exercises on noting details, locating the topic sentence, and outlining. teachers guide

7/22/2019 Exercises on Noting Details, Locating the Topic Sentence, And Outlining. Teachers Guide

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EXERCISES ON NOTING DETAILS, LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE,

OUTLINING

(TEACHERS GUIDE)

NOTING DETAILS. Read the essay below & answer the questions that follow.

Money is one of the greatest inventions made by man. Money came into use in response

to the need for a better system of transacting goods other than barter. The earliest forms of

money consisted of commodities, gold and silver coins and paper notes. With the emergence ofa modern banking system, paper money came to be accepted as true money as well as bank drafts

or checks. Any form of money should meet the following characteristics if it is to become

generally acceptable: portability, homogeneity, durability, recognizability, divisibility,

malleability, elasticity of supply and stability of value. There are many reasons why money isimportant to all of us. rom its main function as a medium of e!change and a standard of value,

money is now a standard of deferred payments and a store of value.

A. What are the five forms of money"

#. commodities$. gold and silver coins

%. paper notes & money

'. bank drafts(. checks

). What are the uses of money"

#. system of transacting goods other than barter

$. medium of e!change%. standard of value'. standard of deferred payments

(. store of value

*. What are the characteristics of money"

#. portability

$. homogeneity%. durability

'. recognizability

(. divisibility+. malleability

. elasticity of supply

-. stability of value

LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE. Read each paragraph as fast as you can.Locate the main idea. Write down the topicsentence in your own words if it is

not directly stated.


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Make a conscious effort not to do anything involving the person you are angry with until you

can handle the situation rationally.

OUTLINING/ORGANIZING IDEAS. 0elow are some paragraphs for you to read. 0ased oneach paragraph1 answer the questions that follow.

#. The opium poppy is an ideal crop for underdeveloped countries. /t has a high economicyield per hectare. The seeds are eaten and crushed for oil. The residue from the crushing

makes good cattle fodder. The straw of the plant is suitable for wearing and light basket

work. or small farmers, the poppy is a reliable cash crop with almost unfailing demand.

A. What is an ideal crop for underdeveloped countries" 3pium poppy

). The economic benefits derived from opium poppy are:

#. The seeds are eaten and crushed for oil

$. The residue from the crushing makes good cattle fodder%. The plant straw is suitable for wearing < light basket work.

'. /t is a reliable cash crop with almost unfailing demand

$. The war on drugs is simultaneously waged on three fronts 7 production, trafficking and

demand. espite massive national, bilateral and international programs to stem the drug tide,it is doubtful that opium traffic can be completely eliminated. /ndeed, there is no will to

eliminate the poppy fields completely, at least until science finds acceptable medical

substitutes for opium6derived substances. o long as there are enormous profits to be made

from trafficking in narcotics, the smugglers and the dealers will continue to ply their trade.A. Why is there no will to completely eliminate the poppy fields"

i. cience has not found acceptable medical substitutes for opim6derived

substancesii. There are enormous profits to be made from trafficking.

). The war on drugs is staged on three fronts, namely:i. 0roduction ii. Trafficking iii. emand

*. o long as there are enormous profits from drug trafficking, these people willcontinue to ply their trade.

i. mugglers ii. ealers iii. 0roducers&armers

=implied>

%. ?ead 8The )ully @pisode9 =an e!cerpt from ) /recocious )utobiography by 5evgeny

5evtushenko translated by Andrew McAndrewB> and do your own sentence outline of theshort story.

/n #C'' / was living in an empty apartment in a small 4uiet Moscow street, *hetvertaya

Meschanskaya.


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My parents were divorced. My father was somewhere in Dazakhstan with his new wife and

their two children. / seldom received letters from him.

My mother was at the front. he had given up her work as a geologist to become a singer

and was giving concerts for the troops.

My education was left to the street. The street taught me to swear, smoke, spit elegantly

through my teeth, and to keep my fists up, always ready for a fight666a habit which / have kept to

this day.

The street taught me not to be afraid of anything or anyone666this is another habit / have kept.

/ realized that what mattered in the struggle for e!istence was to overcome my fear for thosewho were stronger.

The ruler of the street, *hetvertaya Meschanskaya, was a boy of about #+ who was

nicknamed ?ed.

?ed2s shoulders were incredibly broad for a boy of his age.

?ed walked masterfully up and down our street, his legs wide apart and with a slightly

rolling gait, like a seaman on the deck of his ship.

rom under his peaked cap, always worn back to front, his forelock tumbled down in a fiery

cascade, and out of his round pockmarked face, green eyes, like a cat2s, sparkled with scorn for

everything and everyone crossing his path. Two or three lieutenants, in peaked caps back tofront like ?ed2s trotted at his heels.

?ed could stop any boy and say impressively the one word 8money9. 1is lieutenants wouldturn out the boy2s pockets, and if he resisted they gave him a real beating.

@veryone was afraid of ?ed. /, too, was afraid. / knew he carried heavy brass knuckles inhis pocket.

/ wanted to con4uer my fear of ?ed.

o, / wrote a poem about him.

This was my first piece of ;ournalism in verse.

)y the ne!t day the whole street knew the piece by heart and relished it with triumphant

hatred.

3ne morning on my way to school / suddenly came upon ?ed and his lieutenants. 1is eyes

seemed to bore through me. 8Ah, the poet,9 he drawled, smiling crookedly. 8o you write

verses. o they rhyme"9


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?ed2s hands darted into his pocket and came out armed with its brass knucklesE it flashed like

lightning and struck my head. / fell down streaming with blood and lost consciousness.

This was my first payment as a poet.

/ spent several days in bed.

When / went out, with my head still bandaged, / again saw ?ed. / struggled with instinctive

fear but lost and took to my heels.

/ ran all the way home. There / rolled on my bed, biting my pillow and pounding it with my

fists in shame and impotent fury at my cowardice.

)ut then / made up my mind to van4uish it at whatever cost.

/ went into training with parallel bars and weights, and after every session / would feel my

muscles. They were getting harder, but slowly. Then / remembered something / had read in abook about a miraculous Fapanese method of wrestling which gave an advantage to the weak

over a strong. / sacrificed a week2s ration card for a te!tbook on ;u;itsu.

or three weeks / hardly left home666/ trained with two other boys. inally, / felt / was ready

and went out.

?ed was sitting on the lawn in our yard, playing Twenty6one with his lieutenants. 1e was

absorbed in the game.

ear was till in me and it ordered me to turn back. )ut / went up to the players and kicked

the cards aside with my foot.

?ed looked up, surprised at my impudence after my recent flight.

1e got up slowly. 85ou looking for more"9 he asked menacingly.

As before, his hands dived into his pocket for the brass knuckles. )ut / made a 4uick ;abbing

movement, and ?ed, howling with pain, rolled on the ground. )ewildered, he got up and came

at me, swinging his head furiously from side to side like a bull.

/ caught his wrist and s4ueezed slowly, as / had read in the book, until the brass knuckles

dropped from his limp fingers. Gursing his hand, ?ed fell down again. 1e was sobbing andsmearing the tears over his pockmarked face with his grimy fists. 1is lieutenants discreetly

withdrew.

That day ?ed ceased to rule our street.

rom that day on / knew for certain that there is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is

to know the method of overcoming them. There is s special ;u;itsu for every strong man.


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What / also learned that day was that, if / wish to be a poet, / must not only write poems but

also know how to stand up for what / have written.

2reprinted from English + for "igh $chools1 ommunciation +alues1 'adufal3a1 'ela Rosa1 allorina and 'e +era 4

'adufal3a and 0autista1 eds. 56667

DO A FULL OUTLINE (INCLUSIVE OF A THESIS/TOPIC STATEMENT) OF THE

SELECTION YOU JUST READ.

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