2lst Century College English: Book 2 Unit 7: Text A Thinking A Neglected Art
Unit 7 : Text A Thinking: A Neglected Art 21st Century College English: Book 2
Unit 7: TextA Lead-in Activities Text Organization Reading and Writing skills ● Language points Guided practice ● Assignment
Unit 7: Text A • Lead-in Activities • Text Organization • Reading and Writing Skills • Language Points • Guided Practice • Assignment
Lead-in activities Questions for Discussion 1. What do you think about thinking? 2. Do you like thin king? Why? 3. How often is the case that when a friend asks you what are you thin king? and you answer nothing?
Lead-in Activities 1. What do you think about thinking? 2. Do you like thinking? Why? 3. How often is the case that when a friend asks you "what are you thinking?" and you answer "nothing" ? Questions for Discussion
Text organization The structure of Text A L. The problem lies not so much in our institutions as in our attitudes Para. 1-3 I. Social prejudice against thinking affects childrens attitudes towards study Para.4-10 l. Conclusion: Americans should believe in thinkings importance. The country runs on ideas Para.11-12
I. The problem lies not so much in our institutions as in our attitudes II. Social prejudice against thinking affects children’s attitudes towards study. III. Conclusion: Americans should believe in thinking’s importance. The country runs on ideas. The structure of Text A Para. 1-3 Para. 4~10 Para. 11-12 Text Organization
Reading writing skills 1. Reading skill: Identifying false logic Not everything you read is true, and not every writers arguments make sense. One common mistake in logic is proceeding from a false assumption: basing an argument on a statement that is unsupported, a matter of opinion or simply untrue. Sometimes writers may not realize that their assumptions are false; other times they use false assumptions deliberately, because they want to promote an idea or make a point, and dont really care how they do it! You may, of course agree with the authors aims and opinions, even though their arguments are false. But it's only by questioning a writers arguments that we can formulate our own viewpoint, come to our own conclusions, choose to agree or disagree. This kind of intraction with the ideas in a text is crucial to real comprehension
Reading & Writing Skills 1. Reading skill: Identifying false logic Not everything you read is true, and not every writer’s arguments make sense. One common mistake in logic is proceeding from a false assumption: basing an argument on a statement that is unsupported, a matter of opinion or simply untrue. Sometimes writers may not realize that their assumptions are false; other times they use false assumptions deliberately, because they want to promote an idea or make a point, and don’t really care how they do it! You may , of course, agree with the authors’ aims and opinions, even though their arguments are false. But it’s only by questioning a writer’s arguments that we can formulate our own viewpoint, come to our own conclusions, choose to agree or disagree. This kind of intraction with the ideas in a text is crucial to real comprehension