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Part III: Teaching Skills Classes
Template 1 – Essay highlighting advantages and disadvantages.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Introduction
Topic sentence (general theme of the text)
Overview of what will follow
The advantages
Topic sentence
Advantage A
Supporting points/ examples
Advantage B
Supporting points/ examples
The disadvantages Topic sentence
Disadvantage A
Supporting points/ examples
Disadvantage B
Supporting points/ examples
Conclusion
Summary of the essay in different words.
Say which view I take
Figure 11-1:
A template for a stan- dard essay
You can make a practice activity worksheet out of the template by asking the class to put each heading in the right order until they achieve the appropri- ate layout.
If you combine this kind of template with some key vocabulary, the students will be in a great position to complete the task effectively.
