ReadingforWritingUnit4SPACEEXPLORATIONPeriod6Bytheendofthisperiod,studentswillbeableto12345Distinguishthethesisstatementandtherelatedargumentswhilereadingthetext.Reflectonthequestionofwhetherexploringspaceisworththemoneyandeffort.Writeanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexploration.……Objectives:Analysethestructureandlanguagefeaturesofanargumentativeessay.1.Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?2.Wheredoyouthinkthepicturewastaken?3.Whydopeopletakesuchpicturesfromspace?

ThereisapowerfulcyclonecalledTyphoonGoni.

ItwastakenfromthespacebyNASAsatellite.Itcanhelppredicttheweather,protectinglivesandreducinglosses.Lead-inDoyouthinkexploringspaceisworththemoneyandtheeffort?P44Prediction:Whataspectswillbeincludedinthetextandwhat'sitswritingstytle?Pre-reading

topicsentencePara.1

Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Somepeoplearguethatweshouldstop....However,othersfeelthisisashallowview...

Firstly,exploringspacehasalreadymadeadifferenceinthefightagainstworldhunger.Secondly,spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusall.Finally,sendingastronautsintospacehashelpedpeopletothinkabouttheworld'sproblemsandeventofindwaystosolvethem.Inclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.differentopinionsonspaceexploration(paragraph1)supportingargumentationonspaceexploration(paragraph2-4)conclusiononspaceexploration(paragraph5)Task1:ReadingforthestructureIntroduction

BodyConclusionTip1:OrganizationofanargumentativewritingWhile-readingTask2:ReadingforthedetailsandlanguagefeaturesPart1(para.1):IntroductionDifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopwastingtimeandmoneyexploringspace.Othersfeelthisisashallowviewwhichfailstorealisehowexploringspacehelpsus.togivebackgroundinformation;tostimulatethereaders'interestSomepeoplearguethat...However,othersfeelthat...Opinionsaredividedonthetopicof...Peopledon'tthink...whileothershold...People'sviewson...vary.Peoplemayhavedifferentopinionson...Part1(para.1):IntroductionTip2:usefulstructurestoexpressdifferentopinionsPart2(Para.2-4):BodyWhataretheargumentsandsupportingdetailsineachparagrapph?thesissentenceatleast2pointssupportingevidencedata,facts,casestudies,authority,etclanguagefeatureconcise,essential,objective,calm,detailed,etctopersuadethereaderstoshowmainarguments12312Purposes:Body

Characteristics:Part2(Para.2-4):BodycompareandfeelCompareAandB.Whichonewouldbemorelikelytoconvincethegovernmentinyourhometowntopassaseatbeltlaw?Itissodangeroustodrivewithoutbelts.Peoplecanbekilled!Peoplejustdonotrealizehowsillyitistorideinacarwithoutaseatbelt.Somepeoplesayitwrinklestheirclothes,butthatiscrazyandfoolish.Lifemattersmorethanclothes.ASafetytestsprovethatpeoplearelesslikelytobehurtiftheyarewearingseatbelts.Thirty-twostateshavepassedlawsrequiringpeopletowearseatbelts,whichhasreducedtraffic-relateddeaths.Somepeoplemaysaythatseatbeltsareuncomfortable.Ithinkthatisasmallpricetopayforaddedsafety.BTip3:usefulstructurestoexpresssupportingevidenceNoonecandenythefactthat...Recentstudiesindicatethat...Thereissufficientevidencetoshow...Accordingtothedataprovedby...,itcanbeseenthat...Ithinkitnecessaryto...Thereasonsareasfollows.Firstly,...Secondly,...Finally,...Part2(Para.2-4):Bodyfirstofall,atfirst,tobeginwith,tostartwith...inthesecondplace,besides,what'smore,apartfromthat,forexample…finally,atlast,lastbutnotleast,…tosummarizetheargumenttorestatetheopinionPart3(Para.5):ConclusionInclosing,exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.Therefore,itshouldcontinuesoastoprovidenewandbettersolutionstopeople'sshort-termandlong-termproblems.Underlinethesentencethatrepeatsthewriter'sopinion.Tip4:usefulstructurestoconcludeyourpointsFromwhathasbeendiscussedabove,wecandrawtheconclusionthat...Inconclusion/closing,itisimportantthat...Insummary,Istronglysupportthat...Part3(Para.5):ConclusionTranslatethephrasesfromthetext.Task3:ReadingfortheusefulphrasesTranslatethephrasesfromthetext.Tip5:usefulphrasesforwriting①________________________發射衛星②________________________收集數據③________________________探索太空④________________________有很大影響⑤________________________________促進技術改進⑥________________________從中受益⑦________________________先進的技術⑧________________________滿足要求⑨_____________________________提供解決問題的辦法⑩________________________有限的資源?________________________在……被廣泛使用?______________________________提供生活所需launchasatellitecollectdataexplorespace

makeadifferencebenefitfromadvancedtechnologymeettherequirementslimitedresourcesprovideforthenecessitiesoflifepromotetechnologicalimprovement

providesolutionstoproblemsbewidelyusedinSummaryAnoutlineofanargumentativeessayIntroduction:presentthetopicanddifferentopinionsaboutthetopic.

Body:givesupportingevidence.

(topicsentences,linkingwords)Closing:drawaconclusionandexpressyouropinion.point1...point2...point3...Aretheseargumentsfororagainstexploringspace?Chooseyourownideasandwriteanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexplorationonyourworksheet.A:TherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospacetoexplore?B:Itisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,asresourcesonEarthwillrunout.C:Icannotunderstandspendingallthismoneyonexpensiveresearchandexperimentswhensomanypeopleneedfood.D:Exploringspaceencouragesscientiststoimprovetechnologythatcanhelppeopleinotherways,too.Forspaceexploration:________Againstspaceexploration:________

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ACGroup-work:Eachpersoninthegroupshouldwritedownoneparagraph,andthencombineallofyoursintoacompletedraftonthesheet.WritingAppreciationandEvaluationPair