Unit 07. Cutural Diversity. Lesson 6. Writing

UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
WRITING:
How are we different?
WORD SEARCH
Time: 2 min
Work in pairs
Find out 9 words about characteristics
ANSWERS
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
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.

Important about money.
Money is more important than prestige to them.
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
Solidarity: help each other in difficult situations and poverty
No punctuality: be often late in the meetings
Love to learn new knowledge: understand quickly and create what they learnt
Patriotism: be willing to protect the country when it has difficulties
WRITING
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 brainstorming.
show your essay on the board
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 ……
Discussion
Work in groups in 1 min
Compare the typical characteristics between American and Vietnamese

HOMEWORK
Write again task 3 into their notebook
2. Prepare the new lesson: communication and culture about the topic