English 10 unit 07 cutural diversity lesson 6 writing

Task 1: The following jumbled-up paragraphs are from a text about typical American characteristics... America is a large country with people from different backgrounds and races so it is

UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY

WRITING:

WORD SEARCH

characteristics

ANSWERS

Prestige (n) / preˈstiːʒ/ Money is more

important than prestige to them.

Uy tín

Individuality (n) /

/ˌɪndɪvɪdʒuˈæləti / Cá tính  individual

right : quyền cá nhân

Practical ( adj)

RACE (n) /reis/

(n) / preˈstiːʒ/ Money is more

important than prestige to them.

Uy tín

(n) /

/ˌɪndɪvɪdʒuˈæləti / Cá tính  individual

right :

Perhaps (adv ) /pəˈhæps/

( adj)

Chủng tộc

Prestige

Individuality

quyền cá nhân

Có lẽ, có thể

Practical

• Skimming

When you want to read

something quickly to get a

general idea.

How to do:

• Scanning

When you want to read something quickly to find a specific piece of information.

How to do:

Task 1: The following jumbled-up paragraphs are from a text about typical American characteristics Put them in order to make a meaningful text

b d f c e a

The typical American characteristics

b America is a large country with people from different backgrounds and races

so it is difficult to talk about the typical American However, it is believed that there are some characteristics shared by most Americans

d Perhaps the most important of these is individuality and individual rights

This characteristic originates in the days of the founding fathers, who were very strong individuals Americans value and freedom and do not like to be

dependent on other people

f The second characteristic is that Americans are practical They place great value on doing things for themselves They also avoid taking jobs which beyond their ability

c Another typical American feature is the importance they place on money and the things it can buy In fact, money is more important than prestige to them

e Finally, in most American families, parents have less influence on their

children than parents in other parts of the world Children can choose their own partners, even if their parents object to their choice

a In short, these features are believed to be part of the American character, but like many other things in modern society, they may change over time

Task 2: Read the text again and

complete the outline for it.

Individuality and individual rights.

Americans value freedom and do not like to be dependent on other people.

Practical They place great value on doing things for themselves.

Parents have less influence on children

Children can choose their own partners, even if their parents object

to their choice.

These features are believed to be part of the American character.

There are some characteristics shared by most Americans.

The outline of an essay

• Introduction : introduce the topic by 1-2 sentences ( the typical characteristics)

• Cues :

• It is believed that there are some + Nouns …

• Most Nouns + have some of the following characteristics.

• Body: support the main idea

• Characteristic 1 + evidence

• Characteristic 2 + evidence

• Characteristic 3+ evidence

• Cues:

• First of all/ secondly/ thirdly, S + V

• Moreover: thêm vào đó

• Furthermore: xa hơn nữa

• Another + N + tobe … một …khác là ….

• Conclusion: summary the main idea

• Cues:

• In conclusion/ to sum up/ in short, these features are believed to be part of ……

Task 3: Work in groups Think of three typical characteristics of the Vietnamese people and examples to support each of them

• BRAINSTORMING

The typical Vietnamese characteristics

The typical Vietnamese characteristics

Solidarity: help each other in difficult situations and

poverty

Solidarity: help each other in difficult situations and

poverty

No punctuality: be often late in the meetings

No punctuality: be often late in the meetings

Love to learn

new

knowledge:

understand

quickly and

create what

they learnt

Love to learn

new

knowledge:

understand

quickly and

create what

they learnt

Patriotism: be willing to protect the country when it has difficulties Patriotism: be willing to protect the country when it has difficulties

• Time: 10 min

• Work in groups and write a short essay into

the paper

• write a short text which includes introduction,

a typical characteristic + evidence and

conclusion, using the outline in 2 and

• show your essay on the board

• Introduction : introduce the topic by

1-2 sentences ( the typical characteristics)

…

characteristics.

• Body: support the main idea

• Characteristic 1 + evidence

• Characteristic 2 + evidence

• Characteristic 3+ evidence

• Conclusion: summary the main idea

features are believed to be part of ……

The typical Vietnamese

characteristics

The typical Vietnamese

characteristics

Solidarity: help each other in difficult situations and

poverty

Solidarity: help each other in difficult situations and

poverty

No punct uality : be often late

in the meeti ngs

No punct uality : be often late

in the meeti ngs Patriotism: be willing

to protect the country when it has difficulties

Patriotism: be willing

to protect the country when it has difficulties

Love to learn new knowledge

: understan

d quickly and create what they learnt

Love to learn new knowledge

: understan

d quickly and create what they learnt

Discussion

• Work in groups in 1 min

• Compare the typical characteristics between American and Vietnamese

1 Write again task 3 into their notebook

2 Prepare the new lesson: communication and culture about the topic