Part Two Note-taking in Reading 实用写作.ppt

Part Two Note-taking in Reading Solo performance Recording: Laziness Various forms in note-taking in reading In-class practice Recording: Laziness You may feel like taking some words down from the glossary. Let’s follow the speaker: connected speech, pronunciation, intonation and stops. Now it’s time for peer assessment on your paragraph briefing the reasons for laziness. You should pay attention to the following: Structure: one topic sentence (TS) and several supporting sentences (SS). Coherence: logically connected, SS justify TS. Language: word choice, variety, Chinglish, clarity. You may do the following when assessing your partner’s writing: underline, tick or cross, circle, delete, question mark, bracket, etc. Make comments on your partner’s writing: highlights and problems. Various forms in note-taking in reading A list of key points Note-card (esp. for library use) Diagram Outline (long essays research papers) Summary (next week) A list of key points: sample 1 Sample 2 Note-card (esp. for library use) Various forms in note-taking in reading A list of key points Note-card (esp. for library use) Diagram Outline (long essays research papers) Summary (next week) Diagram Outline What does an outline consist of? (p. 14) Thesis statement (affirmative declarative or disjunctive exclamatory?) Topic sentences (mini-summary/ relatively general, short, declarative, carry key words.) Supporting sentences (details, explanation, expansion, reasoning, comparison, definition, listing, assumption, quotation, examples, figures.) Conclusion (summary or restatement) An outline is useful on the following two occasions: 1. After you have finished your reading (help you grasp the development of the author’s ideas and the overall structure / review) 2. Before you start your writing (Help you construct a framework guiding your writing and keep your thoughts to the point / blueprint) Three types of outline Sentence outline: each entry is a complet