tests

part two

in part two of our series

we'll review the previous activity uh... in part one in which we were practicing

identifying the essay type

then we will discuss

and a little more detail delta actually begin planning a response

and getting used to think more about the topic that we are going to write about

well then conclude party ruled by them did a little activity

helping us to look especially at the defense essay

with an activity we like to call pros and cons

so identifying the topic

as we mentioned before

is important to be able to look at the topic

and quickly identify the type of essay you'll need to write

this means we have to look at the signal words and the essay prompt

remember saying the words of those words that tell us in a very quick way what

kind of as they were looking at

and remember there are three different types of essays

and the defense or argumentative essay though said no words might be worth such

as agree or disagree

or which do you prefer

in the second type the comparison essay

you might see words that say compares such as compare the advantages

or discuss as and discuss these issues

the third time is the explanatory s

and again you might see words such as what is your opinion

or what do you think

so why are these were so important

well remember in order to write a good response that the topic you first must

be able to identify what the requirements will be

of course this is only a starting point

identifying the topic is one thing

but the next thing we need to focus on is whether or not because i understand

the topic completely

and this becomes kind of difficult for students

sought understanding the topic

we need to be able to think more about it in fact thinking more deeply in order

to give a better response

now you might think well there's not a lot of time to do that on the test

an order for us to do this we have to

kind of get more familiar with the idea

give or experience

because remember preparing for a test which is what we're doing here

is different from actually taking it

so how can we think more about topic

well i'd find that one way to improve our ability is to think about a topic

from different perspectives to look at different points of view

now even these are even though these are topics that we can usually related

remembered their there about everyday kinds of things for things that we

perhaps can can think about our actually at hampton

we don't often spend a lot of time in our everyday lives thinking about them

so one way to think about these topics and examine a more deeply

is to actually start looking at

the arguments before one particular point of view

and the arguments against that particular point of view

i believe this is perhaps one of the most effective ways when thinking about

the defense essay

now it's time to play another game

it's a little game i like to call

pros and cons

so what are the rules

well in this activity are going to see several test topics from the delicate

oval

the goal is to see if you can correctly identify the agreements given to you

uh... sider pro

con

not related

once again we'll begin with an example before we move on to the game

so let's take a look at this topic

do you agree or disagree with the following statement

face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication

such as letters in old or telephone calls

you specific reasons and details to support your answer

so on one side we will have the pro argument and in this case probe would be

that we fever face to face

communication

on the right side we will have the card argument

such as that other types are better

so let's begin

sometimes we just want to give a quick message without a long conversation

so technology helps facilitate that

so was that pro

on

or is this not related to this topic

when this case

it's actually referring to the condo argument

because for saying that technology

would be a better way to communicate rather than face to face

and let's try another one

if you make a mistake

it is the easier to correct by using a clarifying or correct the statement

probably belongs more to the pro argument so for example if you're

talking to somebody

you could easily make a correction

by giving a statement or clarified

that's not so easy to do when you're writing a letter sending an email

or perhaps even doing that on the telephone

okay here's another one

you can see the person's reactions when you communicate and you can respond

accordingly

this what is pretty easy to see

as a pro-rated

part of the idea face-to-face communication is the fact that we can

see someone's responses

those reactions can help us josh to respond

so that we can continue our particular line discussion

is another one

email as an electronic form of communication that is very helpful

is a pro

work not related

well in this case

it's not related

even though it is a healthful piece of information it doesn't actually belong

to either argument it doesn't tells that email was better

or worse it just barely explains what email is

one more

it's often difficult to get together in person so email texting telephone is

easier to communicate thanks to today's technology

on this case you can see it would be a con argument

the idea here is that these other forms of communication

especially those that are more and sent

uh... it could be a lot more convenient rather than actually trying to get

together with someone

it's now your turn to play pros and cons

click on the link at the bottom of the page to play

when you are finished

don't want to the final video in this particular part of the series part three

good luck