Writing essays

• Agree/Disagree
• Discuss both views
• Advantages & Disadvantages- Causes and Effects/ Solutions

Exercise: While many people go to university for academic study, more people should be encouraged to do vocational training because there is a lack of qualified worker such as electricians and plumbers. Do you agree or disagree?

(Education)

Facts  Opinions

• P1: University (pros)

+ Pursue academic performance: better qualifications  better chances, opportunities

+ Better educational services: professional teachers

+ Prejudice (định kiến xh)

+ Academic knowledge

• Topic sentence: Those who attend university reap many benefitsfor their future career.
• Main idea 1: Academic performance provide students with better qualifications, which is very necessary for them to acquire a job.

- Supporting idea/ Facts (detailed)

+ For instance, lawyers, teachers…

* Main idea 2: Without higher education, many face challenges and prejudice. Those who only get vocational certificate often get no respect from others.

• Supporting idea: For example, plumbers and electricians, most of them just make ends meet and also being looked down on due to their lower social status (vị thế xh).
• P2: Vocational training (pros)

+ Save time: take a few years

+ Easy to make a living : already got the practical knowledge, skilled workers

+ Tuition fees: much lower and suitable for those are poor

• Topic sentence: Those who go to vocational training gain many advantages
• Main idea 1: (time effective)

While attending university usually takes at least 4 years to complete, vocational training is a better choice for those want to save times

(Vocational training is time effective because it only takes 2 years to study at vocational centers, while uni students have to study for 4 years. if you want to be a doctor or lawyer

- Supporting idea: Whereas Uni students have to learn philosophy which is irrelevant to their main fields Plumbers only get the practical knowledge

* Main idea 2: (cost effective)

Low school fee is more accessible for a wide range of individuals, especially for those who come from deprived or mountainous areas.

Exercise 2: Some people think thar sense of competition should be encouraged in children. However, others consider cooperation more important make them good adults. Discuss both views

(cạnh tranh nên được khuyến khích, tuy nhiên hợp tác lại có lợi hơn)

4/5/2023

1. Festivals (Simon) Detail 1:

• Topic: time for celebration (agree)
• Main idea 1: enjoyment

+ Supporting idea: Christmas  activities

• Main idea 2: holiday

+ Supporting idea: Bonfire Night (non-religious festival) Detail 2:

• Topic sentence: Disagree that
• Main idea 1: learn at school

+ Supporting idea: Christmas song, story of Jesus’ birth

• Main idea 2: families passing knowledge

+ Supporting: Bonfire, Halloween

2. Extreme sports

Detail 1

• Topic sentence: not dangerous
• Main idea 1: clear regulations & safety procedures+ Supporting idea:
  • undergo appropriate training

Example: skydiving  lesson

• • Protective equipment

Example: motor racing

Detail 2

• Topic sentence: should all be free to decide
• Main idea

3. Responsibilities of businesses

6. Crimes

Detail 1

- Topic sentence: Teenagers are more likely to accept advice from someone who can speak from experience.

+ Supporting ideas:

• Reformed offenders: tell young people about how they became

involved in crime, the dangers of a criminal lifestyle, and what life in prison is really like; dispel any ideas that teenagers may have about criminals leading glamorous lives

• Adolescents are often indifferent to the guidance given by older people

 extremely keen to hear the stories of an ex¬offender: vivid, shocking nature of these stories  powerful impact

Detail 2

- Topic sentence: The alternatives to using reformed criminals to educate teenagers about crime would be much less effective - Supporting ideas:

• Police officers:
  • Useful: informing teens about what happens to lawbreakers
  • Young people: often reluctant to take advice from figures of authority  School teachers:
  • Students: see teachers as credible sources of information
• Educational films: might be informative _ no opportunity to interact and ask questions

7. Old and New

Detail 1 (Agree – some ideas are outdated)

• Topic sentence: Many of the ideas that elderly people have about life are becoming less relevant for younger people.
• Supporting ideas:

+ Ex: Past-advised to learn a profession and find a secure job

>< Today- expect much more variety and diversity

+ Relationships: ‘rules’  being eroded: young adults make their own choices

+ Gender roles: breadwinners and housewives  no longer accepted

Detail 2 (Disagree)

• Topic sentence: Some traditional views and values are certainly applicable to the modern world.
• Supporting ideas:

+ Example: Older generations - working hard, doing one’s best, and taking pride in one’s work  benefit young people: enter competitive job market

+ Politeness and good manners

+ ‘Old-fashioned’ sense of community and neighbourliness  happier lives

8. Wild animals

Detail 1

- Topic sentence: It is absurd to argue that wild animals have no place in the 21st century - Supporting ideas:

+ Nothing special about this particular century that means that we suddenly have the right to allow or encourage the extinction of any species

+ No compelling reason why we should let animals die out

 Do not need to destroy land, plenty of room for human and animals to exist side by side

Detail 2

• Topic sentence: Disagree with the idea that protecting animals isa waste of resources.
• Supporting ideas:

+ Natural habitats: ensure the survival of wild animals, crucial for human survival.

 Example: Rainforests  Oxygen, carbon dioxide, climate + Destroyed  the costs of managing the resulting changes to our planet would far outweigh the costs of conservation. + Protect wild animals  maintain the natural balance.

9. Child Education

Detail 1

• Topic sentence: For a variety of reasons, it would be wrong to reduce taxes for families who pay for private education.
• Supporting ideas:

+ Difficult to calculate the correct amount of tax reduction  staff: required to manage this complex process

+ All pay a certain amount of tax for public services that we may not use.

Ex: Tax reduction for calling the police or fire brigade

+ Poorer people pay higher taxes

Detail 2

• Topic sentence: We should all be happy to pay our share of the money that supports public schools.
• Supporting ideas:

+ All members should have a high quality education system  result in a well-educated workforce  more productive and prosperous nation

+ Parents of children in private schools: advantages in their own lives

Example: A company owner: need well-qualified, competent staff  a well-funded education system can provide

10. Celebrities

Detail 1 (Agree)

- Topic sentence: Many people do achieve fame without really working for it. - Supporting ideas:

+ Inherited money from parents, married a famous or wealthy person / gossip magazines/ reality TV programme

Example: Paris Hilton: attend parties and nightclubs, promotes the idea that appearance, glamour and media profile are more important than hard work and good character.

+ The message to young people can be achieved easily  school work is not necessary

Detail 2 (Disagree)

• Topic sentence: There are at least as many celebrities whose accomplishments make them excellent role models for young people.
• Supporting ideas:

+ Actors, musicians, sports stars became famous idol:

worked hard, develop real skills and abilities  demonstrate great effort, determination and ambition

Example: Jackie Chan

+ Self-made celebrities: inspire children to develop talents through application and perseverance.

9/5/2023

Descriptive Paragraph

Example Paragraph

Process Paragraph

Exercise

1. He wants her to dress skirts because he thinks that once they were in America, they supposed to wear as the same as people live there.
2. She will wear Sari, because she had always prized her saris
3. Because that the sari was bought by a whole family, made by afamous weaver, and it is also a gift to some lucky bride.

HOMEWORK: Chọn topic trong bài 3 trang 61/62, mở rộng viêtd thành vài