High school Days - English Writing

Topic: High school days

Topic sentence: ­­­­_____________________________________  Write the topic sentence later.

Here are my answers for Q 1- 3

The questions

Q1.  How did you get to school everyday? 2. Where was your school?  3. Was your school co-educational?

When I was a HS student I walked about 20 minutes to school everyday.  Some students rode bicycles.  In my final year I drove my car as I got my driver’s license at age 17. When I walked on rainy days my school uniform got wet because nobody carried umbrellas.   It wasn’t cool to use an umbrella.  I lived in Richmond, a historic town of about 10, 000 people, 50 km west of Sydney in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.  The air was clean and the environment very good.  There were several large rivers.  There were many outdoor activities to do. About 1,300 students attended our school, which was co-ed.  There were 70 teachers.  In general I liked my school because we had a canoe club but it was a little rough, especially at lunchtime.  Sometimes there were fights between the male students.  After school I sometimes went to the swimming pool, rode my bicycle, or worked at a gasoline stand.  Other times I met with friends and we would just hangout.  I had a girlfriend who lived a little far from school.  We met on weekends.  Sometimes we went horse riding and sometimes on Friday night we went to the disco.  On weekends, when I wasn’t working, I sometimes went fishing or hiking in the mountains with friends or my father.  When I was 17 I bought an off-road motorcycle and rode on dirt tracks along the river.    

Instructions:  Free write using the questions.  After you finish free writing you can choose a TOPIC SENTENCE and then begin to edit your composition.

news of an engagement

News of an engagement

Questions about the story – work alone, answer in writing.  

1.        Was Philip close to his mother?  Why do you think so?  Give examples from the story.

2.        What important news did Philip not know how to tell his mother?

3.        Why do you think Philip was afraid his mother would be unhappy about his engagement to Agnes? (p2)

4.        What did Philip think when he saw three glasses set on the table?

5.        What was Sarah unable to tell Philip in a letter?

6.        Do you think Philip was surprised by Mr. Nixon’s news? 

7.        What did Philip realize about his mother? (p.6)

8.        What did Philip realize about himself? (p.6)

Philip was an only child who cared a lot about his mother.  He wrote to her every week but when he became engaged to Agnes, he didn’t know how to tell her.  He worried that she would be unhappy.  He thought she must be lonely.  When he visited her for Christmas he was surprised to see the table set for three.  He never imagined … (complete the summary)

Possible answers

that she would become engaged to Mr. Nixon, an old friend of the family.
that she would be interested in marrying again.
his mother falling in love again.
that she would have a love interest of her own.
that she would have news of an engagement.