TP7
Upper-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of an essay introductory paragraph in the context of problems in different areas (proliferation of plastic cards, street crime, pollution, traffic/parking)
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of useful expressions to write a problem-solution-evaluation essay in the context of problems in different areas (proliferation of plastic cards, street crime, pollution, traffic/parking)
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To provide clarification and review of the different sections and their purposes in a problem-solution-evaluation essay in the context of problems in different areas (proliferation of plastic cards, street crime, pollution, traffic/parking)
Procedure (37-46 minutes)
I will show students the pictures and nominate some of them to answer the questions: Do you have similar cards? What do you use them for? Why do we use these cards so much now?
I will share the G-form with the students read the 3 questions. Then, Students will read the text and discuss the answer for those questions. In OCFB we will share the answers and I will elicit from students the kind of text that is: a problem-solution-evaluation essay.
I will share the useful language presentation and tell students to work together in the first activity. They need to correctly tag the stage name to the right paragraph. Then, they continue working together in the second activity. They need to put the useful language in the correct category (those categories are the same stages from the previous part). After that, I will elicit from students the order and the purpose of each stage to make sure everything is clear. Finally, we will clarify the difference between thesis statement and topic sentence. I will elicit from students the difference by showing to paragraph from the previous text, then we will underline both paragraphs showing examples of each one. Finally, for the appropriacy, I will ask students some CCQs about the use of contractions, use of slang, type of register, and specific discourse markers. The answers for each activity are found in the answer key document.
I will start with the preparation for writing. Students will choose one of these three topics (Street crime, Pollution, Traffic/parking). Then they will be given a general guideline this type of essay is supposed to follow, this is just for them to have clarity on what comes next. In the actual writing task, they will be asked to write only the introductory paragraph. They need to think about the thesis statement and use the useful language learned in the clarification part. Finally, they need to take into account the checklist provided to properly write the paragraph. They will click in "student1" "student 2" etc, to open the document where they will write the paragraph so I can constantly monitor each one of them. In the post writing part, students will exchange their paragraphs and by using the checklist they will tell the class whether the paragraph was successful or not.
I will be monitoring students writing task and take some notes from them. I will paste some examples in the document and provide feedback
