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ESL-097 Class 12 Goals

❖ Reading/ Listening Quiz 4 ❖ Introduction to Compare/ Contrast Essays,

pp. 111-113 ❖ Vocabulary Exercises, pp. 114-115 ❖ Language for Compare/ Contrast Essays,

pp.130-133 ❖ Coherence and Appositive Phrases, pp.

131-135 (4.1, 4.5) ❖ Evaluating Sources, pp. 136-137, 140 ❖ Homework for Class 14

Homework for Today ❖ Revise Essay 3 after you receive comments

from professor.

❖ Read “The Cost of a Global Food Chain” on pp. 116-117. Answer reading questions to prepare for Reading/Listening Quiz in Class 12.

❖ Complete Vocabulary Activities, pp. 114-115.

Pair-Share “Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are.” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

❖ In the article p. 116-17, what is the thesis statement?

❖ Where did you find the answers to questions 1 and 2?

❖ Quiz time!

❖ Compare holiday practices and traditions related to food and eating in two cultures (Christmas-US to Lunar New Year-Asia). What do these traditions tell us about the cultures they came from?

❖ Choose a country. How do eating habits today differ from eating habits 50 years ago? How do these changes reflect general culture changes?

❖ There is a debate that eating locally sourced food is better for the environment than eating food that is transported by truck, train or plane from far away places. Compare the two kinds of food from a consumer’s point of view. Are there more advantages or disadvantages for them.

❖ A topic approved by instructor.

Compare and Contrast Essay 4 Prompts (p. 113):

Compare-Contrast Essay ❖ Pages 112-113 to begin to learn about it

❖ Concepts to Note:

➢ The Venn Diagram, is helpful.

➢ So, where do you start? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ExEynX6EY

❖ What is the language of compare-contrast essays?

➢ Pp. 130-131 (comparative and transitional words/ phrases )

➢ Pp. 114-115 (related vocabulary)

2 Structures: Compare-Contrast Essay (The introduction paragraph is the same with a hook,

background, and a thesis statement).

Point-by-Point OrganizationBlock Organization

What structure does the student essay use? Pp. 118-119

Coherence using:

❖ Language for Similarities, Differences, & Transitions: p.

130-132

➢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HZpmJpfSI

❖ Combining Ideas: p. 130

❖ Other Ways to Create Coherence: p. 133

Homework for Class 13

❖ P. 113: Choose a prompt (p. 113) and complete the Venn Diagram, p. 139 (113).

❖ Pp. 132 -134: Activities 4.3, 4.4

❖ Study for Unit 2 Test (chs. 3 & 4) in Class 14. The compare and contrast essay will be finished as part of this test.