saying what you think!? topic (define) problem(discuss) for against standpoint justification...
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Saying Saying what what
you you think!?think!?
TOPIC (Define)
PROBLEM(discusPROBLEM(discuss)s)
For AgainstSTANDPOINT
JUSTIFICATION
explanation
Logical
deduction
Experience you shared
Evidence
Statisticalfigures picturesconvinced
TOPIC (Define)
PROBLEM(discusPROBLEM(discuss)s)
For AgainstSTANDPOINT
JUSTIFICATION
explanation
Logical
deduction
Experience you shared
Evidence
Statisticalfigures picturesconvinced
Meat Eating is as bad for you as it is for animals.Meat Eating is as bad for you as it is for animals.
Meat eatingMeat eating
Good or bad for you?Good or bad for you?
Protein,Protein, balanced dietbalanced diet
Cruel, wastefulCruel, wasteful of landof land
Go back to p68 of your Go back to p68 of your notes and see whether notes and see whether you can annotate the you can annotate the different parts of the different parts of the
essay.essay.
Background informationBackground informationProblemProblemOpinionOpinion
JustificationJustificationFinal commentFinal comment
Background information
Human beings have eaten meat for many thousands of years. We have teeth that can cut and chew meat and stomachs that can digest meat. In many parts of the world it is the main food of most people and perhaps it always will be.
Why?Why?-to help the readerto help the readerunderstand the topic understand the topic you’re going to writeyou’re going to write-the context-the context
Do you mention your Do you mention your opinion here?opinion here?
Take a topic and write the first paragraph.
Problem
However, during this century there have been many changes in the way animals are looked after and the way meat is produced. Now, there are many people who think that meat eating is not good for you.
Introduce the problem with Introduce the problem with a contrast marker.a contrast marker. (contrast between background (contrast between background information & idea of problem)information & idea of problem)
Continue to write your problem using a contrast marker.
Personal opinion
For Against
In my opinion…In my opinion…I think that…I think that…I feel that…I feel that…
I agree with…I agree with…I disagree with…I disagree with…
I object to…I object to…Express your opinion on your topic using
the opinion phrases…
Justification
Meat – a very important food
Changes in farming is good for us
Better storage of meat
Not enough meat can lead to malnutritionNot enough meat can lead to malnutrition
Ways of rearing cattles changeWays of rearing cattles change
Meat is killed and stored betterMeat is killed and stored better
Reason – explanation – experience - evidence
Final Comment
The statement ‘ Meat eating is as bad for you as it is for animals’ is too extreme and untrue…
State what your opinion is andState what your opinion is and to connect it to connect it with the title of the essay.with the title of the essay.
Write up your final comment
Using the above-mentioned procedures, write up another
essay, entitled…
Television has always had a bad influence on society’.
What do you think?
Television has always had a bad influence on society.
During the twentieth century television has been one of the most important influences on society. Television exists in nearly every country in the world and can be seen even in the poorest societies. In industrial societies such as Britain, over 95% of households have televisions. Television is a strong influence. Is it always for the good?
In my opinion television has probably had a bad effect on society as a whole. I feel this is the case for three main reasons. Firstly, television has always received its money from advertising or governments. This has meant that it can never be free of the influence of very powerful groups who have strong reasons for maintaining the present organization and power structure of society. Secondly, television programs are very expensive to produce and broadcast. Because this is the case it is always necessary to have as large an audience as possible and, unfortunately, a large audience is more interested in the Eurovision song Contest or The A-Team than in material that is genuinely educational or challenging. Finally, television is broadcast for too many hours. It stops people thinking and reduces everything to the same level. A disaster in Beirut of Belfast becomes as unreal as murder and death in a fictional program.
Television is not a bad thing in itself. However, I feel that in its present form it has always been abused, has always taken power from its audience and has created a violent, materialistic culture that has become dependent on the medium that created it.