Writing

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 * Advantages and disadvantages of Smart Phones 2n A**
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**WRITING PROCESS**
These are the steps you need to follow when writing any type of text:


 * 1) Read the title and brainstorm ideas
 * 2) Select the ideas you will use
 * 3) Plan the organization of ideas into paragraphs
 * 4) Write a first draft in pencil, (leave wide margins for notes and space between lines for additions or corrections).
 * 5) Edit the text.

This is the code I will use when correcting your compositions.
 * ERROR CORRECTION CODE**

=**HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING **= > > multiple choice exercise > > short answer quiz > > multiple choice exercise > > type in the sentences in the correct order > > write the sentences > > multiple choice exercise
 * [|Subject-Verb Agreement] **
 * More on Subject/Verb agreement **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Word Order Explanations and Exercises **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Word Order online exercises **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Word Order **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Order of adjectives **
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">misplaced words
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">position of the adverb 1
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">position of the adverb 2
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">word order 1
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">word order 2
 * <span style="background-color: #b0c4de; color: blue; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">word order 3

<span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sentence transformation exercises Lots of REPHRASING exercises **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Easily Confused Words and False Friends Easily Confused Words **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write shorter sentences advice on how to write shorter sentences **

=**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">WRITING RESOURCES **= ===**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">LINGUEE **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">is a tool that will help you to search for a word or expression and find quality translations in context. ===  On the left hand side, you will see clearly arranged vocabulary from the dictionary, and on the right hand side, you will find example sentences that contain your search word or phrase as an exact or similar match. In general, it may pay off to search for several words at once, e.g. "in his role as" instead of just entering "role". This way, you will be able to find more examples of a contextual translation.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Contextual translation tool **

CONNECTORS AND MUCH MORE!
This page is full of exercises which can __help__ you improve your writing. You'll also find grammar sections and much more. [|Connectors]

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Connectors: **
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Glosario de conectores Español-Inglés <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">English-Spanish glossary of connectors

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A list of sentence connectors with examples: **
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**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">A powerPoint on connectors **
[|http://ks-edu.org/schools/Galili/subjects/English/Docs/Presentations/UsingConnectorsIlyseEnglish.ppt#267,12,Connectors] of order = = =**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">__Exercises on connectors__ **=

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">cause and Effect: **
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**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Addition and contrast: **
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SENTENCE COMBINATION
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Techniques of sentence combination

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Content ** Argumentative Essay Topics. In this website you 'll find a list of topics with suggested thesis arguments and a list of links to pertinent information about each topic.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELEVEN RULES OF WRITING **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">11 rules of writing **



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=**TYPES OF TEXT**=

In this website [|www.writefix.com]you will find lots of resources for writing FOR and AGAINST and OPINION essays: model texts, ideas for writing essays, parts of the essay, recommendations, etc. Don't miss it!


 * FOR AND AGAINST**

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WRITING WORKSHOP FOR & AGAINST ESSAY


A FOR and AGAINST essay online organizer with examples and the possibility to write your essay online and print your work: For and Against Essay organizer


 * OPINION**





PERSUATION MAP is an online tool to help you organize and develop your ideas in order to produce an opinion essay. You can save and print your map.

An OPINION essay online organizer with examples and the possibility to write your essay online and print your work: Opinion essay organizer


 * FORMAL LETTERS**


 * Do this quizz about the layout of a formal letter**


 * Use this letter generator to write a formal letter.**


 * In this link you will find models of different kinds of formal letters with exercises**