Student Level: Intermediate Lesson Type: Conversation Skills Integrating Reading and Writing Objectives: • Provide student practice in editing and revising • Provide practice in scanning reading skills • Provide practice in expressing opinions • Provide practice in intensive reading skills • Integrate reading with speaking and writing skills Time: approximately 70 minutes Prerequisites: Students should • Know how to effectively analyze and underline text features (paragraphs, tense verbal, grammar) • Know how to write an essay (Introduction, body and conclusion) • Know how to provide effective feedback • Know how to organize and write an argumentative paper Anticipation problems and solutions: • The student may have trouble writing a conclusion for an argumentative document. The teacher may want to summarize the key elements of a conclusion. • The student may have difficulty creating an effective “resonant thought” for an argumentative paper. The teacher may want to explain what a “resonant thought” is and how to use it effectively. • Students may struggle with transitions and adding their own ideas to the paper. The teacher should encourage students by explaining that adding their own personal experience refines the paper. Also, the teacher may want to explain that having transitions in an article makes it more coherent. Supports: • Handout – Argumentative Revision Checklist • Handout – Key Essay Components Procedure: Step 1: Speaking Skills – Discussion. Review the basis of an article's closing argument by asking a series of questions. Ask about hooks, transitions, resonant thinking, etc. Expected Performance:* Ask students to take a notebook and write the conclusion as the title. Teacher: What are... half of the paper... uses the process makes transitions effectively.ConclusionThe main points of the article are restatedThe writer uses transitions effectively.The writer addressed the audience for the last time (sensational thought)Comments:*I will walk around the classroom and monitor their discussions. If it appears that any of the couples are having difficulty identifying the key components, I will ask probing questions to facilitate progress. Talk - Have students talk with their partners about the pros and cons of the article. Students should explain how they evaluate the paper; Next, students should write encouraging statements about each other's work in the "comments" section. Procedure: Step 1: Ask students to review their previous argument paper checking if they have all the main key components (introduction, 3 bodies, conclusion, transition, hook, etc.) of an argumentative essay.