Unit3 Fairness For All
effective measures should be taken by the society to prevent the high rate of divorce. government should educate the married people and persuade them to solve family problems in right ways. young lovers should consider their choice of marriage as a lifelong promise. thus they would value their relationship and they would try their best to keep their promise to each other.
questions:
1. what problem is mentioned in the first paragraph?
2. what do children from broken families suffer?
3. what are possible solutions to the problem?
4. in what way is this passage organized?
5. what conjunctions are used in this passage?
6. what's the use of these conjunctions?
possible answers:
1. children from broken families suffer lot.
2. they lack love and care, thus they may develop bad behaviors and even become young criminals.
3. by educating the married people to value their marriage and with joint efforts from the society the divorce rate will reduce.
4. this passage is organized in the following way: state problem→analyze problem→solutions.
5. at present; besides; what's more; in fact.
6. they are used to make the whole passage readable and logical.
step iii pre-writing
task one: present writing task
t: you are required to write a report to the council of lakeside town. in your report the following points should be included.
main points:
1. present the living conditions of the campsite.
2. your reasons to improve the campsite.
3. your plan and suggestions to improve the campsite.
go through the task and find out what is required to write.
t: look at the task and see how you can organize the passage.
ss: we can organize the passage by following the three-paragraph organization pattern.
task two: list the major points
t: before writing you are required to consider what major points should be concluded in your composition.
possible points:
present problems:
1. poor facilities.
2. inconvenient for children to go to school.
3. circus people are looked down upon.
analyze the problems:
1. circus people should enjoy equal rights as other people do.
2. bad living conditions may cause diseases.
3. the town council didn't notice how serious the problem is.
solutions to the problems:
1. improvement on some of the facilities.
2. find a good position.
3. change people's attitude toward circus people.
task three: write topic sentences
t: since you have listed all the facts that should be included in your passage, next you are to write down topic sentences that can generalize the points of each paragraph.
possible topic sentences: