TP (Wed, 4/1/12)

Thirteenth class

Toilet papering in class? That would be AWESOME!

The TP I had in mind was.....Topic Sentence, which is equally AWESOME =)

Topic sentence suggests or states the the main idea or topic of a passage. It can be at any part of a paragraph but usually it is at the beginning.

Topic sentences should always contain both (1) a topic and (2) a controlling idea.

For example, 

People can avoid burglaries by taking certain precautions. 
(The precautions for…) 

The rest of examples are available at this link 

http://eslbee.com/topic_sentences.htm

We then played a game to test our skills at distinguishing topic sentences. I like to call it 'Watch n Guess', because Miss Zu showed us some videos of some famous advertisements, which we then have to create a topic sentence that is suited to each ad. We played for several rounds and my group only got one round correct =P

Below are the links for the videos. Why don't you too try and watch it and see if you can come up with a suitable topic sentence.

Petronas Ad 2003 - Alkisah janda beranak tujuh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5zDpOJa-c

Petronas Ad  2006 - Ayah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbDj7QsYVE

P!nk - Family Portrait

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjIz8oQuko&list=UUXJDX1KK6t121Z9FLhu5o2A&index=46&feature=plcp

Seat belt commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9_BTm41MI

Until next time, bye!