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WRITING ASSIGNMENT
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY
GROUP: 900003A-289
ELEAZAR VELASQUEZ
TUTOR
PSYCHOLOGY
2016
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Part One
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 slammed the door in Jairo’s face because it took a long time.
Raul read his wife’s diary and discovered his wife slapping or squealing.
According with the information above, write a story, use at least 4 of the 6
sentences:
In a very sunny and lonely day, in a neighborhood suddenly a hubbub neighbors came
to see what happened, and some of the neighbors this named Jairo’s asked what
happened was heard? What happened? Why all the hubbub? And another neighbor
answered him the small boy ran away from his house, Jairo was surprised by the
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problem, then returned home because his wife Martha was calling; when I get home
Martha slammed the door in Jairo’s face because it took a long time.
Other neighbors calling Raul, taking advantage of the twirling with the problem of child
who ran away from home, went to the room to rest a little, when I came saw on the night
table the diary of his wife, then went into curiosity, Raul read his wife’s diary and
discovered his wife slapping or squealing, suddenly a call from his son Ben came in,
said Raul , and the son telling him what had happened to him in his adventure to the
mountains, and the wife of Raul wonder Raul says Ben ? And he answered told me Ben
climbed the mountain and he fell, Alarmed mother on the news , I took the phone and
asking Raul distressed his son , son 're okay ? How are you? You need something?
And Ben said if quiet mother just broke my leg and plastered me and I need to rest,
quiet mother, and wife of Raul calmed suddenly heard a cry apparently happy, went
outside and saw that the child had appeared, it was a moment of happiness for
Part two
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or
characters are.
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.
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; she
couldn’t believe her boyfriend for 5 years has dumped her. She was really sad
and thought for a minute that she was never going to be happy again but she had
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.
TITLE: Jaws
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
Jaws.
Robert Benchley.
He liked the story, it seemed exciting, was a little scary, and has seen the movie which
"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
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings below.
CONTENT: 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.
OPINION: “I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it
weren't very good. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
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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!)
Part Five
Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the
space.
NAME are used to describe people, places or things. Many American cities have
nicknames. They can help create identities, build unity and help people feel a sense of
Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to choose the best
nickname for an American newspaper. The winner was the nation’s biggest city, New
Where did the nickname “Big Apple” originally come from? In the nineteen seventies,
New York suffered from image problems. The number of community was falling. A
campaign was launched to give the city a new image and a new nickname. The New
It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A journalist for
a New York biggest had used the name “The Big Apple” to describe New York in the
nineteen twenties.
The Big Apple was also the nicknames of a night club in the Harlem area of New York
City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a popular dance and hit song
“The Big Apple” is not the only nickname for America’s visitors city. Almost one
hundred nicknames that describe New York have been recorded. 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.”