Genre of Argument and Discussion 1
Goals:
- Discuss the tone and purpose of argument and disucssion in essays
- Identify the discouse structures and organisation features
- Analyse how grammar contributes to organisation
Lesson Plan
Before this lesson, you may want to complete the lesson An Introduction to Genre, so that learners are familiar with the key terms discourse structure and register
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Genre of Argument and Discussion 1
Warm-up
What kind of text is an argument or discussion?
What is its purpose?
What makes it different from other texts?
Activity 1
Read the essay on the hand out.
1. What is the topic of the essay? What facts do you learn?
2. What is the author's perspective? How can you tell?
3. How is this text written? What is the tone? Why is it written in this way?
Genre of Argument and Discussion 2
Goals:
- Identify and analsye how nominalisations are used in essays
- Identify and analsye how the passiv voice is used in essays
- Apply these features in a writing task
Lesson Plan
This is Part 2 of the lesson on Argument and Discussion.
Make sure you have the handout from Part 1.
Genre of Argument and Discussion 2
This is Part 2 of the lesson on Argument and Discussion.
Make sure you have the handout from Part 1.
In the first lesson, you looked at how information is organised through discourse structure. In this lesson, you will examine choices of language and register.
Activity 1
Re-read paragraph 3. Can you find an example of the same word being used in different grammatical roles?
Genre of Newspaper Articles
Goals:
- Identify and analsye the discourse features of newspaper articles
- Identify and analsye the register features of newspaper articles
- Apply these features in writing
Lesson Plan
Before this lesson, you may want to complete the lesson An Introduction to Genre, so that learners are familiar with the key terms discourse structure and register
Genre of Newspaper Articles
Warmer
Discuss with a partner:
- What was the last newspaper article you read? What was it about?
- Why do people read newspapers and news websites?
- What features do we expect to see in a newspaper article? Why are they used?
Activity 1
Read Article A. Discuss the following questions: