Tokyo International University of
America
Spring 2001 Seibert
Reading and Writing for Academic
Purposes
Family/last name _______________ First name __________
Mailbox T-____ Group (A or B) __
Daily Writing for March 26, 2001
Tell me about your spring break or about one event, activity
or experience during the break.
- Write one or more paragraphs, but write as much as
possible.
- Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; then give
details and examples. Don't be too general.
- Use coordinating conjunctions, adjective clauses and
adverbial conjunctions to combine and link shorter sentences. Use
a variety of sentence structures.
- Think about answering Who? What? When? Where? Why?
and How? (in a logical order)
- In addition, think about the five senses in your
description: sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.
- Some phrases you might need:
- during spring break
- traveled to . . .
- The most valuable thing I learned was . . .
- Regarding American culture, I learned . . .