U1 Task 3 Critical Reading Skills Genre:What kind of essay is this text? .Narrative essays focus on the writer's personal experience or take a close look at sb else's experience.similar to a fictional story with a clear beginning,middle and end .Descriptive essays .focus on a person,a place,an animal,a moment in time,typically rely on figurative language to capture the reader's interest .Expository essays to clearly communicate information. .Argumentative(Persuasive)essays presenting an opinion to readers and backing it up with evidence to persuade them to agree with your position
Task 3 Critical Reading Skills •Genre: What kind of essay is this text? •Narrative essays •focus on the writer’s personal experience or take a close look at sb else’s experience. similar to a fictional story with a clear beginning, middle and end •Descriptive essays •focus on a person, a place, an animal, a moment in time, typically rely on figurative language to capture the reader’s interest •Expository essays •to clearly communicate information. •Argumentative (Persuasive) essays •presenting an opinion to readers and backing it up with evidence to persuade them to agree with your position U1
U1 36 Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 Questions for Passage 1: What is the genre of this text? What is the purpose of this text? How does the author develop the idea to achieve that purpose? ·Is it effective?
Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 Questions for Passage 1: • What is the genre of this text? • What is the purpose of this text? • How does the author develop the idea to achieve that purpose? • Is it effective? U1
U1 6 Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 ·Introduction A hook+thesis statement,P1-2 ·What is imagination? What it is not:Wrong belief by adults,P3 What it is:Children use it instinctively,P5-6 Adults vs.Children,P3-6 Imagination vs.knowledge,P7 ·How to do? Imagine who I want to be Develop the strength to dream Focus on just going for it
Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 • Introduction • A hook+ thesis statement, P1-2 • What is imagination? • What it is not: Wrong belief by adults, P3 • What it is: Children use it instinctively, P5-6 • Adults vs. Children, P3-6 • Imagination vs. knowledge, P7 • How to do? • Imagine who I want to be • Develop the strength to dream • Focus on just going for it U1
U1 Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 Elements of Introduction ·Hook A hook is a statement in an essay.The purse of it is to grab the readers'attention and make them read on. ·Thesis statement A thesis statement is one sentence that expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay,such as an expository essay or argumentative essay.It makes a claim,directly answering a question
Task 4 Logical structure of passage 1 Elements of Introduction • Hook • A hook is a statement in an essay. The purse of it is to grab the readers’ attention and make them read on. • Thesis statement • A thesis statement is one sentence that expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay, such as an expository essay or argumentative essay. It makes a claim, directly answering a question. U1