Using LanguageⅠ教学设计(第二课时)

Teaching Design for Argumentative Writing Made by Dai Huizhen From The Advanced Experimental High School of Huize I. Teaching content: The teaching content of this class is how to write an argumentation.

II. Teaching aims:

To get the students to learn to write an argumentation with the help of some useful structures. III. Key and difficult points:

To write a good argumentation. IV. Teaching aids: multi-media. V. Teaching time:45 minutes. VI. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Greetings to the students. Step 2: Lead-in. Enjoy some pictures and then discuss and debate online shopping. List the advantages and disadvantages. Advantages: 1.

2.

…

Disadvantages:

1.

2.

…

Step 3: Learn how to write an argumentation. 1.

Read a piece of material of writing, analyze the topic and learn to organize the writing.

近来随着互联网的发展，越来越多人喜欢在网上购物。你班就是否应该网上购物这一话题进行讨论。

赞成的理由

反对的理由

我的看法

方便、节约时间、便宜、商品信息多、种类多······

看不到实物、不能试、担心质量问题······

根据以上提示，请你适当增加信息内容，撰文介绍同学们的看法，并对此做出简要评论。

注意：1. 描述出不同的看法和观点；

2. 词数：100～120；

3. 参考词汇：质量—quality；网购—online shopping

2.

The article structure. Part 1: Introduction

to your topic Part 2: Body (Agreement and disagreement/ advantages and disadvantages) Part 3: Conclusion

(state your opinion)

3. Useful structures 1) Introduction 

Nowadays more and more people…/…plays an important part in…

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With the development of…, an increasing/ growing number of people come to realize that…

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Recently we have had/conducted/carried out a heated discussion/debate/survey on/about/over…

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Currently there is a widespread concern over…

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Different people have different opinions on the issues of…/

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Like everything else, … has/have both favorable and unfavorable aspects/both advantages and disadvantages.

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Generally (speaking)/In general, the favorable aspects/advantages can be listed as follows.

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Views on the issue in question vary from person to person. 

Attitudes towards this hot topic differ widely. 2) Main body: Paragraph 2：

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Some people claim that....while the others argue that…

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Some support/hold/are for/approve of the idea/view because/saying

that/for the reason that …/ The reasons are presented below.

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To begin with/Firstly,.. Secondly,…In addition/What’s more/ Moreover…Finally/ In the end/Eventually/At last/Last but not least…

Paragraph 3:

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Every coin has two sides. 

But others have a negative attitude. From their point of view,…

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Some people are against the idea because …… The negative aspects/ disadvantages are also apparent/ obvious.

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To make matters worse/ What’s worse…; Worse of all…

3) Conclusion

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Through above analysis/All things considered/ Taking all these factors into consideration, we can see that the positive aspects/advantages outweigh the negative ones/disadvantages/ we may reach the conclusion that…/it’s easy to draw the conclusion that…

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As far as I am concerned/ Personally/To sum up/ In a word/ In conclusion/In short/ Above all/ In general/ Generally speaking/ In my opinion/view/ As for me,…

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I hold/ totally agree with/ support/am in favor of the statement/view/idea that…

4.

Pattern Recently we have had a discussion/debate on/ about (whether)…… The topic of……is becoming more and more popular recently. There are two sides of opinions about it. Some people believe that ……

They hold the view for the reason that …… What is more, …… Moreover, …… Last but not least……

However, others think that ··· shouldn’t …… To begin with, …… Furthermore (Besides), …… In addition (Finally), ……

From my point of view, / As a matter of fact, / In my view, / Personally speaking, I agree to the thought that……

5.

One possible version

Recently our class have had a discussion about whether we should shop online. The topic is becoming more and more popular. There are two sides of opinions about it.

Some people say yes. They hold the view for the reason that it’s convenient for us to shop online. What is more, it helps save much time. Moreover, it is often cheaper to buy goods on the Internet.

However, others think that we shouldn’t shop online. To begin with, we are not sure whether the goods we buy are in good quality. Furthermore, we can’t actually see the products we want so that we are likely to be cheated easily.

As far as I’m concerned, I am in favor of the former opinion to some extent, but we must be careful to avoid being taken in.

Step IV: Recite Recently our class have had a discussion about … The topic is ... There are ...

Some people say yes. They hold the view for the reason that …. What is more, …. Moreover, …

However, others think that … To begin with, … Furthermore, … so that…

As far as I’m concerned, I am in favor of … but…

Step V: Practice Use the pattern above to practice the writing. 你班学生对于网上交友持不同的意见．请用英语写一篇学生网上交友的短文，介绍同学们的不同观点，并表达自己的观点．

赞成的理由

１．广交朋友

２．可自由表达思想

３．利于外语学习

反对的理由

１．浪费时间

２．影响学习

３．可能上当受骗

你的看法

注意：1. 词数：100～120。

2. 内容丰富，行文连贯。

Step VI: Evaluation: What makes a good composition? A good composition should consist of reasonable organization, rich content and beautiful language.

Step VII: Learn to polish. 

Use advanced words, expressions and sentence structures (clause, inversion, emphatic sentence and so on) . 

Use non-finite verbs 

Make good use of linking words. 

Use different sentence forms. 

Pay attention to the topic sentences.

Step VIII: Summary. What have we studied in this class? This class we have studied how to write an argumentation. We have learned the structure, some useful sentences and a pattern of the kind of composition.

Step IX: Homework. 1. Review how to write an argumentation. 2. Write the composition about making friend on line.