LTA Productieve vaardigheden 3e jaars schrijven

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

LTA Productieve vaardigheden 3e jaars schrijven

Lesson planning

• Organizing an opinion essay
• Introducing arguments + giving opinions
• Opinion essay in pairs 

What is an opinion essay

• You say what you think about a topic (opinion)
• Try to convince the reader (arguments)

Charities

• SB: p. 50, blue text
• Do: ex. 2
• 5 minutes
• Check together

Organizing an opinion essay

• SB: p. 50, Strategy
• The main point is supported, and that support is specified with an example
• Do: ex. 3 + 4
• 7 minutes
• Check together

Introducing arguments + giving opinions

• SB: p. 51, read the grey/light brown block
• Do: ex. 5 + 6 
• 5 minutes

• Check together

Opinion essay in pairs

• SB: p. 51, writing guide
• Make pairs in your row
• Choose a charity 
• Plan your essay


• Convince the school why your charity should be chosen
• Divide the tasks and put this at the top of your final version

Opinion essay in pairs

Keep in mind:

• What needs to be in your essay? (content)
• What grammar and vocab do you need to use? (language)
• Is it formal or informal?

Feedback

• Look at the format
  
• Content, language and organization
  
• Are you convinced about the choice? 
  
• Give feedback, what needs to be improved?
  

1. Content:

• Statement of their opinion
• At least, three reasons for their opinion
• Is there a conclusion? Do they restate their opinion and summarize their arguments?

2. Language:

• Grammar: Future tenses, future perfect (will have raised), future continuous (will be helping)
• Vocab: formal/informal, spelling, correct usage

3. Organisation:

• Paragraphs, cohesive devices (and, but, first, etc.)

Give arguments: Students need to do more for charities in their city/town.