lot-of-time-or-did-you-have-to-hurry.Style1} ---------------------------------------------------- - How did you get to school? Did you walk, ride a bike, or ride a bus? {#how-did-you-get-to-school-did-you-walk-ride-a-bike-or-ride-a-bus.Style1} -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Did you eat breakfast? Where (at home or at school)? {#did-you-eat-breakfast-where-at-home-or-at-school.Style1} ---------------------------------------------------- - What did you eat for breakfast? {#what-did-you-eat-for-breakfast.Style1} ------------------------------- - Do you usually enjoy mornings? {#do-you-usually-enjoy-mornings.Style1} ------------------------------ [Follow-up: Now change your paragraph about this morning into one about your usual morning]. (Ferris & Hedgcock 1998,p. 211) ***Example 2*** *Model Sentence:* *The boys in the class speak English correctly.* Now make a similar sentence using *players; team; play; football; roughly, fairly, etc.* (Adapted from Pincas 1962, cited in Harwood, 2000,2002)
