WEEK 5

Q Skills for Success 4

In Unit 1 we learned to…

Skim texts and quickly guess what the article is about.

Analyze the qualities that make a person a hero.

Read examples of how superheroes represent our hopes and dreams.

Read about people who have helped make a difference in their countries.

Use restrictive relative clauses such as who, which, and that.

This week we will…

Talk about shoppingLearn about different types of shoppersLearn new vocabularyRead about the psychology of window

shoppingDiscuss annotating and highlighting

Let’s start with some error correction:

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

1. To me, a friend who is loyal and kind is a person.2. My roommates are people, who I live with.3. His new coat is the purple color.4. I have a good news for you.5. There have five people in my family . Everyone are very friendliness, so you can visit to us.

Let’s start with some error correction:

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

1. To me, a friend is a person who is loyal and kind.2. My roommates are people who I live with.3. His new coat is purple.4. I have some good news for you.5. There are five people in my family. Everyone is very friendly, so you can visit us.

1. About how much do you usually spend each day? 2. Are you a price conscious shopper? 3. Are you good at saving money? 4. Are you saving money to buy something? If so, what are you

planning to buy? 5. Do you compare prices at different stores when you shop? 6. Do you enjoy shopping? 7. Do you ever buy second-hand things? ("used things") 8. Do you sometimes buy things that you don't need? If so, give

some examples.9. Do you think that money can buy love? 10. Do your parents give you an allowance? What do you use it for?

How often do they give it to you?11. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? 12. Have you ever found any money? If so, what did you do with it?

Ask each other the following questions. Ask follow-up questions.Ask each other the following questions. Ask follow-up questions.

Last century, pedestrians strolled and took time to look in store windows. Now most people walk fast and look straight ahead.

A “pile” of people forms and stays crowded together after they cross. Behind them is a gap of fewer people.

They are crowded with many products, so it’s difficult to focus on any product clearly.

People read in groups of words, not letter by letter. Movies show the story of a lifetime in just a few hours. A commercial can tell a full story.

Store windows must be simple so that shoppers can easily identify the product, and they must be creative to catch someone’s eye.

Windows that tell jokes. Some are related to history. Some make him laugh.

What are annotating and highlighting?

Annotating:Writing directly on the page in places where you find important information.

Highlighting:Marking certain words that you think are important.

How does this help?

When you highlight and annotate, you can:

• Find out what’s important - Highlighting and annotating help you to find important ideas and information in what you’re reading.

• Think more carefully - Highlighting and annotating helps you concentrate and think about what you’re reading.

• Get your own ideas - By carefully looking at the text, you can form your own ideas about you’re reading, and decide how you feel about what the writer is saying.

• Remember better - When you look at the text again, you can remember what you read and what you were thinking when you read the text.

Highlighting Annotating

Decide what you want to highlight before you begin. main idea key words/details/examples phrases that summarize

Use different color pens for different types of information, such as:

main ideasdetails

Read the paragraph first to find important information.

Write in the margins (頁邊 ):Our book uses the following:

T – thesis MI – main ideaS – summary EX – exampleR – reason ? – question

Here’s what you do…

Annotating

Annotating just means that you write in the book.

There are many different ways to annotate, so let’s take a look at what our textbook suggests.

Page 36 suggests that you use:T – Thesis (topic + opinion = thesis)

MI – Main Idea (each paragraph’s main point)

S – Summary (What is being discussed in your own words)

EX – Example (Items in the text that prove a point)

R – Reason (Answers to the question “Why?”)

? – Questions (Questions in the text OR your own)

Wait…Thesis or Main Idea?

What’s a thesis?The thesis is the main point of the essay. It’s usually an opinion or information that is explained in the rest of the article or essay. It’s the main point that the writer wants the reader to understand.It is NOT something that the reader probably already knows.

Which of the examples below could be used as a thesis statement?

Albert Einstein was a scientist and professor.

Albert Einstein was an important scientist in the 20th century.

Albert Einstein was not an important scientist in the 20th century.

Albert Einstein was the only important scientist of the 20th

century.

Thesis or Main Idea?

Albert Einstein was a scientist and professor.These are just facts. Reading an article about this would be boring.

Albert Einstein was an important scientist in the 20th century.This is the opinion of most people, so there is not much to say about it. It is not something that you would need to prove to most readers.

Albert Einstein was not an important scientist in the 20th century.Now this is something that you will have to explain and prove.

Albert Einstein was the only important scientist of the 20th century.This is also a thesis statement because you will have to prove that all other scientists from the 20th century did nothing important.

Here are some thesis statements

These examples are taken from a very helpful website that you might want to check: http://www.peakwriting.com/nu/edt607/thesis/effective_thesis.html

Where can you find the thesis statement?

• The thesis statement is usually in the first part of the essay or article.

• It’s usually NOT the first sentence.

• The first sentences at the beginning of an article introduce the topic and try to get the reader to consider the topic being discussed.

• Once the writer thinks you understand the topic, you should be able to find the thesis statement.

All right, so what’s a main idea?

While the thesis can be thought of as your opinion on the whole article, the main idea helps the reader to understand what each paragraph is about. Remember:

The thesis is the writer’s opinion/experience of a the topic.

The main idea is the what each paragraph is talking about.

• The main idea is the central, or most important, idea in a paragraph. • The main idea may be stated or it may be implied.

• When the main idea of a paragraph is stated, it is most often found in the first sentence of the paragraph.

• The main idea may be stated in the first sentence of a paragraph and then be repeated or restated at the end of the paragraph.

source: http://www.mdc.edu/Kendall/collegeprep/documents2/MAIN%20IDEASrevised815.pdf

T = store windows have to capture interest immediately.

MI = Questions have to be answered with a quick look.

S = Windows create necessary space for product messaging. It is important for retailers to use this space wisely, based on what they want their customers to know about their products.

? = Who is the core market of the store? Does the store fit their personal style? How long will a typical trip into the store take?

EX = For instance, Kiehl’s which sells all-natural bath and body products, uses its windows as a place for highlighting social issues, which fits with the priorities of its customers.

R = Today’s retail market is competitive.

Highlighted and annotated paragraph from Reading 1:

Try to summarize the article (S) and find an example (EX)

Homework

Assignment 3: Unit 2The assignment should be finished before class next week (Week 6).