Ex. 11.18: Hobbies & Interests – Writing
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HOBBIES & INTERESTS. Write a two-paragraph essay about your hobbies and interests. Write at approx. 15-20 sentences and be prepared to present your description in class. Submit to your instructor.
- Pre-Writing: Look back at the texts on p. 159 and review the vocabulary about hobbies and interests. Make a brief outline for each paragraph using the questions below.
- What you are interested in?
Jeg er interessert i ______________. - When do you do the activity?
om våren (during the spring), om sommeren (during the summer), hele året (the whole year), etc. - How often do you do the activity?
hver dag (every day), _ ganger i uka (times a week), _ ganger i måneden (a month), _ ganger i året (a year) - With whom? sammen med vennene mine, sammen med familien min
- When did you start this hobby? Jeg begynte med ____ da jeg var ____ år gammel.
- How did you learn to do this?
Jeg gikk på kurs. Mora mi eller faren min lærte meg å ____. Vennene mine lærte meg å ____. - Why you are interested in this?
Jeg er interessert i ____ fordi jeg ____.
- What you are interested in?
- First Draft: Write a rough draft of your essay, but focus more on content than on grammatical correctness.
- Editing: Read your draft and check the items listed below.
- Organization: Does each paragraph have a main topic? Are the sentences within each paragraph related to each other
- Cohesion and Style: Have you connected some of the sentences by using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions? Have you varied your sentence structure by starting some sentences with adverbials?
- Spelling and Grammar
- Check the use of the infinitive form and present tense.
ex.) Jeg er interessert i å stelle i hagen. / Jeg er glad i å danse. / Jeg liker å tegne. - Check the use of past tense.
ex.) Jeg lærte å gå på ski da jeg var tre år gammel. - Check the time expressions.
ex.) Om høsten plukker jeg sopp i skogen. / Jeg går på kino 10 ganger i året.
- Check the use of the infinitive form and present tense.
- Second draft: Rewrite your description now and make the changes you worked on during the editing process. Submit to your instructor.
Correct AnswersIncorrect - Pre-Writing: Look back at the texts on p. 159 and review the vocabulary about hobbies and interests. Make a brief outline for each paragraph using the questions below.