les professions

Lieux (lugares)

les couleurs

les couleurs

les mois de l'année

 

Quelle heure est- il?

chanson de l'alphabet

Quelle heure est - il?

Adverbs of frequency Exercise.

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its correct position. Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often) Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.

1) He listens to the radio. (often) 2) They read a book. (sometimes) 3) Pete gets angry. (never) 4) Tom is very friendly. (usually) 5) I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes) 6) Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often) 7) My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always) 8) Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually) 9) They watch TV in the afternoon. (never) 10) Christine smokes. (never)

Writing strategies

LEO: Literacy Education Online Writing a Reaction or Response Essay

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Reaction or response papers are usually requested by teachers so that you'll consider carefully what you think or feel about something you've read. The following guidelines are intended to be used for reacting to a reading although they could easily be used for reactions to films too. Read whatever you've been asked to respond to, and while reading, think about the following questions.

• How do you feel about what you are reading?
  
• What do you agree or disagree with?
  
• Can you identify with the situation?
  
• What would be the best way to evaluate the story?

Keeping your responses to these questions in mind, follow the following prewriting steps.

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Prewriting for Your Reaction Paper

The following statements could be used in a reaction/response paper. Complete as many statements as possible, from the list below, about what you just read.

My Reaction to What I Just Read Is That . . . I think that I see that I feel that It seems that In my opinion, Because A good quote is In addition, For example, Moreover, However, Consequently, Finally, In conclusion,

What you've done in completing these statements is written a very rough reaction/response paper. Now it needs to be organized. Move ahead to the next section.

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Organizing Your Reaction Paper

A reaction/response paper has an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

• The introduction should contain all the basic information in one or two paragraphs.

  Sentence 1:	This sentence should give the title, author, and publication you read.
  Sentence 2, 3, and sometimes 4:	These sentences give a brief summary of what you read (nutshell)
  Sentence 5:	This sentence is your thesis statement. You agree, disagree, identify, or evaluate.

  
  

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• Your introduction should include a concise, one sentence, focused thesis. This is the focused statement of your reaction/response. More information on thesis statements is available.
  
• The body should contain paragraphs that provide support for your thesis. Each paragraph should contain one idea. Topic sentences should support the thesis, and the final sentence of each paragraph should lead into the next paragraph.

  Topic Sentence

  detail -- example --quotation --detail -- example -- quotation -- detail -- example -- quotation -- detail -- example --quotation

  Summary Sentence

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  You can structure your paragraphs in two ways:
  

  Author

  You

  
  OR
  

  Author

  in contrast to

  You

  
  

The conclusion can be a restatement of what you said in your paper. It also be a comment which focuses your overall reaction. Finally, it can be a prediction of the effects of what you're reacting to. Note: your conclusion should include no new information.
More information on strategies for writing conclusions is available.

Link: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/reaction.html

List of connectors

List of Connectors

 

 Linking words for essays, reports, papers

listing

firstly, secondly ...

to begin / start with ..., to conclude with

in the first place, in the second place

next , then , finally, last(ly)

to conclude ...

last but not least ...

to summarise , to sum up

adding

also, too, then

furthermore ...

moreover ...

in addition to that ...

above all ......

what is more ...

additionally

comparing

equally, likewise, similarly, in the same / a different way

compared to / with, in comparison with

as ... as , both ... and ...

you can´t compare it with ...

concluding

all in all... / in conclusion ...

to sum up ...

I draw the conclusion / arrive at the conclusion that ...

I conclude ...

consequently ..

exemplifying

for example (e.g.), for instance

that is (i.e.)

that is to say

... such as ...

namely ...

result

consequently

hence

therefore

thus

as a result

because of that ...-

that´s why ...

reformulating

to put it another way

in other words

alternative

on the one hand... , on the other hand ...

contrasting

on the contrary

in contrast to that

but , yet, however

nevertheless ...

whereas ..., while ...

neither .... nor ...

on the one hand ..., on the other hand ...

concession

besides, however, still, though,

in spite of that, despite that

admittedly

if , unless

2. Giving one´s own opinion

In my view; To my mind, In my opinion, As I see it,

I think that , I believe that , I have come to the conclusion that,

I would not say that ..., Therefore I cannot agree with ...,

I am doubtful whether / certain that ...

According to the text ...

It seems to me that ...

Another argument is that ...

As far as I am concerned, ....

One reason is that ...

I would say that ...

As we have seen, ...

As we know from ...., ...

For all these reasons I would support the view that ...

As a result ...

In short ...

With regard to ...

It is for this reason that I think ...

I am convinced that ...

I feel that ...

El imperfecto

El Imperfecto