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you’re looking for a home. And also . . . last week, we spent time reading ads from the newspaper. So . . . sometimes you may have to go to the newspaper to locate a place to live. So . . . that’s why we spent last week reading ads from the newspaper. And . . . you noticed that the ads in the newspaper were written in abbreviated form, for bedroom, you might find in the newspaper, what?
xxx BD?OK... DW.
What’s DW?
Well, there were abbreviations for different things. So . . . they don’t write out the words. It’s important that you familiarize yourself with abbreviations. This article on houses . . . OK . . . on houses. I’m going to have someone read it. Read out loud please, S2.
(reads introductory questions at the beginning of lesson)
OK, three questions. Why did you choose, choose your pres- ent apartment and neighborhood? What do you like about it, what don’t you like about it, and how are the schools in your neighborhood? OK, we got through writing yesterday, and I told you about indenting for a paragraph. Do you no- tice any paragraphs on this page? Anybody notice any para- graphs on this page?
What is paragraph?
What is a paragraph? Good question. A paragraph is . . . (addressing students who are writing) no writing, no writ- ing. Yesterday, we focused on writing; now it’s reading . . . OK? . . . A paragraph is the part that is indented. (Address- ing another student) Writing again! You just love to write, don’t you? (Turning to class) She’s just writing away . . . So . . . if you find the words that are indented, that means that they start kind of in a little bit? Which words do you see?
There.
There is one of them. OK, the second word is . . . After.
After. And the third word is look. Can everyone find those words? There, after, and look. Is there anyone who doesn’t
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