### Class Summary Report
#### Title:
Narrative Paragraphs and Sensory Details in Academic Writing
#### Attendance:
– Absent Students: Aliyah, Assel, Jibak, Fadija, Nur Sultan (late), Ruslan
#### Topics Covered:
1. **Review of Narrative Paragraphs:**
– Importance of narrative form in academic writing.
– Skill of inferring and reading between the lines.
2. **Student Experiences Discussion:**
– Sharing personal experiences that required courage.
– Discussing when, where, and specific memories associated with these experiences.
3. **Vocabulary Development:**
– Generating adjectives and verbs to describe experiences.
– Examples included ‘scary’, ‘elegant’, ‘enormous’, ‘strange’, ‘far away’, and verbs like ‘ran’, ‘cried’, ‘thrilled’, etc.
4. **Paragraph Structure:**
– Reviewing the components of a paragraph: topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence.
– Analyzing a sample paragraph about the “best hamburger” experience.
5. **Writing Exercise:**
– Students began drafting their own paragraphs.
– Focus on creating a topic sentence and outlining supporting details with sensory and emotional descriptions.
#### Actionable Items:
– **Grading Midterms:**
– Teacher to grade midterms and post grades on e-course.
– Opportunity for midterm revision to be provided on Monday.
– **Paragraph Development:**
– Students to refine their narrative paragraphs with sensory and emotional details.
#### Homework:
– Complete exercises 3 and 4 on page 140.
– Identify sensory vs. emotional details.
– Practice adding sensory details to basic sentences.