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Writing Themes Using SFKA Words for Grammar and Vocabulary PracticeChapter 1 /
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTATION
THE WRITING TOPIC FOR THIS UNIT WILL REQUIRE STUDENTS TO USE ALL 20 BEINGAND HELPING (AUXILIARY) VERBS AS WELL AS 20 SEMANTIC FIELD KEYWORD GROUPS TO INTERVIEW THEIR NEW
DISTANCE LEARNING PARTNER making up questions for them. These
verbs are: am, is, are, was, were, do, did, does, can, could, will, would,
shall, should, may, might, must, has, have and had.
Ex.
/ 1. Can you, etc.
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 2 /
HISTORY: “My Life in 12 Tenses”
THE WRITING TOPIC FOR THIS UNIT WILL REQUIRE STUDENTS TO USEALL 12 ENGLISH TENSES AS WELL AS ONE UNIT OF 12 SEMANTIC FIELDKEYWORD GROUPS TO TELL THEIR LIFE STORY TO THEIR NEW DISTANCE LEARNING PARTNER.
(Students may choose 1 of the 3 Unit sections and do all 12, or combine words chosen from all 3 sections.)
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
*These 12 Tenses are Shown in the Teacher’s Example below.
Chapter 3 /
PSYCHOLOGY
THE WRITING TOPIC FOR THIS UNIT WILL REQUIRE STUDENTS TO USE ALL 7 WH ? WORDS TO INTERVIEW THEIR NEW DISTANCE LEARNING PARTNER AND FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY, PSYCHOLOGY AND LIFE VALUES, PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND SPIRITUAL THINKING OR WORLD VIEW.
They must use each Question Word (Who, What, When, Where, Which,
Why, How) twice, for a total of 14 questions using any one UNIT OF 12
SEMANTIC FIELD KEYWORD GROUPS listed here:
Ex. / １．What kind of environment surrounds your house in Taiwan?
environment
ramework
surroundings
setting
atmosphere
context
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 4 /
ANTHROPOLOGY
Tell your view of man, or how you think people and human civilizations
came to be and where you think the world and humanity is going.
Use one UNIT from the 12 SEMANTIC FIELD KEYWORD GROUPS
below to do so.
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 5 /
BIOLOGY
Describe your favorite animal and its usual environment. Use any 12 word groups from these:
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 6 /
U.S. GOVERNMENT
Give your view of US foreign and domestic policy and compare these with those of your own country.
Use any 10 word groups to describe American policies and 10 to talk
about those of your own country.
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 7 /
GEOLOGY
Imagine you were in a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, flood,
hurricane, or tsunami. Write a narration telling the story of what happened
to you, using 20 word groups from the following:
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 8 /
SOCIOLOGY
Describe the culture and traditions of your people and country so that a
foreigner could better understand you and your nationality using 20 word groups from the following:
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
Chapter 9 /
ECONOMICS
Writing about procedures: Describe how you plan your personal, family
and national budget.
Include ideas for how to plan for the future financial and economic
success of all three entities.
Use 20 word groups from the following:
GROUPS 1-12
GROUPS 13-24
GROUPS 25-36
THE ABOVE ARE WRITING TOPICS APPROPRIATE FOR ADVANCED WRITING AND FOR USE WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS, ADULTS WHO SHOULD LEARN HOW TO DISCUSS THESE FIELDS IN THEIR ONLINE READINGS & WRITINGS.
These topics are also very good for Collaborative Writing to a distant partner in another culture. These themes may be much better than using a writing text, as students must grapple with more themes and terms than most texts have them do.
*12 Tenses of English are shown in the Teacher’s Example below.
Telling a Story Using All 12 English Tenses (HIGHLIGHT all verb tenses used!)
(You may write either a Realistic/Imaginary Story.)
Dr. Loucky’s Teacher’s Example:
1. Present Tense--I teach at Tokyo YMCA College of English now (Dec.1989).
2. Past Tense--I taught (used to teach) in America several years ago.
3. Future Tense-I will teach at Seinan JoGakuin in Kyushu starting in April, 1990.
4. Present Perfect Tense--I have attended many different colleges and visited a
number of different countries so far in my life.
5. Past Perfect Tence--l had never visited Kokura until Nov.1989.
6. Future Perfect Tense--In the summer of 1990, it will have been 3 years since I
have been in America or seen any of my family there. As of Sept.2000 it will have been
20 years since I came to Japan.
7. Present Progressive Tense--I am now teaching at Seinan Jo Gakuin in
Kitakyushu, and I am giving thanks to God for this wonderful opportunity!
8. Past Progressive Tense--I was teaching English in Tokyo for about 3 years
prior to coming here.
9. Future ProgressiveTense--I will be going home to America this summer to
visit my family and I can hardly wait to see them!
10. Present Perfect ProgressiveTense--I have been living and teaching in Japan
for a total of over 5 years now.
11. Past Perfect Progressive Tense--My family had been living in California
before we moved to Tokyo to live in 1987.
12. Future Perfect Progressive Tense-- I would only have been living in Japan for
about sixteen years, since I was home in the States for about 4 years between
the time I lived in Okinawa and the time I lived in Tokyo.)
Topic 1: Use words in SFKA Unit 2 to tell “My Life Story in 12 Tenses”
Topic 2: Homework: Restaurant Story
1. Imagine you go to a family restaurant to eat. Suddenly, an old friend comes
in. Write a story, including your conversation with your friend, which uses all 12
tenses of the English language. Imagine you meet 10 years after Graduation!
2. Please be sure to number the sentences according to tense, following this
same pattern, and underline all your verbs (Doushi).
3. Minimum of 24 Sentences. Maximum of 50 Sentences. Due: