domingo, 5 de octubre de 2014

Writing Summaries and Opinion paragraphs.

 
Writing Summaries and Opinion Paragraphs

Dear students,

Today we will keep working on summaries and opinion paragraphs to sharpen  your writing skills.
 You are going to work with some of your classmates to write a summary and an  opinion essay. The idea is to reinforce these contents.

 

summary  


  • is a  condensed version of a larger reading or listening.
  • must be concise.
  •  uses your own words  expressed briefly 
  •  
  • : Answers to:Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?  

Taken from: http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/writing_a_summary.htm


With all these fresh ideas on your mind, have a look at the 
following video about Ray Bradbury and write down a 
summary of his life.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XESDRP82png

Activity 1

Ray Bradbury's life: Write down a page summary. Group work: 3-4 people- 8 points. 

Due dates:

The crew: Next Monday, October 13th. , anytime until 2:30 pm. Printed version.

Glorious section: Monday, October 13th anytime until 5.00 pm. Printed version.



Discussion

Now have a look at the following picture and read the thought it contains.




Activity 2

Now, please answer the following questions in your notebook today
         Personal   work: 4 points.

  • 1.What do you think about what Osho declares?
  • 2.Do you agree or disagree with him?
  • 3.What are your main reasons of why you agree or disagree with him?
  • 4.What would be your final thought regarding this topic?


Activity 3 :Project

There are many topics that are controversial in our world ; among them the 
use of robots in different fields.

Do a Webquest  about this interesting topic; you may check the following link:




 A Web Quest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in 
which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet

WebQuests are based on constructivist learning theory  and have been a part of project-based learning and teaching in mainstream education for some time, but they also have a multitude of applications in ESL/EFL, both in ESL/EFL classes that are focused on content/or theme-based learning and in teacher training


 Then, follow the next steps to write your opinion essay about ROBOTS.


You'll find  some useful expressions to write your paragraphs at the end of this entry.
  1. Read the article, suggest a catchy title and  think about what your opinion is.
  2. Brainstorm: think about what you want to say and write down all your ideas.
  3. Choose the most interesting or relevant ideas to support your opinion.
  4. Organize the ideas into paragraphs and put the paragraphs in order: 
    • Opening paragraph: state the topic and give your opinion. Introduce 3 ideas that support your opinion.

    • Body paragraphs (3 paragraphs): each paragraph develops one idea that supports your opinion.

    • Conclusion paragraph: summarize your opinion and give a final recommendation.

  5. Write draft.
  6. Edit your draft: check spelling, grammar and punctuation.
  7. Have your draft edited by the whole group.
  8. Share your final composition with your teacher. 

Due dates:

The crew: next Monday ( October 13th), anytime till 4:00 pm.
Glorious section: October 13th

Useful expressions you can use in your text to…

Introduce your opinion:
In my opinion…                                                     
I(personally) think/I believe/                               
I feel/I don’t feel that…                                         
In my view/ In my point of view ….                     
As I see it…                                                            
As far as I’m concerned …                                    
It’s clear to me that…                                           
I agree/I don’t agree that…

Sequence ideas:
To begin with…                                                      
The first point is…                                                
First of all …/First/Firstly,...                               
Secondly/ Thirdly…                                               
Finally…/Lastly…   
                                              

Add information

Furthermore,  …                                                    
Moreover,  ….                                                         
In addition, …                                                        
Besides, …                                                              
What is more, …                                                    
Also…/...too                                                            
As well as…                                                            
Apart from (that)… 
           

Give a reason

Due to(+noun)/Due to the fact that(+sentence)     
Owing to(+noun)/Owing to the fact that(+sentence)   
Because……(+sentence)                                       
Because of………(+noun e.g.: the rain)               
Since…/As……(+sentence e.g.: he is the boss)  
That’s why ...                                                          
For this/that reason                                                          
                                  

Express a consequence

Consequently…                                                        
Therefore…                                                            
So…                                                                         
As a result of…                                                      
This means that…                                                             

Introduce the conclusion

In short…                                                                
In brief…                                                                 
In summary…                                                        
To sum up                                                                           
In conclusion…                                                      
To conclude…   

       
So, to sum up we can say that this task ( Task 8),consists of 
three elements to be considered:

- Summary: 8 points
-Opinions: 4 points
-Project:   15 points.                                            

Now, just enjoy the following the following song. The story of my life with One Direction.

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