Descriptive Writing UST 2013: LET'S REVIEW

DESCRIBING PROCESSES

Hello Students,

You have read 'The Black Cat and other Stories' and 'A Christmas Carol', two graded readers published by Penguin , but have you ever wondered how books are made?

By clicking on the link below, you’ll have the chance to see the whole process. In your copybook, take down notes of the main steps that are followed, paying special attention to the use of passive voice and the new vocabulary:

Step 1. _________________________________

Step 2. _________________________________

Step 3._________________________________ (Etc)

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/misc/uk/puffin/makebook3.swf

Now watch the video below and write down the process of making newspapers. Use the passive voice as well as appropriate sequence words.

After you watch the video, do the following task:

Pairwork: Can you find similarities and/or differences between both processes?

Write a paragraph stating your findings.

However...
...before the invention of the press, books were handwritten by scribes.

And, nowadays, pencils are still very popular.

Watch the video below.

First, make a list of the most important steps. Write them in the form of instructions, beginning your step with a verb in the imperative form.
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 etc

Then, re-write the steps you have described in the passive voice form (be+past participle) and write a summary of the process of making pencils. Do not forget the rules for writing a paragraphs.