L7_PTEA_Strategies_Write_essay

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1、PTEAcademicLessonPlanIdeas:TestTakingStrategiesLesson7WriteessayTimeallocated:60minutesStep1:IntroducetheItemTypeThisisalong-answeritemtypethatassesseswritingskillsandrequirestesttakerstowriteapersuasiveorargumentativeessayonagiventopic.Youwillhave20minutestoplan,writeand

2、reviseanessayaboutthetopicbelow.Yourresponsewillbejudgedonhowwellyoudevelopaposition,organizeyourideas,presentsupportingdetails,andcontroltheelementsofstandardwrittenEnglish.Youshouldwrite200-300words.Somepeoplethinkplacingadvertisementsinschoolsisagreatresourceforpublics

3、choolsthatneedadditionalfunding,butothersthinkitexploitschildrenbytreatingthemasacaptiveaudienceforcorporatesponsors.Choosewhichpositionyoumostagreewithanddiscusswhyyouchosethatposition.Supportyourpointofviewwithdetailsfromyourownexperiences,observationsorreading.CutCopyP

4、asteTotalWordCount:0Step2:PresenttheItemTypeStrategiesMakesureyouunderstandwhatyouarebeingaskedtodo.ItisimportantthatyoureadtheStrategy1promptcarefullyandidentifyboththefocusofthequestionandthepointofviewfromwhichyouarerequiredtowrite.Ifyouwriteofftopic,youressaywillbesco

5、redzero.Thinkofonestrongsentencetosumupthemainargument.ThenthinkofonestrongopeningStrategy2sentenceandonestrongclosingsentence.Thiswillhelptofocusyourideas.Onceyouhavedonethis,expandthesentenceyouhavewrittentosumupthemainargumentwithdetailsandsupportingpointstocreatethebo

6、dyofyouressay.Thenexpandtheopeningsentencetocreateyourintroductionandtheclosingsentencetocreateyourconclusion.Onceyouhavewrittenyouressay,checkitcarefully.MakesurethatyouhavewrittenwithinStrategy3therequiredwordlimit,thatyouressayhasthecorrecttopicfocusandpointofview,andt

7、hatyourgrammarandspellingarecorrect.1©PearsonEducationLtd2011Lesson7:WriteessayPTEAcademicLessonPlanIdeas:TestTakingStrategiesStep3:ExplainandPracticeEachStrategyStrategy1Explaintoyourstudentsthatthisitemtyperequiresthemtowriteaboutatopicfromaparticularpointofview.Forthei

8、rresponsetobescored,studentsneedtomakesurethattheyhavecorrectlyidentifiedthetopicandfollowedthere