November 16, 2023

Academic Writing - 2

Part 1 - Warm-Up:

Let's discuss your ideas from the chat! Was it hard? At what position did it start to be hard?

Part 2 - Criteria of Assessment

Criteria:

  • Task Achievement
  • Coherence and Cohesion
  • Lexical Resource
  • Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Part 3 - Task Achievement

  • Questions: Do you agree? What are the pluses and minuses? What are the causes and solutions? Discuss both views?
  • Structure: intro, body 1, body 2, (maybe) body 3, conclusion
  • ONE or TWO central ideas

Part 4 - Coherence and Cohesion

Study this example:

In school, as we explore various subjects, like science, we encounter big ideas known as theories. Through experiments, we gather evidence that supports these theories, resembling the assembly of puzzle pieces. Yet, it's not confined to science alone; diverse subjects collaborate, forming interdisciplinary studies. This collaboration involves a mix of ideas from different subjects. Thus, learning becomes akin to constructing a puzzle, drawing pieces from various subjects. The more pieces we discover, the clearer the overall picture becomes!

Now study this example:

In school, we learn about different subjects, like science. In science, there are big ideas (theories) and experiments that give evidence for those ideas. It's like putting together pieces of a puzzle. It's not just science; different subjects work together to solve big mysteries. They call it interdisciplinary studies, where ideas from different subjects mix. Learning is like building a puzzle with pieces from different subjects, and the more pieces we find, the clearer the picture gets!

Homework:

Write a plan for the essay:

  • What is happiness to you?