Objectives

• Evaluative writing – how to write a Cambridge style essay
  • Students will practice how to write an evaluative essay.

Materials

• Case studies and Practice Essay topic

Vocabulary

• Describe: state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
• Explain: set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
• Evaluate: Judge the value or importance of something, providing both strengths and weaknesses.
• Discuss: Offer a balanced review that includes arguments for and against a particular point.
• Compare: Identify similarities and differences between two or more items.
• Contrast: Focus on the differences between two or more items.

Bellringer

• Bellringer#6
• Alternative: Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using alternatives to CFC’s.

• Exit ticket
  • If you opt to have students complete their notes using the Student Guided Notes format during your lecture, then use the bellringer as the exit ticket activity in class.
  • If you opt to have students complete their notes using the Student Guided Notes format at home (homework), then use the following exit ticket activity:
    • Students share essays.

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