1. What’s the topic of our essay?
PPT slide 1 – warm-up discussion questions

2. 1) What are your favourite TV programs?
Discuss the questions below with your partner. How similar or different are your answers?
1) What are your favourite TV programs?
2) How much television do you watch each week?
3) How much TV did you watch when you were a child?
5) Do you think that different kinds of TV programs have different effects on children?
6) What are some of the problems that might happen if children watch too much television?
PPT slide 1 – warm-up discussion questions

3. Does the writer agree or disagree with the topic? 
2) Where do you first find the writer’s opinion?
3) What does the writer say he/she is going to do in this essay?
4) What are the writer’s two main reasons?
5) How many examples does the writer give?
8) What kind of sentence is the last one in each of the 3 body paragraphs?
9) What does the writer do in the last sentence of the essay?
disagree
Introduction – thesis statement
Give reasons to support my view
bad for their health, they may learn bad behaviour 1
A result
Advice

4. Introduction
1) Watching television is a very popular all over the world. 2) Some people think that children can watch television for as long as they want to. 3) However, I believe this could be bad for children. In the following essay I will give reasons to support my view.
General background
Essay topic
Thesis statement

5. 4) Topic sentence (main idea) 5) Explanation 6) Result
Body Paragraph 1
4) The most important reason is that television can be bad for children’s health. Many kids watch TV for at least an hour a day and many spend several hours just sitting in front of the television ) Because of this they have less time for doing sports or just playing outside with their friends. 7) So, if they watch too much television, they may become very fat and have health problems
4) Topic sentence (main idea)
5) Explanation
6) Result
7) Condition and Result

6. 8) Topic sentence (main idea) 9) Example 10) Explanation 11) Result
Body Paragraph 2
8) Another reason is that television shows are inappropriate for children. 9) For example, television programs may be violent or show behaviour that is not acceptable in real life. 10) In addition, some children watch television but do not talk to their families. 11) Therefore, they learn about society from television programs. 12) As a result, if they watch the wrong programs, they may copy bad behaviour.
8) Topic sentence (main idea)
9) Example
10) Explanation
11) Result
12) Condition and Result

7. 17) Thesis statement again 18) Summary of main reasons 16) Advice
Conclusion
17) In conclusion, there are two main reasons why children should not watch too much television. 18) Watching television for too long can harm children’s health and they may learn bad behaviour ) Therefore, I advise parents to control how much television their children watch and make sure that they watch suitable programmes.
17) Thesis statement again
18) Summary of main reasons
16) Advice

8. Addition Contrast Reason Example Result Condition
and
In addition,
On one hand,
On the other hand,
However,
although
because
For example,
For instance,
Because of this,
As a result,
Therefore, so
Consequently, If
Can you add any more linking words or phrases to these lists?
Why are these words and phrases important when we are writing essays?