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thus
They had put too much of their land into cash crops, and (thus) the children were Remember
There are
suffering from diseases associated with malnutrition. “Let’s plant trees!” And the women
various kinds
said, “Well, we would plant trees, but we don’t know how.” of connectives:
adding (and,
moreover,
And that started the whole story of, “Yeah, ok, let’s learn how to plant trees.”
also, as well as,
furthermore),
• Read your new version and check if the connectives you time (next, then,
finally, meanwhile,
used are correct with your teacher.
eventually), cause/
• Highlight the connectives in the anecdote you selected effect (because,
and discuss how you were able to identify them. therefore, so,
consequently,
as a result of),
For our anecdote (however,
contrasting
16. Link the main ideas from Activity 14 by using appropriate alternatively,
although, except,
connectives. unless).
• Write a short paragraph and include some new sentences if
necessary. Look at the example.

Example:
Before the competition started, I was telling myself, “This is the Olympics. I cannot
make a mistake. This is one shot.” Seeing so many people overwhelmed me, but I
think I was prepared for that. Then, it was my turn, so I just went to do whatever session 6
I planned to do, and whatever I trained to do. After performing my routine, I got
a 10. Nobody told me that a perfect 10 had never been scored before.

For our anecdote TRACK 40

17. Listen to the tracks and draw an arrow from left to right or right to and 41
left to determine how is the anecdote told.
• Pay attention to if it starts with the event furthest in the past and finishes with
the most recent one, or if it starts with the most recent and ends with the one

furthest in the past. Sequence of enunciation. Questions
Track 41
Track 40
Oldest event Most recent event Oldest event Most recent event

• Decide the order in which you will tell the sequence of events in your anecdote.

Look at the example. Oldest event ➔ Most recent event
Sequence of events

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