Writing
What makes good writing?
Ideas
Organization -- Unity
Voice
Sentence Fluency
Word Choice
Conventions
Types of paragraphs:
Narration
Description
Process
Definition
Comparison/Contrast
Classification
Persuasion/Argument
Illustration (example):
Painful experiences sometimes teach valuable lessons
Some enjoyable activities in this area are inexpensive or even free.
Honesty is the best policy.
examples?
Types of Writing:
nonfiction vs. fiction
words
phrases
clauses
sentences
paragraphs --
types of paragraphs
essays --
argument!
reading prompts
How guilty is Johnny Cade?
corners
fishbowl sharing
others contribute
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/tips-for-aspiring-op-ed-writers.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad
https://movingwriters.org/2017/07/05/best-of-2016-2017-school-year-teachable-alternatives-to-the-5-paragraph-essay/
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teachers-inspiring-your-students-write-write-write-rebecca-alber?utm_source=Edutopia%20News&utm_campaign=f83c718a7c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_070517_enews_creatingasafe_mc&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29295b4c8b-f83c718a7c-48493427
Summarize/Comprehension/context clues -- Translating (What do you do when something is hard to read?) jargon the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: example: medical jargon.
This preoccupation is shifting the G-20’s focus, and a new narrative on sustainable globalization is being reimagined in the following ways:
- Inclusive growth is not just about how to adjust macroeconomic policies to generate more jobs, but how to achieve structural changes that produce more economic security, greater equality, and social inclusion.
- Sustainability is not just about how to manage environmental challenges, but is increasingly seen as requiring holistic, integrated approaches to many sectors of the economy, segments of society, and diverse dimensions of environmental imbalances.
- Making the global economy, trade, and financial systems serve people and society rather than only grow the economy may become the new mantra for managing the global economy.
[Their summary]
In other words, we are witnessing a pivot from maximizing economic growth to reshaping the patterns of growth to achieve better social and environmental outcomes.
Brookings Brief
July 7, 2017
IN THE NEWS
What to expect from the G-20 summit in Hamburg
Colin I. Bradford
