1. Week 7: Unit 4 For and Against Trade your essay with a partner
Read your partner's essay out loud
Underline places where you think there might be mistakes
Write your number/name on the bottom of the paper

2. Discuss Essays Talk to your partner about the essay Is there a thesis?
Is the essay organized?
Are there enough details?
Is it interesting to read or is it boring?
Is the essay written formally?
Does your partner use commas and conjunctions correctly?

3. Read the vocabulary on p. 76/77 Listen and repeat
Vocabulary p. 76
Read the vocabulary on p. 76/77
Listen and repeat
Which words are unfamiliar?

4. Refutation
Refutation – shows alternate views are wrong, false, or less right than the writer's view.
Good argumentative essays use refutation to show awareness of other viewpoints.

5. Rebuttal Argument
An Essay that, rather than supporting one viewpoint in a positive way, instead focuses on rebutting or disproving the other view point(s).

6. Refutation Methods Find a weakness or problem with other viewpoints
Cast doubt
Question accuracy and relevance
Demonstrate that the facts, evidence, reasons, statistics are insufficient

7. Structure of Refutation
Point out (briefly) other view points
Strongly demonstrate how they are not as good as the point supported

8. It must go AFTER the claim
Where does it go?
It must go AFTER the claim
For a supporting essay, it should go before the conclusion
For a rebuttal essay, it can go anywhere

9. Public Good VS Evil
When refuting, it is important to discuss the negative sides of the other claims
Never make it a personal attack
Your essay is not a personal essay
This essay should show how your view point supports the public good
Refutation shows how the other view points do NOT support the public good

10. P. 78 5 minutes Write opposing viewpoints.
This does not have to be your personal opinion, but rather an alternative opinion to the one stated.
Compare what you wrote with a partner

11. p. 79 Exact Words
Word choice can change how your reader feels about your writing
Word choice can be difficult as EFL students
Be careful about which words you are choosing

12. Read page 79-80 Be careful of using Chinese equivalents
This is where translators usually hurt your writing.
Check for context of the word choice
Does it match the context of the sentence?

13. Synonyms – words with similar or the same meaning as another word
Sometimes the definition of a word is the same as another word, but the connotation is different.

14. Definition Vs Connotation
A definition is the word's meaning, how it is explained in a dictionary
A connotation is the feeling a word implies.
Think about the definition AND connotation for the word before using it

15. Chinglish -Chinese English Phrases and Words
Many times using a translator/dictionary causes connotation problems
There are phrases used in China that are only used in China.
These phrases are not English; they should not be used in your writing
For example: “Take a rest”
That is not something said in English by native speakers. It is something said by non-native speakers in Asia.

16. Practice Word Choice Look at the first exercise on p. 81
Change out the underlined word or phrase for another word or phrase with the same meaning
Write the new word/phrase in your book above the line

17. Practice Word Choice Look at the second exercise on p. 81/82
These show direct translations from Chinese, but they do not work in English.
Rephrase the underlined sections to be more clear.
Many people will have different answers

18. You should be able to do activities about the readings in class.
Remember
You should be able to do activities about the readings in class.
You should probably read the essays several times so that the activities are easy
Also, many of you got very poor grades on your first essay, but none of you have come to me with questions or for help.
Why not?

19. Next week you will do pre-writing
Prompts
You should look at the homework prompts for next week's essay and pick one.
Next week you will do pre-writing
Make sure your prompt is picked out before class and bring it with you to class to work on

20. Homework Read the essays: “82-83” Examinations Can Be Unfair”
83-85 “In Praise of The 'F' Word”
87-88 “Real Tests for Real Kids”
91 “Grades Create Anxiety...”
93-94 “Pass or Perish”
As you read, you should write notes in your textbook about each reading

21. We will do these activities about the readings:
82-83 What is good about this essay and what needs improvement
83-85 – make a SHORT outline of the essay
87-88 and 91 – Compare these two essays
Which one is better? What is good about both essays? What needs improvement in the essays
93-94 – find key sections in this essay (hook, thesis, topic sentences, conclusion) Is it organized well? Is it an argumentative essay?