Unit 07 Cutural Diversity Lesson 6 Writing

Characteristic 1: hard-working Evidence : working both at work and at home Characteristic 2: skillful Evidence : household chores like cooking, sewing, or decorating the house Characteri[r]

Unit 7 Writing How are we different?

2 Read the text again and complete the outline for it

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

• 1.b

• 2.d

• 3.f

• 4.c

• 5.e

• 6.a

3 Work in groups Think of three typical characteristics of the

Vietnamese people and examples to support each of them Then write

a short text of 150-180 words about these characteristics, using the

outline in 2

• Introduction

• A typical Vietnamese woman is hard-working, skillful, and devoted

to her family

• Characteristic 1: hard-working

• Evidence : working both at work and at home

• Characteristic 2: skillful

• Evidence : household chores like cooking, sewing, or decorating the house

• Characteristic 3: devoted to family

• Evidence : her biggest concerns: family and children

• Conclusion

• In short , the above mentioned characteristics are typical of the

majority of Vietnamese women

Sample paragraph

• A typical Vietnamese woman is hard-working, skillful, and devoted to her family The most prominent characteristic of most women in Viet

Nam is that they work really hard In fact, in addition to the eight working hours at a job, they still spend at least four to five hours on different

household chores Moreover, a typical Vietnamese woman is also

known for her many skills She can cook tasty meals and decorate the house A visit to the family in Viet Nam will be a good chance to

experience how good she is at all these tasks Finally, she is really

devoted to her family Her biggest concerns are always about family matters like jobs, hobbies, and health of her family members That is why the majority of Vietnamese women immediately rush home after work to be with their children and take care of them and the other

people in the family In short, these characteristics are typical of the

majority of Vietnamese women