Getting the Message教案
students listen to the teacher attentively and answer the questions.students practice writing.students evaluate the work by themselves and work together with the teacher to summarize the evaluation criteria for an argumentative essay. polish their own writing according to the assessment criteria.some students fail to tell the advantages and disadvantages because they didn’t go over the text after class.encourage the students to learn to make decisions.the teacher needs to be well prepared to ask logical questions so as to enable the students to have a quick understanding of the structure. for example: how many parts can this passage be divided into? what is the topic sentence of the second paragraph? how many reasons are mentioned to support this idea? what kinds of words or expressions does the author use to connect the ideas? remember to give a time limit!consolidate the structure of an argumentative essay. feedback is always necessary.they also can exchange their work and make suggestions to each other.3. supplementary materials
1. a list of advantages and disadvantages of advertisements2. writing task3. a sample of an argumentative essay 4. structure of an argumentative essay5. the standard criteria of an argumentative essay1. a list of advantages and disadvantages of advertisementsadvantagesdisadvantages1.help us make informed choices2.increase product sales3.may lead to reduced prices4.help consumers choose among all the available products5.provide useful information6.allow consumers compare prices and quality without going to the store7.help government make people aware of social problems and government policies1.mislead us by making us believe that a certain product is better than it really is2.use illegal ways to promote the products2. writing task本班級(jí)44名學(xué)生中做了一次題為“views on advertisements”的調(diào)查。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表中的提示給我校雜志社編輯寫(xiě)信，客觀介紹調(diào)查情況，并簡(jiǎn)單陳述你的看法。__%的人__%的人為廣告辯護(hù)，認(rèn)為：1.廣告幫助消費(fèi)者作出明智的選擇2.廣告有助于增加產(chǎn)品的銷(xiāo)售額3.廣告向人們介紹新產(chǎn)品4.廣告幫助政府部門(mén)進(jìn)行宣傳，使人們了解社會(huì)問(wèn)題和政府政策……對(duì)廣告提出批評(píng)，認(rèn)為：1.公司濫用廣告誤導(dǎo)消費(fèi)者2.公司投入大量資金作廣告，可能會(huì)提高產(chǎn)品價(jià)格3.誤導(dǎo)青少年盲目追求時(shí)髦4.有些廣告太吵鬧，令人感覺(jué)不舒服……3. a sample of an argumentative essaydear editor, i’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether it is necessary to include a test of spoken english in nmet.