TAL Intro
1) Who is the host?
Ira Glass
2) How many years has the show been on the air?
18 years.
3) How many episodes?
504.
4) What format does the show follow?
the show follows to do these stories that are like movies for radio.
5) What is the purpose of "the theme?"
By having a theme, it can make it seems like there's a reason to sit and listen to a story.
Try It! on page 50
1) Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
2) The topic sentence introduces the main idea because firstly, it's at the beginning of the paragraph, and secondly, the following sentences are obviously supporting the first sentence, which is the topic sentence.
3) It uses the method of using subordination to make the sentence strong.
Try It! on page 51
1) What was life like before cell phones? It's barely imaginable!
2) I don't think so because I think by asking a question can't show the main idea of the paragraph very clearly.
3) Details: people can only take calls in homes, offices, or on pay phones; when there's an emergency; when people want to chat; and the fact that people text a lot these days.
4) I think I might add a description of modern world society which cell phones exist everywhere to show how life has been changed.
5) How ever did they live without being able to text?
1) Who is the host?
Ira Glass
2) How many years has the show been on the air?
18 years.
3) How many episodes?
504.
4) What format does the show follow?
the show follows to do these stories that are like movies for radio.
5) What is the purpose of "the theme?"
By having a theme, it can make it seems like there's a reason to sit and listen to a story.
Try It! on page 50
1) Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
2) The topic sentence introduces the main idea because firstly, it's at the beginning of the paragraph, and secondly, the following sentences are obviously supporting the first sentence, which is the topic sentence.
3) It uses the method of using subordination to make the sentence strong.
Try It! on page 51
1) What was life like before cell phones? It's barely imaginable!
2) I don't think so because I think by asking a question can't show the main idea of the paragraph very clearly.
3) Details: people can only take calls in homes, offices, or on pay phones; when there's an emergency; when people want to chat; and the fact that people text a lot these days.
4) I think I might add a description of modern world society which cell phones exist everywhere to show how life has been changed.
5) How ever did they live without being able to text?