Targeting
Successful Writing
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Requirements
Mobile-phone Attendance Assignment Participation Notebook
Unit 1 General (I) --- Paragraph
---too broad and can not be completed within the time allocated.
4. America needs stronger control laws.
--- boring or written about too often.
Unsatisat are those following sentences belongs to, subject or topic?
1. Alternative fuels. subject 2. Henry Ford’s development of the
assembly line resulted in the mass production of cars. topic 3. America’s legal system. subject 4. America needs a flat tax. topic 5. Butterflies. subject 6. Is intelligence determined by nature or by nurture? topic
Unsatisfactory Topics
2. America should lower the drinking age.
--- boring or written about too often.
3. There are many different theories to explain the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
3. Narrowing down the scope of your topic to a facets which can be developed into a research paper
4. Formulating the final topic
subject
topic
Is my topic:
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Try to do the exercises in P3
Try to narrow down the scope and make them specific topics on which you can write a paper.
1. too limited? 2. too broad? 3. too technical? 4. yesterday’s news? 5. too controversial? 6. likable enough?
Try to tell what are those following sentences belongs to, subject or topic?
Unsatisfactory Topics
1. The major poets, painters, and dramatists of the Renaissance:
--- too broad and can not be completed within the time allocated
1. Media producers should prosecute people who download copyrighted music…
Interesting, 2 sides (pro & against), sufficient information
2. Students should be placed in classes according to their academic ability, not their aUgnues…ual, enough information, fresh, narrow & broad enough
5. Nanoscale “trees” improve efficiency in low-cost plastic solar cells.
--- unfamiliar to you, so you can not write about it knowledgeably.
Good Topics
Paragraph
what exactly is a paragraph? And what is a good paragraph?
II.1 Topic Sentence
Definition --- A sentence that names the topic of the paragraph and contains a controlling idea is called T.S.
is the kindest neighbor I have ever known.
has a profound effect on our health.
Choosing a topic
1. Selecting a general topic（subject） 2. Reading and thinking
Topic
Controlling idea
Television programs for children have become increasingly violent.
Learning a foreign language Cathy The food we eat
is more and more important for young people.