Activity 3 Writing Assignment

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA-UNAD

Escuela de Ciencias Agrícolas, Pecuarias y del Medio Ambiente-ECAPMA

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Presented by:

Alvaro Diaz González Code 83056633

Olga Lucia Quesada Code 26586397 Johanna Barrera

Code 1075268289 Angela Maria Monje

Code 55069671 Rolando Antonio Vargas

Code 7708912

Group number: 305

Presented to the tutor

Carlos Darío Granada

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

Neiva, September 2015



For development work, each part chose to respond collaboratively and according to the following table:

Student’s name Part to develop

ALVARO DIAZ GONZALEZ Part one

OLGA LUCIA QUESADA Part two

JOHANNA BARRERA Part three

ANGELA MARIA MONJE Part four

ROLANDO ANTONIO VARGAS Part five

PART ONE

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ACCORDING WITH THE PICTURE

1. Who is coming round the corner?

Two clowns are coming round the corner and also a baker with some cakes that

have just taken out of the oven.

2. What is their secret?

Their secret is to steal some food because they had not eaten anything since the

last night.



As the baker prepared cakes to his son’s birthday celebration and the clowns made

part of the surprised party that is being planned. The clowns were hungry and they

were going to the kitchen to steal some food. Way to the kitchen, the clowns

crashed with the baker and the cakes were destroyed, everything was a mess

then! And the baker did not have time to prepare more cakes.

3. What are they carrying?

The baker is carrying some trays full of cakes and the clowns are wearing very

funny costumes.

1) Why did Peter lose his temper with Joanna? Peter lost his temper with Joanna because she has not written him for two days. Joanna and Peter are a couple and Joanna is online and she did not answer Peter messages. 2) Where did he go after he stormed out? He stormed out and left his house, he was going to Joanna’s house. Peter wanted to discover what was happening. 3) What happened to him when he got there? When he got to Joanna’s house he discovered that she had been very sick that she couldn’t have written him. He felt guilty and bad because he was thinking that Joanna did not love him anymore.



1) What building can you see Rose leaving?

Rose is leaving an old building she is planning

to buy. She is a business woman and she

wants to have her own company. For that

reason she wants to buy a building, to start

with her own business.

2) What is she wearing?

She is wearing a long dark blue coat with a

colorful scarf. She is wearing black leggings

and a pair of brown boots. She also have a

brown purse that combines with her boots.

3)Where is she going?

She is going home, to get ready to a meeting she is having that night with some

businessmen from Japan.

1) Where did the accident happen?

The accident happened in an old Aircraft Factory

2) Who was hurt?

The only person hurt was homeless man who was sleeping inside the train.



3) Who helped?

The watchman of that place called immediately the firefighters and they came to

put out the fire.

1) Who closes the window?

The one who closed the window was

the owners of the dolls standing in front

of it.

2) Why?

Because their mother was calling them to have dinner, and they did not want their

toys to fall down the window.

3) How old are they?

They are sisters and they are ten and eight years old.

PART TWO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE

To begin simply answer the following questions and see what happens. 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.

Jenny slammed the door in John’s face because …………

The plane crashed because….

Paul read his wife’s diary and discovered. ……………

The small girl ran away from ……………

Travis had never seen a …………… look so scared before.

It was time for ……………

Her arms ached but she couldn’t stop swimming because ……………

Ben climbed the tree and ……….

Story without a middle



There are three main parts to a story:

The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the

people or characters are.

The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.

The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.

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.

Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:

1. Sally has forgotten to turn off the flame of the cooker, and it could cause a big

fire. She didn’t know how to call home and tell her brother to turn off the flame of

the stove, his brother was sleeping. Fortunately she received a call from home, it

was her mother. Sally’s mother has forgotten her cell phone and went back home

to pick it up. She realized something was burning, but it was just Sally’s breakfast,

she turned off the flame and went to work.

2. Sally has forgotten to lock the backyard door and her little puppy could escape.

Luckily her brother was hungry and went downstairs to cook some for breakfast.

Sally’s brother was really angry and called her to scold at her. He locked the door

in order to keep the little dog inside the house.

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.



Sally has forgotten to turn off the flame of the cooker, and it could cause a big fire.

She didn’t know how to call home and tell her brother to turn off the flame of the

stove, his brother was sleeping.

Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be

alright again. Fortunately, she received a call from home, it was her mother. Sally’s

mother has forgotten her cell phone and went back home to pick it up. She realized

something was burning, but it was just Sally’s breakfast, she turned off the flame

and went to work again.

PART THREE BOOK REVIEW

A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is

about.

Read this book report by one of last year's students.

TITLE: Jaws AUTHOR: Robert Benchley TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure 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 was good too. Answer these questions about the book report.

1. What is the book about? Adventure 2. Who wrote it? Robert Benchley 3. What did the student think about the book? He thinks that the book was exciting and a bit frightening. 4. Was it a love story? No Now read this book review by another student.

"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 sank. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."

The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the headings

below.



TITLE: Titanic AUTHOR: J.R Smith TYPE OF STORY: romantic CONTENT: 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

No-gap Paragraph

The person typing the following text was too lazy to type capital letters or make

spaces. Try to read it.

amanwaswalkingalongabusyshoppingstreetinManchesterwhensuddenlyhewasstop

pedbytwopoliceofficersyouhadbettercomewithussirwehavereasontobelieveyouwerei

nvolvedinthebankrobberythattookplaceinLondon4daysagobutitcouldn'thavebeenme

saidthemanpullingnervouslyathislongblackhairi'vejustgotbackfroma2weekholidayinf

rancehesaidandtookaphotooutofhiswalletlookhereIamstandingundertheeifeltoweron

eofthepoliceofficerslookedcarefullyatthephotographandsaidyesyouarerightbutthispi

cturecouldnothavebeentaken4daysagoIthinkyou'dbettercomewithusbuthowdidyouk

now?protestedthemanwellrepliedthepolicemanthephotoshowyouwithshorthairitcoul

dn'tpossiblyhavegrownsolonginjust4days.

Now write the paragraph above using capital letters, punctuation marks and

spaces:

A man was walking along a busy shopping street in Manchester , when suddenly

he was stopped by two police officers , you had better come with us sir we have

reason to believe you were involved in the bank robbery that took place in London

4 days ago , but it couldn't have been me said them an pulling nervously a this long

black hair I’ve just got back from a 2 week holiday in France he said and took a

photo out of his wallet look here I am standing under the Eifel tower one of the

police officers looked carefully at the photograph and said yes you are right but this

picture could not have been taken 4 days ago, I think you'd better come with us but

how did you know? , Protested the man well replied the police man the photo show

you with short hair it couldn't possibly have grown so long in just 4 days.



PART FOUR ADVERTISEMENTS

Advertisements are written to try and make us buy something. The words in an

advertisement give us a very clear idea of the product, and really make us want to

have it. Look at this example of an advertisement for ice cream:

"Cool, delicious Strawberry Surprise. What could be nicer on a hot summer's

day?"

Imagine that you are an advertiser who is trying to get people to try a new car.

Type ten words that can be used to describe cars (you can use your dictionary!):

WORDS

1. New 6. Elegance

2. Spectacular 7. Adventure

3. Comfort 8. Resistnat

4. Stylized 9. Luxury

5. Design 10. Automatic



Using some of your words from above and write an advert for a car in the space below.

BMW, the design, durable, comfortable and elegant, for a better adventure.

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!)

Example: work Your days are and Monday, Wednesday Thursday.

Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Are work of hours Yours nine o’clock to five o’clock. Your work hours are from nine o`clock to five o`clock.

Get You lunch an hour for You get an hour for lunch

Paid weekly You are You are paid weekly

To holiday You pay are entitled You are entitled to spend their holidays.



PART FIVE NICKNAMES FOR NEW YORK

Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the

space.

describe biggest choose name cities Nicknames

newspaper recorded city community visitors Popular

Nicknames 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 pride in their community.

Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to choose the best

nickname for an American city. The winner was the nation’s biggest city, New York.

The nickname they chose was “The Big Apple”.

Where did the nickname “Big Apple” originally come from? In the nineteen

seventies, New York suffered from image problems. The number of visitors was

falling. A campaign was launched to give the city a new image and a new

nickname. The New York board chose the nickname “The Big Apple”

It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A

journalist for a New York newspaper had used the name “The Big Apple” to

describe New York in the nineteen twenties.

The Big Apple was also the name 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

around that time.

“The Big Apple” is not the only nickname for America’s biggest 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.”



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